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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.nedbank.co.zw/"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=1111 height=257 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D5C765.187AE830"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:36.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:20.25pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Afrisol CEO Mr. Chikwava promised to boost the milk-processing industry while buying milk production from Rwandan farmers, training them on best practices and providing animal feeds to farmers to boost productivity in both quality and quantity.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h4 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:19.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;border:none;padding:0cm'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#2C2F34'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>The plant will have the daily capacity to process 10,000 liter of milk into various finished products such as soft and hard cheese, yogurt, long-life milk, butter, ice cream as well as fermented milk.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>African Solutions Private Ltd (Afrisol), a Zimbabwean firm founded by Mr. Ruvimbo Chikwava (pictured, left) which has been investing in Rwanda over the past two years, yesterday bought off the 98.3% shareholding in Burera Diary Limited from the Rwanda Government.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Afrisol CEO Mr. Chikwava promised to boost the milk-processing industry while buying milk production from Rwandan farmers, training them on best practices and providing animal feeds to farmers to boost productivity in both quality and quantity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Sources say that the firm, which the Rwanda Government established in 2016, was sold at around Rwandan francs 270 million (US$290,000). None of the parties involved agreed to disclose the figure. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>The plant will have the daily capacity to process 10,000 liter of milk into various finished products such as soft and hard cheese, yogurt, long-life milk, butter, ice cream as well as fermented milk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>“Over the next five years, we intend to inject Rwf1.6 billion which will be split between capital expenditure to increase capacity and introduce new products into the market as well as working capital to secure raw materials and supporting farmers,” said Ruvimbo Chikwava, the Chief Executive Officer of Afrisol.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Officiating at the handover, Claire Mukeshimana, the acting Director-General of Rwanda Industrial Development Agency (NIRDA) said that it was a bold move to have the factory privatized as it would improve efficiency and productivity of the factory.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>“We expect the new company to boost milk processing industry. It will surely create more jobs and improve lives of smallholder farmers who will sell milk production at better price,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Afrisol already has a presence in Rwanda based in Rwamagana Industrial Park and has been involved in animal feed production and technical farmer support and training. The firm said that the services and products will be extended to farmers in Burera District.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Afrisol Chief Executive, Ruvimbo Chikwava, told Rwanda media that they are aware that some farmers in Burera District have reduced involvement in diary production following the closure of the facility. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>He said that going forward, they will be involved in training farmers on aspects such as best ways to take care of their cows, best ways to milk and handle milk among other ways. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Considering that they already have investments in animal feed production, she said that they will avail feeds to farmers up front to increase the productivity and quality of their produce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>With six milk collection centres in the area, the firm said that they will prioritise produce from the area before buying from other parts of the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Operations are expected to begin in February with some products expected to hit the market thereafter. More products are expected to debut the market over time. The firm’s products will be traded under ‘Burera Diary’ brand name. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>He said between Rwandan francs 1billion (US$1,06 million) and Rwandan francs 2 billion (US$2.1m), which will be invested over the next five years go into improving the capacity of the plant, repairing and revamping the plant, establishing new product lines, working capital as well as ensuring prompt payments to farmers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>The acquisition is a huge relief to farmers in the area as the firm has been marred by various challenges, which have led to the halting of operations, hurting the fortunes of dairy farmers in the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Last year, during a visit by President Paul Kagame to Burera District, officials from National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA), Rwanda Development Board and the Business Development Fund (BDF) were at pains to explain why operations had stalled operations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Among the challenges that emerged during the interaction was that the firm was grappling with mismanagement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Claire Mukeshimana, the acting Director-General of NIRDA, said that the government’s expectations are that the company will boost the milk processing industry and create more jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>“We expect that the new company will boost milk processing industry, create more jobs to locals as well as improving smallholder farmers’ lives as sit will be buying milk production at a better price,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>She said that the move to privatise the facility is aimed at improving efficiency and productivity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>“Multiple firms expressed interest, only two were shortlisted. Afrisol has committed to operationalise the dairy, support milk collection centers, develop technical skills to its employees as well as to the farmers that will be supplying milk to the factory,”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>“In addition to the purchase price which is under confidentiality, Afrisol has committed to invest more than Rwf1.5 billion in capital investments to expand the dairy over the next five years. The investor has also committed to support farmers by providing quality animal feeds to increase the production of raw milk in the region, this will help farmers increase their revenues,” Doreen Karake, Transactions Structuring and Support (TSS) Division Manager at the Rwanda Development Board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt;outline: none;box-sizing: border-box'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'>Burera Diary Ltd was one of three public firms, all in agribusiness, put up for sale by the government in 2019 alongside Nyabihu Potato Company and Rutsiro Honey Ltd--</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>zimbabwevoice.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:19.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=591 height=400 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5CC75.C4D1A050" alt="https://zimbabwevoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ruvimbo-Chikwava-Zimbabwe-Voice.jpg"></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mr. Ruvimbo Chikwava (LEFT), the CEO of Afrisol which took over Burera Dairy from Rwanda Government.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:19.5pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#2C2F34'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B263%204%202927658" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 4 2927658</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Cellphone: <a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. 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