Incubator Accelerator Facility for Wood Sector

11/09/2025

On Sept 10th, we wrapped up a powerful 3-week training in Carpentry & Joinery from candidates across Rwanda — ending with a special women’s session in Finishing & Coating 🪵The training was at

in Kicukiro📍any thanks to

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for the support🙏https://x.com/IAF_Wood_Sector/status/1966152427624955966

25/10/2024

🎉 This marked the end of a 3-week training on company/cooperative management, sales, and marketing! 🏢📈 Over 20 topics were covered, including fundraising, investment, taxation, business visibility, and marketing. 💡💰 More than 80 business representatives from Musanze, Huye, and Kigali participated. 🌍👏

25/10/2024

🌟 Exciting news! The IAF has just wrapped up a 3 days training on managerial topics in Kigali. 🎓 Candidates were encouraged to apply their new skills to boost growth and sustainability in the wood sector. 🌳

29/11/2022

28/11/2022

Today 28th November 2022, GIZ and NIRDA organized a handover ceremony for the first phase of the IAF project. Present were participants from both institutions as well as the project staff and beneficiaries

“Today, 28th November 2022; GIZ and NIRDA organized a handover of the 1st phase of a joint support for the Rwandan wood sector - namely "Incubation and Acceleration Facility -IAF" project.”

11/11/2022

https://twitter.com/IAF_Wood_Sector/status/1591013771933552641?s=20&t=N9d-xxkFsvQ51ULxmmurzg

07/11/2022

https://twitter.com/IAF_Wood_Sector/status/1588567420557733888?s=20&t=UzZjuCmfTN7xE4Kj1j7olg

26/10/2022

https://twitter.com/IAF_Wood_Sector/status/1585231436352614401?s=20&t=MeqBoZIAdcIxtcVLkZk6FQ

“Today the IAF project candidates and facilitators paid a visit to the ICON headquarters in Germany. It was a memorable event at the company (https://t.co/Rpf5GUiPuk) which has been implementing the project since 2021.”

19/10/2022

https://twitter.com/IAF_Wood_Sector/status/1582736710332403712?s=20&t=Hs2o7eHRO0U-Nz7QWBM_Mw

“Last Friday, Nirda-GIZ IAF facility closed a two week training program in Computer Aided Design (CAD) to 13 wood companies. Certificates were handed to participants in the presence of the DG of NIRDA, and GIZ representative.”

11/10/2022

The last week of Advanced training on Computer Aided Design (CAD) is going on well at the IAF office. Candidates have shown a lot of interest into this training and in the end they'll be able to design some innovative products. Wood Rwanda NIRDA - National Industrial Research and Development Agency Private Sector Federation Rwanda PSF Rwanda Ministry of Trade and Industry