Rwanda is set to start exporting textile garments to Europe and the USA following a new trade deal president Kagame made with C&H, a Chinese based garments manufacturing company.

Under the memorandum of understanding, C&H is going to set up a garments manufacturing plant worth $10million (about Rwf7billion) at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.

The C&H factory will start with over 1000 Rwandan staff but the company projects to employ 30,000 from the East African member countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania within five years.

Clare Akamanzi, the Chief Operating Officer at Rwanda Development Board says that the C&H investment will boost the manufacturing sector and will diversify Rwanda and the east African export base in general.

Government will fund 50% of the cost of the training programmes while the C&H  will provide the equipments and any other expertise.

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