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Business Development Support

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Business Development Support

Are you struggling with developing your business plan? You know how to shape your business idea into a bankable project?
Through a voucher system the National Employment Program gives you an opportunity, where subsidized business advisory services are provided to prospective business people by Business Development Advisers (BDAs); each sector has two Advisers. The beneficiary only pays 30% of the service cost and the rest is covered by the program.
For more information please contact RDB through:
Email: infor@rdb.rw,
Phone (local): 1415,
Phone (international): +250727775170

Or visit nearest sector office!

Are you a TVET graduate, you want to start a business and you don't know how to access equipment?

The facility is designed for TVET graduates who have acquired hands-on skills and are in need of equipment to apply the acquired skills into business. The National Employment Program provides a package to both individual and cooperative beneficiaries. An individual in need of equipment is entitled to a maximum subsidized toolkit loan of 500,000RWF whereas a cooperative is entitled to 5,000,000RWF. The package has a 50% loan part and 50% grant part which is benefited only if the beneficiary is paying back well the loan part as agreed by the SACCO. The service is delivered by SACCOs and for a TVET graduates to access it has to fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

  1. Has to be a TVET graduate possessing a certificate from an accredited school
  2. Has to apply for the loan and submit the business plan to the nearest SACCO
Could this help you? Please approach BDF at https://www.bdf.rw, nearest Umurenge SACCO, the Business Development and Employment unit at the District or the nearest Employment Service Centre for more information.
Beneficiaries: Graduates from TVET schools and apprentices from accredited training providers.

Are you a cooperative operating in an ICPC and you don't have enough money to buy modern equipment?

The scheme was put in place to address the challenges of ICPCs/Agakiriro operators who are in need of modern equipment. The scheme provides a maximum loan amount of 100,000,000RWF which is given at an interest of 11%, and is paid back in 10 years based on the life span of the machine. For cooperatives to benefit from the scheme, they must meet the following eligibility criteria:

  • Applicant should be based in ICPC/Agakiriro or has MINICOM recommendation
  • To be among these 4 sectors: Carpentry, Welding, Tailoring and Leather
  • Applicant should have valid legal personality
  • List of members/shareholders of cooperative/company and copies of their National Identity Cards
  • Loan request letter addressed to the CEO of BDF
  • List of machines and specifications (preformat invoice with Carriage and Insurance Paid)
  • Viable Business plan with detailed need assessment and source of finance
Is this something for you? For more information please contact BDF https://www.bdf.rw/icpc-equipment-leasing-facility or your nearest Employment Service Centre for more information.

Is your business project lacking sufficient collateral security in order to secure a loan?

Business Development Fund provides a guarantee to viable and bankable projects with insufficient collateral security to enable them access finance from banks, the scheme can cover/guarantee your business project up to a maximum of 75%. Youth and women with good business projects are encouraged to benefit from the scheme. For you to benefit from the scheme, you should fulfil the following:

  • You should be a client of a Financial Institution which has entered an agreement with BDF on implementing the guarantee scheme
  • You should have a viable business project
  • Your business project should be an income and job generating one
Are you interested? If yes, please contact BDF https://www.bdf.rw/guarantee-fund, a nearest BDF branch in your respective District or a nearest Employment Service Centre for more information.
Eligible candidates: Youth, Women and People with Disabilities

Do you have a business project in agribusiness and you don't know how to finance it?

University graduates have been provided with an opportunity of securing a subsidized loan to invest in agro-based businesses. The National Employment Program through BDF implements the agribusiness investment facility targeting University graduates
The scheme supports University graduates with new start-up projects and existing ones with less than three years in operations
The package provided to viable agribusiness projects is made up of the contribution of 10% of the amount requested from BDF, a grant of 30% and BDF convertible shares of 60%. The ceiling of the loan amount under this scheme is 10,000,000RWF given at an interest of 12%.
Projects that can be financed through this product should fall in the following categories of agribusiness:

  • Aquaculture projects
  • Modernized livestock and agriculture farming
  • Horticulture
  • Agro processing projects

If you are interested and eligible, please contact BDF https://www.bdf.rw or your nearest Employment Service Center for more information.