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Access Bank (Rwanda) PLC is a commercial bank that operates in Rwanda. The bank was officially launched in January, 2009 after fulfilling all regulatory requirements. Formerly BANCOR SA Rwanda and created in 1995 by foreign investors, the bank was restructured in 2001 after its takeover by Rwandan and South African private investors. [6]
BPR Bank Rwanda Plc, part of KCB Group; Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, part of GTCO Group; Ecobank Rwanda Plc, part of Ecobank Group; Access Bank Rwanda Plc, part of Access Bank Group; Equity Bank Rwanda Plc, part of Equity Group; BOA Rwanda Plc, part of Bank of Africa Group; NCBA Rwanda Plc, part of NCBA Group
Access Bank successfully concluded its 3rd public offering in 2008, raising more than US$1 billion. In 2009, Access Bank merged with the Intercontinental Commercial Bank (ICB) [17] and was listed the same year (2012) [18] on the LSE (London Stock Exchange). A 350 million dollars Eurobond was also successfully raised in parallel.
Most Rwandans have access to radio; during the 1994 genocide, the radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines broadcast across the country, and helped to fuel the killings through anti-Tutsi propaganda. [196] As of 2015, the state-run Radio Rwanda was the largest station and the main source of news throughout the country. [196]
The Access Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality and accessibility of health care in Rwanda.Founded in 2002 by public health expert Josh Ruxin and economist Jeffrey Sachs, the organization provides technical and operational assistance to improve the management capacity of rural health centers, [1] with a focus on maternal and child health.
The Rwanda Access to Information law (AIL) was written in October 2009 and put into effect with some revisions four years later, on February 8, 2013. The Prime Minister of Rwanda Paul Kagame ordered to publish the law in the official gazette on 11 March 2013, officially making the country the 11th country in Africa and 94th country globally to adopt an Access to Information law. [1]
ZCSB was established in 1997 as Zigama Credit & Savings Society (ZCSS), also referred to as Zigama CSS, with its primary mission to serve the welfare of Rwanda's military families. [4] In 2011, the institution received a commercial banking license and rebranded to its current name. [ 5 ]
German forces occupied Rwanda in 1897. [2] In 1899 the White Fathers missionary John Joseph Hirth traveled to that country. [3] There he tried to develop a relationship with King Yuhi Musinga. Hirth gained permission to found the first Catholic missions in Rwanda at Save, Zaza and Nyundo between 1900 and 1901. The church felt that if the king ...