1. REPUBLIC OF RWANDA GICUMBI DISTRICT
PRESENTATION ON DISTRICT EXPORT PROMOTION
PRESENTED BY , 21 January 2015

2. GICUMBI DISTRICT VIEW GICUMBI DISTRICT Surface: 829 km2 Sectors: 21
Cells: 109
Villages: 630
Altitude: 2100 m
Rain: 1400 mm
Temperature average:15o-16o C
Population:
Males: 189,312
Females: 208,559
Density: 480 hab/km2
Economy: Industries, Agriculture, livestock, small craft industries, mines
Tourism: Lake Muhazi, Umurindi w’Intwari, Amayogi ya Burimbi, Ibigabiro n’imisezero by’abami i Rutare, Ubuvumo bwa Nyankokoma, Urugezi rwa Nyirantwari.
Households: 86,217 of which 71% living in settlements

3. Introduction
Gicumbi District is one of 30 Districts of Rwanda which has border with UGANDA.
Its population makes cross border trades and export promotion through Gatuna Border like other borders (Rubavu, Rusizi….).
The cross border trades are either formal or informal
The cross border can be imported or exported;
Some exported products can help the population to create jobs based on farm and off-farm.
Gicumbi District has a target of creating 2,200 Jobs included farm and off- farm jobs refering EDPRS II.

4. RETRAIT ON EXPORT PROMOTION AND OFF-FARME JOB CREATION
SECTOR
EXPORT PRIORITIES
TARGET
CHALLENGES
INTERVENTIONS
Agriculture
Promotion of Tea Factory
Increase of tea production from 400 Tto 500 T /2015
Lack of tea quantity
Develop the high altitude tea
Increase of Coffee washing stations
Increase of coffee washing station from 4 to 6.
Lack of knowledge of keeping coffee in good conditions.
Training on farm techniques
Promotion of exported Bananas
Increase the Harvest of exported bananas (150,000 tonnes per year
Lack of experience
Help farmers to get bananas quality.
Empowering of Passion fruits factories
Increase of small passion fruits factories(from 1 to 3/2017)
Phyto pathology of Passion fruits
Find good passion food quality
increase of Beans quality
Promote Harvest of beans quality 100T/year(IJYAMANI)
Training of farmers
Increase of wheat Harvest
Increase wheat Harvest 126 T/2015 to 140 T /2016
Low price and lack of Knowledge of farmers
Mobilisation of farmers

5. RETRAIT ON EXPORT PROMOTION AND OFF-FARME JOB CREATION
SECTOR
EXPORT PRIORITIES
TARGET
CHALLENGES
INTERVENTIONS
LIVESTOCK
Production of Milk
Increasing of product of milk factories (Yaourth,frommage,Mozorera,fresh cream and pasteurised milk) from 2 to 3
Lack of factories
Create a big Dairy in Gicumbi. District
Eggs Production
Create one Hatchery of chicken 2016.
Lack of hatchery
Promote the export of eggs by creating a large Hatchery
Export of pigs
To promote the pig farm /2015
Lack of markets
Create processing unit of pigs(charcutterie,saucissons)
Production of Honey
Increase the export of honey from 2,5 to 4T /2016
Lack of enough beekeeping centers
Increase of hives in Gicumbi District

6. Existing exporters and potential exporters in Districts
Project
1. Existing expoters
1.Pembe flour ltd
Wheat flour
2. Mulindi tea company
Tea processing factory
3.Blessed dairy ltd
Yaourth, Mozorera, Fresh cream, Pasteurirised milk and skimed milk
4. Different farm exporters
Cross border trade of eggs, pigs,cows, cereals and beans
2.Potential exporter
1. Farmers of wheat
Agriculture of wheat
2. Farmers of passion fruits
Unity processing of passion fruits
3. Cooperatives of coffee washing station
Unity processing of coffee

7. District priorities and target for off-farm job creation
SECTOR
PRIORITIES
TARGETS OFF-FARM JOB CREATION
1.Hand Craft
Promotion SMES of hand craft:
Create 400 jobs per year
1. Sewing
Increase of 100 jobs
2. Weeding
Increase of 80 jobs
3. Construction (Maconnery)
4. Mechanics
Increase of 60 jobs
5. Ceramic
2.Commerce
Commerce (Factories,entreprise,….)
Create 600 jobs per year
Service
Transport, saloon, cabinets,pharmacy,Electricity……..)
Increase of jobs
TOTAL
2,200 Jobs per year
( EDPRS II)

8. TVET PROGRAM Graduate from TVT Labor market Challenges
Key required interventions
3,404 Trained
Not enough for the number of graduate TVT. At National level Gicumbi is 35% .
1.Lack of market and experience
2. Lack of capital to create jobs
Help them to create jobs through hanga umurimo program
2. Facilitate the TVT Graduate to get loans.
3. Create at District level a large Agakiriro Model

9. DISTRICT Education Priorities
TARGET
CHALLENGES
REQUIRED INTERVENTIONS
1.Gross enrolement rate (GER)
Increase the rate to 124%.
Lack of parents knowledge .
Mobilization of parents on the education strategy
2.Net enrolement rate(NER)
Increase the rate to 98%.
3.Transition rate from primary to low secondary
Increase the rate to 78%.
Lack of means of family

10. THANK YOU