OCT-NOV 2014 ISSUE 45 Telling Rwanda’s Story Magazine www.hope-mag.com Mugolds International Bringing global expertise in fire fighting to Rwanda INSIDE PRIME Life Assurance acquired and rebranded Bralirwa Coca Cola Replenish Africa Initiative Facilitating access to life-saving water RDB Turns new business pages Airtel Rwanda Community Connect FREE COPY COVER PAGE Mugolds International Bringing global expertise in fire fighting to Rwanda INSIDE THIS ISSUE “We are a well-connected company globally in regards to fire risk management, which besides offering trainings on fire safety and firefighting to public and private enterprises, is well placed to advise institutions in procuring the right fire equipment from the best suppliers.” “With our combined experience, what we haven’t seen in this field has not happened; even then we are well positioned to predict future fire risk trends for a fast developing economy like HIGHLIGHTS Rwanda’s” MUGOLDS INTERNATIONAL 18 TIGO RWANDA 20 Airtel Rwanda Community Connection, HOPE OCT-NOV 2014 ISSUE 45 2014 ISSUE HOPE OCT-NOV 24 RDB Rwanda keeps the pace, turns 34 TIGO RWANDA 24 RDB BUSINESS REFORMS new business pages 30 RDB Electricity connection Procedures and costs reduced by 7 EDITORIAL Fires can be contained 16 Bralirwa CocaCola Replenish Africa 50% Initiative facilitating access to life- 8 MUGOLDS INTERNATIONAL Bringing saving water 34 TIGO Rwanda’s Tech Incubator, think, global expertise in fire fighting to selects start-ups from four African Rwanda 18 Turkish Airlines Partners with Team Nations Rwanda halves travel bills 18 12 Letshego now licensed to take deposits 38 PRIME INSURANCE Rwanda’s COGEAR and PRIME Life Assurance acquired and rebranded 42 Bralirwa Bralirwa Concludes Tree Planting Season 2013/14 OVER 200,000 Trees planted 44 Zen now serving Mixed Platter All favorite sea foods offered in a single order 48 Kilimanjaro cement Steadily becoming the builder’s choice in Rwanda 16 BRALIRWA 20 AIRTEL RWANDA 38 PRIME INSURANCE 4 Welcome to Unique shopping experience for your roofing sheets Remera-Kimironko Road Next to BANK OF KIGALI, REMERA BRANCH, REMERA, KIGALI Mob:0788389558 PUBLISHER’S WORD TEAM Abraham Rumanzi can Albert Ndata Gahima Vital Fires Gaspard Mushambo Karugahe Mutoni L. be Latim Lawrence W. ontained Manzi Joseph c Matthew Rwahigi The recent spate of sporadic fires that has seen a number of Muziba Sheilah buildings gutted and razed in Kigali and other secondary and Noella Rugema I. satellite cities is particularly not a very good tale and sign of Rebero Daniel our fire management systems. PUBLISHED BY Hope Magazine Ltd, roperty worth hundreds of millions of francs have been destroyed, livelihoods of employers and employees affected and the process of wealth creation affected ADVERTISING & in one way or the other. As Rwanda’s building and construction industry evolves GENERAL INQUIRIES into vitality, there is an ardent and earnest need to ensure that all building, P.O. Box 6176 Parchitectural and electrical wiring codes are observed to the dot. Kigali-Rwanda The process has to start with an efficient fire and safety management that considers +250 788 524189 / an efficient fire protection system, electrical systems installations, fire management +250 788 404138 equipment, fire safety preparedness, public involvement, fire insurance and police [email protected] responsibilities in prevention, protection, detection and response. These are such very Website: hope-mag.com salient notions that require utmost observation as their neglect spell loss of hundreds of millions worth of property. www.hope-mag.com www.hope-mag.com COPYRIGHT 2013 The police, in the process of fire fighting, should be at the end of the chain. Major efforts should be dispensed in prevention by summoning best engineering practices in the reserved by Hope Magazine equation at the early stages of architectural designs, construction and installations. But Hope Magazine a monthly even after such measures have been put in place, it is important for property owners Magazine is published by to consider safety measures (such as a simple fire extinguisher) a norm; not a practice Hope Magazine Limited. that should be forced but enforced. All rights reserved. The opinions expressed in the Building standards in Rwanda instruct for any public building or other public places to magazine are not necessarily have, at a minimum; a fire alarm system with an alarm bell on each floor; smoke detectors those of the editors and and sprinklers on each floor; a fire extinguisher every 50 meters on each floor; hose reels on each floor; closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and a control room; and a publishers of Hope Magazine. lightning arrester or rod. To what extent do we observe such simple codes? Good enough, the government has employed Mugolds International, a UK-based fire risk management firm, to carry out comprehensive training of practitioners in fire management. Care is taken to ensure accuracy, It is not preposterous to say that even a Fire Management Authority should be created Hope Magazine assume no liability to work in tandem with the Rwanda National Police for preventive, management and for error or omissions in this publication. 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An exemption is Rebero Daniel hereby granted for extracts with the purpose of fair review. © 2013 7 MUGOLDS INTERNATIONAL LTD SPECIAL FEATURE of Mugolds International Ltd, which has partnered with WDA and Gishari Integrated Polytechnic to train Rwandan fire safety specialists, this structure of training aims Mugolds at ensuring that any actions taken by the firefighters while on duty is backed by a clear theoretical understanding of why they are taking such action. “Many of the International people in the team we are training have some practical understanding of the tactics Bringing global expertise in used in firefighting and rescue acquired fire fighting to Rwanda HOPE OCT-NOV 2014 ISSUE 45 2014 ISSUE HOPE OCT-NOV HOPE OCT-NOV 2014 ISSUE 45 2014 ISSUE HOPE OCT-NOV With combined staff experience of over 100 years, Mugolds international has the theory and skills required to equip your team with knowledge in fire risk management. Here a group of RNP Firefighters during a class session “With the Rwandan economy on a steady upward growth, the risks of fire outbreaks will increase and in which case, the entire Rwandan community has its trust in your ability to not only provide timely response in the event of such threats but also to prevent and equip society with techniques to safeguard against fires and their catastrophic consequences,” the Instructor cautioned the participants from the onset. s the instructor exhorted, the entire of the fire brigade’s grounds at Rwanda while doing the job, but they generally team of trainees who are part of National Police headquarters in Kacyiru lack the right strategic approach and the A Rwanda National Police’s (RNP) Fire to inspect tools and equipment used in theories underlying their actions,” he noted and Rescue Brigade and some Rwanda Air firefighting and rescue interventions, so adding that this theoretical shortcoming Force personnel, were occasionally writing that the instructors would have a moment results into disorder while tackling fires. The any interesting point in their pads and to share some valuable insights into the trainings, as reiterated by Commissioner of throwing their arms up to seek clarification effective use of firefighting equipment. Police in charge of Operations, Emmanuel or mention something in what was clearly an Butera, are part of bigger efforts by RNP interactive theory session. Thus is the structure for the training; to equip the Fire and Rescue Brigade with involving both theoretical and practical international skills and professionalism The instructor is a man with 30 years’ sessions all geared towards attaining a required to protect and safeguard Rwandans experience in firefighting in the British Fire clear understanding by the Rwandan fire and their property against the destructive Service, in addition to a couple of years in fighters, of the effects of fire on people’s impacts of fire accidents especially through the British Military’s Special Forces branch. lives, effects to national economy, causes strengthening the force’s ability to prevent Michael William King is a chief trainer for of fires and how fire spreads, building entry such outbreaks. The Commissioner adds Mugolds International, a company that scenarios while attacking a fire, ladder that these particular trainings are part specializes in fire risk management services, drills and how to climb buildings, how to of a consistent training program at RNP including among others training personnel in prevent fire outbreaks in the country and which focuses on continuously upping the basic and advanced fire fighting and rescue the dos and don’ts of firefighting, among skills of the force. The trainings currently techniques. But before the day could end, others. According to Richard Peter Golds, being conducted for selected members of the trainees were then gathered around one a co-founder and Operations Director the Rwandan Fire and Rescue Brigade will 8 FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT be completed in a period of three months the four weeks long course for the first practice to Rwanda, to safeguard people’s with 90 fire fighters slated to receive basic batch undertaking the fire safety trainings lives and infrastructure, but we need serious knowledge in theory and best practices in by Mugolds.