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Gloria Uwizera
March 2nd, 2009 Posted by Catherine Neill

gloria-snapshot-from-video1Peace through Business®2008-Rwanda graduate, owner of “Glo Creations”, a textile and batiks design company opened in November 2004. In our latest news from Gloria, she speaks with IEEW Chief of Staff Lin Weigel about the struggle to be taken seriously as a young business woman in Rwanda.You can see the video under our “News” category.

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Betty Kinyemma Habimana, Peace through Business®2008 graduate sent this update on March 3, 2009:
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