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Gahaya Links Awards

Now over a decade in business, 2008 remains remarkable in the history of Gahaya Links. The company scooped six prestigious awards.

Gold Exporter of the Year 2008 by Rwanda Development Board
Gahaya links won the award due to its transparency, thoroughness in keeping the right exports documentation, transparency in remitting taxes and exporting products that promote Rwanda and create a great impact to Rwandans.

Best Corporate Social Responsibility 2008
Gahaya links won the award due to its well structured backwards linkage program that involves working with rural disadvantaged women. Everything at Gahaya Links benefits women. The company is very instrumental in initiating weavers’ cooperatives of less advantaged women in rural areas. It trains members how to weave and also searches for markets for their products.

Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity 2008 Winner
Legatum Award 2008: Following a thorough scrutiny by OTF for six (6) solid months, which involved diagnosis of all departments of the company including even conducting interviews with weavers, Gahaya Links was awarded a Legatum Award which saw the company walk away with a US$50,000prize.

Rwanda Best Taxpayer 2006
Gahaya Links was awarded the best taxpayer of the year 2006 by Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), beating all large companies in the country. Wining the award, was due to satisfactory compliance and transparency in remitting all taxes.

Former US first Lady Acknowledgement Letter
  Gahaya links was honoured to receive a letter from former first lasy Mrs. Laura Bush thanking the company for the job well done in empowering the disadvantaged women in Rwanda. The letter was sent following her state visit to Rwanda in 2008

Employer Award 2009 by Ministry of Labor
 
 
The Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger (The Hunger Project )

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