TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERTISE IMPORTANT FOR MINING SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

The Minister of Mines and Natural Resources, Vicent Karega, this week told a delegation of Americans led by their ambassador to Rwanda that the mining sector in Rwanda has a lot of potential and called for greater investment in the sector. Major investment in the expertise and technology required in the mining sector is the way the sector can be developed to create benefits for both the nationals and the foreign entrepreneurs behind the investments. This is a project that can not be undertaken by only one stakeholder. Neither the government nor the private investors can go it alone. In recent days we have seen the process of extracting methane gas in Lake Kivu in addition to efforts at oil exploration. It will be recalled that these are technology intensive industries that require a lot of expertise.