Rwanda country of opportunities

The start of a program investing over Euro 500 Million

in the Private sector of Rwanda.

Based on the ambition of GOR, as well as the

objectives of EII, as investing partner.

Following the document

EII-RCF investment initiative Rwanda

Folkert Castelein

Chris van der Plasse

RCF services & RwandaTrust activities

RCF: (non-profit)

Managing feasibility studies

Finding local counterparts

Contacting

Investigation for financing

Helping designing the business case

Why Rwanda?

A foreign financer / investor allways needs a complete picture of:

-the development of Rwanda over the last 15 years

-Vision 2000 – 2020: status & prognosis

-The business environment & market (EAC)

-The performance indicators over the years (incl. Worldbank)

-The Political stability and perspectives

-The social – economic development

-Local institutions for:

-Law

-Security

-Tax

-Land registration

-Infrastructure

-Education

-Healthcare

-ICT & Telecom

-Characteristics of:

-Energy

-Housing

-Agriculture

-Livestock

-Industry

-Zakelijke dienstverlenin

-logistiek

We need to deliver to the decision making committee:

Good feeling that a substantial investment will make the difference

for the country in terms of long-time emplyment, growing middle-

class, welfare & peace

Feasibilities of projects

Projects must be do – able

Working together making the program a success

We have recognized many initiatives allready and many of them are

very promising.

However, looking through the list, we need to find the most optimal

ways how to manage this and,

how to create synergy ……

by creating the right legal entities and

combining knowledge and capabilities

First selection (suggestions) of opportunities (1)

Invitations to take initiatives !

Energy cluster:

1. Extracting methane from lake KIVU

2. Using the methane for an electric power plant

3. Option: a greenhouse using some heat from the powerplant and the CO2

4. Mining peat

5. Using peat in a carborizing process producing electric power and peat-

coal (for cooking)

6. Using peat in an installation producing syn-gas. The syn-gas is used in an

electric power plant

7. Option: a greenhouse using some heat from the power plant and the CO2

8. Option: using peat in an installation producing bio-oil (diesel)

9. An installation for geothermic energy

10.……..

Housing / constructing cluster:

1. Realize the sustainable neighborhood Kinyinya (30,000 people, ‘turn-

key’), and additional constructions

2. Strengthening the local construction sector with a new company with

innovative technology for urban development with simulation and

planning software, new equipment, new intermediate materials, logistics

3. Create a housing association (Foundation) renting houses with the option

that the renter can become the owner of the house after paying N years

4. Realize affordable houses for communities of farmers in rural areas

5. A factory for cement

6. A factory for pre-stressed concrete (concrete floorboards and more)

7. A factory for eco-boards (sustainable hard- and soft-board from

agricultural waste)

8. A factory for steel-frame profiles (construction apartments)

9. A factory for waste processing & recycling and producing energy

10.……….

First selection (suggestions) of opportunities (2)

Agro-business cluster:

A factory for paper- and cardboard (from agricultural waste) for packaging

for organic Geranium oil and Patchouli oil & export

for the production of Sugarfor Avocado packaging & export

for Beans processing & canning & export

for the production of intermediate products out of bamboo

for the production of processed fruit drinks, juice, fresh

Pineapple, Passion fruits and more, and export

for dried Chilies

for wheat milling

for the processing of Soybeans into oil & cook

for animal feed (Poultry, Cows)

for Coffee processing & export

for Tea processing & export

for Pyrethrum & oil production & export

for……..

First selection (suggestions) of opportunities (3)

Agriculture / land cultivation, including Horticulture

1. Land cultivation and growing the production for

Maize, Soybeans, Wheat, Tea, Coffee, Potatoes, Pyrethrum, Rice, Chilies

2. State of the Art greenhouses for Tomatoes, Paprika, ….

3. Post-harvest equipment & storages, cold-storages

4. A Wholesale market (with auction)

5. A company for logistics & distribution of products from farmers

6. A laboratory for quality control, certification of products, developing

standards for export quality

7. A training center(s) for farmers

8. Production centre for Mushrooms

9. …..

First selection (suggestions) of opportunities (4)

Livestock

1. Poultry industry

(Parent-stock & farmhouses)

A hatching & brooding farmhouse for broilers

Broiler farmhouses

Hatchery for layers

Rearing farm for 18-weeks layers

Farmhouses for layers

Slaughterhouse with cleaning, cooling, freezing capacity

2. Cows, Pigs, Sheep

Slaughterhouse for cows and sheep

Slaughterhouse for pigs

3. A factory for leather

4. Fish-farms

First selection (suggestions) of opportunities (5)

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EII cannot and will not monitor a few hundred companies through

(‘Newco’)

Many of the structures will be JV’s, Holdings with underlaying Ltd’s,

may be LLC’s

For many of the projects within the program we must think of

A Holding

A Coopertive

A Consortium

Next steps

Exposure to the private market

Preparing feasibilities and investingplans

Exploring ways for co-operations

Documents(s): www.RwandaChamber.org Hub Rwanda

Q & A

We all do better when we work together.

Our differences do matter, but our common humanity

matters more.

Bill Clinton