President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met the Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board Clare Akamanzi which is in charge of fast tracking economic development in Rwanda by enabling the private sector.

It is responsible for business reforms to improve business climate, registering investments, packaging investment opportunities and marketing Rwanda as well advocating for the private sector.

Akamanzi was accompanied by operating officer Mr Emmanuel Hategeka.

The board has been instrumental in improving the ease of doing business in Rwanda.

Rwanda currently ranks the second easiest place of doing business in Africa after Mauritius and 41st in the world according to the World Bank Doing Business Index.

It takes 6 hours to register a business in Rwanda and within 6 hours one has their registration certificate and it can be done online as well.

The board was established in 2008 by bringing together eight different institutions that affected business under one roof.- state media