Business

Banki ya Kigali irashaka abagore 25 iha inguzanyo izishyurwa nta nyungu

Ishyo Foods yatangijwe na Akanyana Sharon warangije muri kaminuza y’u Rwanda muri 2018. Ishyo Foods ikora imvange y’umutobe w’imbuto izwi nka komfitire (jam), igakorwa hifashishijwe imbuto zirimo inyanya, inkeri n’inanasi. Ibikorwa na Ishyo Foods biboneka mu masoko atandukanye acuruza ibiribwa (supermarkets) muri Kigali nko muri Samba Foods no muri Simba. Akanyana Sharon yatangiriye ibikorwa bye …

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BK Group PLC Selects 25 Companies for Urumuri Business Competition 2019

The Bank of Kigali (BK) Group has announced the list of 25 businesses of Urumuri business competition 2019 whose innovations are expected to positively impact on the growth of made in Rwanda agenda. Sharon Akanyana of Ishyo Foods Ltd runs one of the first businesses which makes tamarillo fruit jam and wants to expand making …

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BK’s Urumuri Initiative disburses Rwf25m in interest-free loans

Six emerging local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) were on Friday recipients of interest free loans from Bank of Kigali’s Urumuri Initiative, organised in partnership with Inkomoko, a local business consulting firm. Sharon Akanyana, Founder of Ishyo Foods Business Enterprise, has won a Rwf 4 000 000 BK’s free interest loan. Founded in 2018, her …

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Ishyo Sharon Akanyana BK bank Rwanda

BK Urumuri’s Rwanda-wide search for 25 outstanding women entrepreneurs

Ishyo Foods was a 2019 winner. Ishyo Foods was founded by Akanyana Sharon, a graduate in agriculture from the University of Rwanda, in early 2018. Ishyo Foods produces jam from different fruits such as tree tomato, strawberry, and pineapples. Their products are sold in supermarkets in Kigali like Samba Foods and Simba. Sharon started her …

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Ishyo Sharon Akanyana Value4Her Rwanda

VALUE4HER to dismantle barriers to Rwandan women in agribusiness

VALUE4HER, an Africa-wide programme aimed at improving the performance of women’s agribusinesses with the ultimate goal of increasing their incomes, is poised to boost Rwandan women’s enterprises. Sharon Akanyana, founder of Ishyo Foods, a local agro-processing company that processes fruits and vegetables into jam and juices, said that women who own small agribusinesses are constrained …

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Ishyo Foods Sharon Akanyana Rwanda

Mothers Dare to Dream

Sharon Akanyana was raised as a refugee in Rwanda’s neighbouring countries. After returning to Rwanda to rebuild and heal, she landed a scholarship at the University of Rwanda. Ishyo Foods Ltd was born in Sharon’s home kitchen. What began as an experiment canning jams and making yoghurt is now a full-fledged processing facility where locally …

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Access Bank awards best women-owned start-ups, 2021

Access Bank Rwanda, on Friday, March 26, awarded three outstanding small and medium start-up businesses owned by women. Awarded businesses are Avo Care Ltd that produces cooking and hair oil from avocado, Ishyo Foods Ltd that produces jam, and Champion Grocers Ltd which produces fresh juice. https://www.newtimes.co.rw/featured/access-bank-awards-best-women-owned-start-ups

Sharon Akanyana, Ishyo Foods Rwanda

Adaptive & resilient is the formula for Sharon’s successful business during #COVID19.

Adaptive & resilient is the formula for Sharon’s successful business during #COVID19 – diversifying customer base and expanding to Squared new markets. She is only one of countless women who lead in small business recovery. #SheTrades on #IWD2021, and everyday. she said “I adapted my business strategy during COVID-19 to be less dependent on local …

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