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RWANDA/CONGO – Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are banking on their standardization and conformity assessment agreement to eliminate non-tariff barriers and increase trade. Officials from Rwanda Standard Board (RSB) and DR Congo’s L’office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC) met in Kigali to review the progress on the implementation and discuss ways to further facilitate trade in both…
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RWANDA – Rwanda has flagged off its first commercial plant for insect-based animal feed, along with the new standards that will regulate and facilitate the growth of the sector. Dr Solange Uwituze, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Agricultural and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), on behalf of the Board’s Minister, solemnized the event which took place at the new…
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RWANDA – The Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) has launched a Single Window Information for Trade (SWIFT), a US$ 125,000 project financed by USAID Rwanda through TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), effectively automating all its services. The automation is expected to drastically reduce the time and cost of seeking various services from the board by the business community and other clients due…
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