Leading Lebanese entrepreneurs are set to visit Rwanda later this year to explore investment and trade opportunities, according to an official at the Rwandan embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
Eric Rugamba said Choucair, who co-chaired a seminar with Rwanda's Ambassador to Lebanon, Williams Nkurunziza, welcomed the new engagement with Rwanda and expressed a desire to see more trade and investment flows between the two countries.
"Companies that expressed interest in the Rwanda proposition operate in sectors like furniture and paint manufacturing, agro-industry, including coffee and nut growing and processing, micro-finance, motorcycle manufacturing and petroleum goods trading," he said.
Lebanese exports to Rwanda amounted to $281,000 in 2016 while the former imported nothing from Rwanda. The embassy says Lebanon is a major producer and exporter of vegetables and fruits, such as table grapes and apples.
source: allafrica.com
