On Saturday 1 October, as part of the
‘Turahabaye’ campaign Tigo Rwanda provided Mutuelles de Sante for 333 residents
from Ngoma Sector, Huye District who were unable to afford health care. The
handover of the medical insurance cards took place in the Centre de Sante Notre
Dame de la Route, Matyazo. This brings the number of Mutuelles de Sante
cards distributed during the Turahabaye campaign to 743, after 410 were
distributed in Musanze District on 24, September.
This donation, worth Rwf 1 million, was
preceded by a special Umuganda that Tigo participated in to celebrate the start
of the Unity and Reconcliation Week in Umuyange Village in Karama Sector, Huye
District.
Turahabaye is a countrywide campaign to
celebrate seven years of Tigo in Rwanda. Tigo first entered the Rwandan market
in 2009; since then it has been transforming lives throughout the country by
offering telecommunication and digital services to Rwandans.
The Turahabaye campaign, which
commenced on 16, September in Rwamagana consists of free concerts, meetings
with private and public sector partners and corporate responsibility
initiatives.
Commenting on the donation, Tigo Rwanda
Chief Commercial Officer, Yaw Ankoma Agyapong , who was representing the Chief
Executive Officer, said “As a company working in Rwanda, we believe that it
is our responsibility to take care of the most vulnerable among us and that is
why we are very pleased to be able to ensure that over 700 vulnerable people
now have access to health care.
Speaking at a dinner that Tigo hosted
for Southern Province private and public sector leaders on 30, September, the
Governor of the Southern Province, Alphonse Munyentwari, thanked Tigo for
investing in the country;
“Through Tigo, more Rwandans now are
able to access mobile financial services and communication tools. This has led
to job creation. We also appreciate the support that Tigo has given to women
entrepreneurs as well as the poor. We urge Tigo to continue its good
partnership with the Southern Province. On our part as the Southern Province
leadership we promise to continue to provide a good business environment, most
especially when it comes to security”
Following the donation of the Mutuelles
de Sante cards, Tigo hosted a free concert for Huye residents at the Ngoma
Sector grounds. Over jubilant 1,000 Huye residents were entertained by the Tigo
Brand Ambassadors Bruce Melodie, Christopher and the Dream Boys.
About Tigo Women Entrepreneurship Fund
Tigo Rwanda launched the Frw 50 million
Tigo Women Entrepreneurship Fund in partnership with the National Women Council
during the International Women’s Day celebrations in Butare Cell, Gasabo
District on 8, March 2016. The Fund is providing startup capital to more
than 300 women from across the country to open mobile money businesses. On
February 22, Tigo Rwanda signed the Connected Women Commitment Initiative
during the GSMA Mobile World Congress Barcelona, Spain. The initiative aims to
reduce the gender gap in mobile internet and mobile money services and empower
all women and girls. The Tigo Women Entrepreneurship Fund is in line with
Tigo’s commitment to increase the number of women using mobile financial
services from 39 per cent today to 45 per cent by 2020.
About Tigo Rwanda
Currently, Tigo Rwanda has over three
million customers and has invested over US $310 million from 2009 to
date. Tigo Rwanda provides 4G LTE on mobile for both prepaid and
post-paid customers. Tigo Rwanda was awarded as the ‘Most Innovative
Service’ at Africa Com 2014, for international mobile money transfers with
integrated currency conversion between Tigo Rwanda and Tigo Tanzania as well as
awarded for “Best ICT Exhibitor” at the Kigali Expo 2015. This year Tigo Rwanda
became the first telecom operator in Africa to sign the Connected Women
Commitment Initiative.
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