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Promptness is the soul of business 2012-05-14 04:55:29 BY editor, Sandra Idossou

The story is told of a Rwandan lady who arrives for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya. Upon seeing everybody walking very fast, she rushes into the first shop to buy an umbrella. When asked why she needs one, she responds that in Rwanda, the only reason why people rush is when it is raining. (...)...
 
How To Successfully Make A Career Transition 2012-05-07 09:51:45 BY editor, Thomas Oppong

The desire to make a perfect balance between work and personal life is a huge factor in every career decision. Every decision you make can get you closer to that balance or take you farther away from it. Its you call and it has to be right. The good news is that you can equally make a good (...)...
 
We underestimate the power of a timetable 2012-04-30 04:53:15 BY editor, John Kageche

As part of the education curriculum should be included one’s own timetable of life. We take this indispensable instrument in any school for granted perhaps because it is so familiar. And yet, the timetable is the perfect example of a plan of life complete with short-, mid- and long term goals; (...)...
 
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH CURRENT PROFESSION? 2012-04-23 03:41:19 BY editor, John Kageche

Are you running away from yourself? Are you hiding behind the perceived glamour of a multinational, the reverence given to a bank job, and the alleged permanent and pensionable status accorded government employment? Would you proudly stand and be counted if the glamour, reverence and stability (...)...
 
 
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Imbaraga zo gusubiza mu itumanaho; ndetse no mu Bigo bya Leta 2012-03-06 07:40:52 BY Gilbert D. Rwabigwi

Mu gihe gishize, nashatse kuvugana na Minisiteri y’Urubyiruko, Siporo n’Umuco y’u Rwanda. Icyo gihe nari hanze ya Kigali kandi nkaba ntari mfite uburyo nagera kuri iki kigo cya leta gikomeye. Ariko Imana ishimwe interineti yaraje kugira ngo itworohereze akazi no kubona amakuru aho umuntu ari hose, (...)...
 
Trop de Réunion, tue la Performance 2012-03-06 05:38:35 BY Sandra Idossou

L’excuse la plus courante, quand on n’arrive pas à rencontrer les personnes, est souvent« j’étais en réunion ». A force d’être tout le temps en réunion, je me demande quand ils arrivent à mettre en application toutes les résolutions prises lors de ces nombreuses réunions. Il est évident que la conduite (...)...
 
Abaguzi Natwe Dufite Ibyo Dukora Mu Bucuruzi 2012-03-06 05:29:53 BY Eddie Heh

Turashima Uwiteka ko muri iki gihe buri rwego rw’umurimo n’abacuruzi basigaye bakora ibishoboka byose ngo bamamaze ibikorwa byabo. Hasigaye hari ibyapa byinshi, ibitambaro binini bamamarizaho, inyandiko ngufi, amatangazo yamamaza ibikorwa n’ibicuruzwa bitandukanye usanga acicikana ku maradiyo (...)...
 
What kind of employee are you? 2012-03-06 05:12:31 BY Muthoni Mbua

Many are the times when we focus on a manager or the management of a company, what they do or don’t do, how they need to improve, how they need to communicate and basically how they need to run the company. Have you ever wondered why many employees don’t focus on doing their best and letting (...)...
 
Beating ‘Deadlines’ 2012-03-06 05:00:27 BY Lucas Pantos

Is East Africa really that behind the rest of the developed world, when it comes to client services? After all, East Africa now boasts employing quite a number of professionals from all over the globe, who in one way or another, are experts in their respective fields. One would assume that (...)...
 
How to make your target happy 2012-03-06 04:51:20 BY Yinka Olaito

We live in the age of attentionspan deficiency yet brands must evolve, engage or die. There are no two ways. Brand targets want to bond, but many things crave for their attention. Brands must create their niche and maintain it otherwise it will be all struggles without result. Depending on the (...)...
 
Treat all Customers with Respect 2012-03-06 04:48:01 BY Abena Amoako-Green

We all know we’re supposed to be kind to our guests and treat them well. However, sometimes we have the tendency to value some customers more than others. Here are a few examples: At a craft market once, a friend and I watched an older man walk into a stall, pick up a belt and tell the vendor (...)...
 
Focus
 
Business Reforms that RDB is working on for the year 2012 2012-03-06 06:39:46, 2011 BY David Kezio Musoke

The ‘2012 Doing Business Report’ ranks Rwanda as the 45th easiest country in the world, where one can do business. Rwanda moved from the 150th (...)

 
Rwanda’s business climate has never been better than today, as customer care improves. 2012-03-06 06:30:22, 2011 BY David Kezio Musoke

With about 18,000 Rwandans being trained on customer care and the ease of doing business improving, Clare Akamanzi the Chief Operations Officer (...)

 
Have your say
 
What #TwitterBigStick and #TwitterThumbsUp are in improving service delivery 2012-03-06 06:56:27, 2011 BY Sunny Bindra

#TwitterBigStick is a hashtag that escalates bad service and bad behaviour by organizations in Kenya. Thousands have used it to give instant (...)

 
How do you define "fine dining" 2012-03-06 06:27:06, 2011 BY Eddie Heh

People have varying perceptions of the term „fine dining’. If I go to Karibu Restaurant for a buffet costing Rwf3,000 or Serena Hotel for a buffet (...)

 
For you manager
 
Vous êtes Manager ou leader? 2012-03-06 07:17:42, 2011 BY K.Ezechiel Ouedraogo

Le terme manager vient du latin « manus », qui signifie « main ». Cette racine a donné en italien « maneggiare » et en vieux français « manège », le (...)

 
La Culture, Levier du Changement dans les Organisations 2012-03-06 07:08:59, 2011 BY K.Ezechiel Ouedraogo

La culture est un ensemble de valeurs durables et partagées par tous les membres d’une entreprise. La culture fait référence: • à l’attachement aux (...)

 
L’Importance de l’écoute et la reformulation 2012-03-06 07:05:21, 2011 BY Mafoya

L’une des difficultés que nous rencontrons souvent avec les employés est que souvent les services que nous recevons ne correspondent presque jamais (...)

 
Your Wellbeing matters
 
KUKI ISUKU N’ISUKURA ARI NGOMBWA? 2012-03-07 00:36:10, 2011 BY HealthStore Holding LLC Rwanda

Reka dutangire dutanga inyito z’aya magambo; ISUKU: “Bisobanura ibyangombwa byose n’imigirire ifasha mu kubungabunga ubuzima no gukumira (...)

 
Remaining Healthy at Work on your Computer 2012-03-07 00:26:30, 2011 BY Rachna Pande

He was a young executive barely 30 years old and had developed a problem of stiffness in his hands every morning, along with pain that worsened (...)

 
Women in Service
 
illume - The ladies behind 2012-03-09 01:20:47, 2011 BY editor

illume’ means ‘to illuminate’ or ‘shed light upon’. Illume Creative Studio is a communications agency and creative think tank. It specialises in (...)

 
Women in Service 2012-03-07 00:13:07, 2011 BY A.K. Otiti

March 8th is International Women’s Day and in celebration, The Service Mag talked to some women in the service industry to share some of their (...)

 
Woman Entrepreneurship
 
UN Women‘s Role in Empowering Women Economically in Rwanda 2012-03-09 01:20:51, 2011 BY editor

UN Women is the entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.UN women was established to accelerate progress in meetinig the needs of (...)

 
Show Me the Money! 2012-03-07 00:00:11, 2011 BY Akaliza Gara

If you are currently employed, probably one of the major differences between you and me is that you look forward to the end of the month - (...)

 
ENTREPRENEURSHIP and the secret behind it 2012-03-06 23:51:31, 2011 BY Christer Windeløv-Lidzélius

In most countries it is fairly easy to start a company. To start a successful one, however, may not be that easy. Dreams There are many reasons (...)

 
Entrepreneur, ayez avant tout une vision 2012-03-06 07:52:24, 2011 BY K.Ezechiel Ouedraogo

La vision de votre entreprise est le prolongement de la vision de votre propre vie. Avant d’envisagez d’entreprendre, six questions fondamentales (...)

 
Ijambo, Umurimo n’ Umutegarugoli 2012-03-06 07:47:38, 2011 BY Richemond Runanira

Umutegarugoli Mukamusoni Peruth ni umwe mu bategarugoli babimburiye abandi ku murimo w’ububoshyi bw’agaseke ahagana muri 2007, ubwo iki gikorwa (...)

 
Plus
 
LETTERS 2012-03-22 05:13:09, 2011 BY editor

Televiziyo y’u Rwanda Niyivugurure Ibyo uvuze rwose ni ukuri, navuga ko igayitse. Iyo urebye ibihugu duturanye uko amateleviziyo yaho akora, (...)

 
Publisher’s note
 
Go out there... and do things 2012-03-09 01:15:00, 2011 BY editor

The end of the year and the beginning of 2012 have been challenging for me both on a personal and professional levels. Personally because losing (...)

 
Et ailleurs?
 
Hôpital Erasme de Bruxelles… le plaisir d’être à l’hôpital 2012-03-06 06:21:51, 2011 BY Sandra Idossou

Vous êtes probablement entrain de vous dire qu’il y a une erreur dans l’intitulé du titre de cet article parce qu’être à l’hôpital n’a jamais été un (...)

 
Where we have been
 
Kigali’s Michael’s Den, Indelible Customer Service 2012-03-06 07:44:28, 2011 BY Kim Matinyi

In November, last year, I travelled from Dar es Salaam to Kigali for the first time. From touch down, through immigration clearance and out of (...)

 
Diplomatic Mongolian Dining At Kigali Serena Hotel 2012-03-06 07:31:07, 2011 BY David Kezio Musoke

Recently Serena Hotel in Kigali was one of the only two hotels branded a 5 Star Hotel in Rwanda. The star classification exercise was carried out (...)

 
My Most Recent Shocking Experience! 2012-03-06 07:02:44, 2011 BY A.K. Otiti

I know service can be really terrible here in Kigali and you kind of expect it but I was in shock recently. I went to buy dollars from Kivu Forex (...)

 
Travel Review
 
The incredible giant city of West Africa 2012-03-06 23:58:43, 2011 BY Sandra Idossou

The expression I often read on people’s faces when I proudly tell them that I lived in Nigeria for eighteen months and loved it. Some are like, (...)

 
Ask our Lawyer
 
Ask Our Lawyer 2012-03-09 01:20:43, 2011 BY Katia Manirakiza

TRIBUNE LIBRE : petits soucis, grands tracas … Défaillance, plainte, protection du consommateur, procédure administrative … notre consultante légale (...)

 
At your service
 
Ngabo Bongayi Kizito 2012-03-09 01:20:48, 2011 BY editor

Ngabo Bongayi Kizito, works as the Chief of Air Traffic Control department with the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority since 2003. He is a man of (...)

 
Advertorial
 
MTN Rwanda upgrading network to serve clients better 2012-03-09 01:20:53, 2011 BY editor

MTN Rwanda recently started an upgrading process to serve clients better. The company increased its 3G sites by 30 percent to serve an increasing (...)

 
Pictorial
 
DEUX ANS DÉJÀ ... 2012-03-11 00:05:37, 2011 BY editor

“Tchin Tchin” pour The Service Mag qui vient de fêter ses 2 ans et son 8ème numéro dans la joie et la bonne humeur. Pour 2012, encore plus d’articles (...)

 
BIENVENUE À SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS 2012-03-09 03:52:46, 2011 BY editor

Le ciel du Rwanda s’ouvre vers l’infini. L’arrivée très fastueuse de South African Airways ouvre la valse des compagnies aériennes. Une soirée qui (...)

 
RDB AWARDS 2012 2012-03-09 01:20:41, 2011 BY editor

Comme chaque année, la Rwanda Development Board a récompensé les entreprises basées au Rwanda qui ont largement contribué à l’essor économique du (...)

 
Dusangire Ijambo
 
ongera udushya ku murimo wawe 2012-03-06 06:54:16, 2011 BY Richemond Runanira

Byamaze kugaragara ko imwe n’ imwe mu mirimo ikorerwa ahanini muri uyu mujyi wa Kigali ikunze guhagarara mu gihe cya hato na hato, aho biba (...)

 
Uburyo burindwi bwo Kuguyaguya umukozi wo mu rugo 2012-03-06 06:49:27, 2011 BY Eva Gara

Ubu ni intambara ikomeye gukangurira abantu bose uburyo bwo gutanga serivisi nziza, ziboneye. Haba muri Leta cyangwa mu bikorera. Buri munsi (...)

 
Abakozi Bashyikirana n’Umukoresha Batera Imbere Bakanateza Imbere Ibigo Bakorera 2012-03-06 06:09:14, 2011 BY Habarurema Gaspard

Mbere na mbere abakozi bagomba kwishyira hamwe mu mashyirahamwe abarengera ari yo twita amasendika, kuko abishyize hamwe Imana irabasanga. (...)

 
 
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