DIKAM was honoured to welcome Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry, Hon. Prudence Sebahizi, to our showroom in Kigali.

The visit was a chance to show, garment by garment, what Made in Rwanda production looks like today: school uniforms, medical scrubs, hi-vis workwear, knitwear and private-label pieces — all cut, sewn and finished here.

Diane Mukasahaha walks the delegation through the showroom, past the vintage pedal sewing machine on display

For a manufacturer, government attention isn't ceremony. Policy on local procurement, AGOA access and the wider Made in Rwanda programme decides how fast this industry can grow — and how many more people it can employ.