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Rwanda leather manufacturer looks to expand product range

05/10/2017

A leather and leather products manufacturer in Rwanda is aiming to help the country reduce its import bill by buying hides from local producers. The company, Kigali Leather, is owned by two Chinese businessmen. It constructed a manufacturing plant in Rwanda’s Bugesera district in 2014 and began making finished leather in 2016.  It produces...

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