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Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) has appointed Mr Jean Bosco Iyacu as the new Country Director to spearhead the implementation of the organization’s Phase III strategy that will commence in April 2021.
Prior to becoming AFR’s Country Director, Iyacu served the organisation as the Director of Programs for the last 7 years and has been instrumental in the design and implementation of a diverse range of financial inclusion and financial sector development programs in Rwanda.
Before joining AFR, He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Business Development Center (RBDC), an entrepreneurship and business incubation facility. He also served in various leadership capacities in some of the Africa’s leading Financial Institutions such as KCB Bank Rwanda Ltd where he was the Regional Business Manager and Head of Retail and SME Banking.
What does it really take to succeed in big multinational businesses in the developing world?
One man’s remarkable journey from a rural Nigerian village to a top job in a global corporation describes the challenges, the opportunities and the issues we must all face up to if we are to create positive organizational and societal impact, equality and equity in global businesses.
Babs Omotowa has written
From Storeroom to Boardroom to share his insight on the challenges and opportunities of big businesses in developing countries including on, climate change, oil spills, corruption, transparency, culture, government relationships and societal (community and capacity) development.
17-03-2017
CITMA is celebrating a major victory on Brexit in the wake of the UKIPO’s latest “address for service” announcement. Kate O’Rourke of Mewburn Ellis reports.
On November 23, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published new guidance on the requirements for an address for service for patents, trademarks and designs from the end of the Brexit transition period (December 31, 2020).
An address for service is the address that applicants and practitioners use to correspond with the UKIPO and also for the purpose of proceedings under IP legislation.
Up to 11 pm on December 31 2020, an address in the UK, the Channel Islands, or in any of the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) is acceptable. Following a campaign by the UK Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA), new legislation will come into effect on January 1, 2021 which means that only representatives with an address in the UK (which includes the Isle of Man for this purpose), Gibral