• ALLPI Top Delegation Visited Rwanda

    7th – 10th of August 2023 an Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute delegation Conducted a 5-day field mission to Rwanda. The mission was organized as part of the collaboration of ALLPI and Rwanda leather stakeholders.

    The delegation visited MINICOM, Rwanda TVET Board, leather enterprises in the value chain and the newly established Kigali Leather Cluster.

    The delegation was well received by the honorable Permanent Secretary for industrial development Mr. Richard. The PS and the delegates discussed about the collaborations between Rwanda and ALLPI in the transformation of the leather sector. The PS also updated the delegates about the status of the leather park in the process of establishment.  Currently local manufacturers are depending on imported finished leather. This shows that currently the main bottleneck to the leather sector in Rwanda is a problem on the supply side other than the demand side. Taking into consideration this constraint the Rwanda government has launched to establish a Tanery Park in Bugasera District. This project is expected to have a big impact in the process of transformation of the leather sector of Rwanda. The PS applauded ALLPI’s intervention in the leather sector in Rwanda and requested ALLPI to continue its support to the leather sector in Rwanda. The Acting Executive Director in his turn reiterated that ALLPI’s commitment to work with MINICOM and Rwanda stakeholders in the transformation process of the leather sector in Rwanda.

  • ARTISANS/MSMEs TRAINING ON VEGETABLE TANNING IN RWANDA

    Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) is proud to announce the commencement of a training program under the title “Artisans/MSMES to enhance Vegetable Tanning Know-how and Skill at Cottage Level” The program is being conducted at Masaka Business Incubation Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

    The training program’s objective is to build the capacity of artisans/MSMES on vegetable tanning and batik dyeing techniques at cottage level. The 10 days training program started on 6th and will end up on 15th May, 2024. The ALLPI team is composed of Harrison Mungai, Leather Value Chain and Tannery Expert as the Team leader, Dr. Abdel Rahim M. Ahmed Quality Assurance Innovation and R&D Expert and Mrs. Beza Jima, Financial Officer with Mr. Harrison Mungai r. The training has attracted 25 participants (18 men and 7 ladies) who are drawn from different parts of Rwanda

    Group Photograph with Mr. Eric  KOMESA  2ND right
    Group Photograph with Mr. Eric KOMESA 2ND right
  • Rwanda Leather sector SMEs receive Technical Support to boost Productivity and Competiveness

    Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) continues to intensify efforts to boost its member states Leather sector SMEs Productivity and Competitiveness.
    This intervention is made possible through the grant funding support provided by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The support comprises provision of “basic equipment for footwear production” and “capacity building Training in Footwear and leather good Design, Craftsmanship, Export Readiness, Transformative Entrepreneurship,  Costing and Record Keeping”

    TOT Training of Rwanda SMEs by ALLPI Financial Support Grant from BADEA
    TOT Training of Rwanda SMEs by ALLPI Financial Support Grant from BADEA
  • Workshop to Enhance market access and local sourcing for Leather players conducted in Kigali, Rwanda

    Market Access Training in Rwanda
    Market Access Training in Rwanda

    Africa Leather and Leather Products institute (ALLPI) with the Government of Rwanda Ministry of Trade and Industry (MiNICOM) conducted a one day workshop on “Enhancing market access and local sourcing for Leather Enterprises” to selected Leather players from Kigali on 10th August 2023 at Masaka Vocational Training Institute, Kigali.

    The overall objective of the program is to give information regarding the supplier of input and main institutional buyers along the leather value chain to in hence the marketing activities of Leather players domestically as well as globally. The Training is the continuation of the training on TOT Leather Footwear & Goods Design Craftsmanship & Expert Readiness held on April, 2022.