Country / Region
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Brand Name
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Business Sector
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Year Established
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Kigali-Rwanda
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Cimerwa Co. Ltd
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Mining Sector
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1984
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Total Employees
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Main Markets
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Production Capacity
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Certifications
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01 - 200 People
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DRC, Burundi
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20-60Ton/Day
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ISO, RSB
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Board Chairman
Board Chairman
Director General of the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). Prior to that he was the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) at the Bank of Kigali Plc, leading the digital transformation of the bank. Before that, Mr. Rugemanshuro was the first Chief Executive Officer of BK TecHouse Ltd, the Tech subsidiary of Bank of Kigali Group Plc where his work in the two years he spent there earned him the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders Award (AABLA) as Finalist for East Africa Innovator of the Year. Under his leadership, BK TecHouse was voted and awarded the 2017 Best Technology Company in Rwanda by the Smart Service Awards. Prior to joining BK Group Plc, Mr. Rugemanshuro spent his career in the United States consulting for the global Tech giants such as Hewlett Packard (HP) as a Program Manager and later with Accenture PLC in Seattle, Washington. During his time there, his main clients included Microsoft and T-Mobile.
His area of focus is at the intersection of Business and Technology; his expertise is in helping organizations realize the promise of the digital revolution via adoption of modern engineering platforms and practices. He is a servant leader known for his high energy and contagious passion to solving complex problems.
He is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Global Project Management Institute (PMI) as well as a Certified SAFE Program Consultant (SPC4) by the Global Scaled Agile Academy. He has a bachelor’s degree in science information technologies and an MBA in Management both from Misericordia University in Pennsylvania.
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Mrs. Chrissie Moloseni is a result oriented professional with high business acumen and hands on experience with over 20 years progressive experience in Finance and Operations Management with track record of delivering performance.
Expertise in General Management, Strategic Planning,Accounting and Finance Management Budgeting and Forecasting, Cost and Performance Management, Corporate Finance and Investment Analysis.
Board Member
Board Member
Mr. Nyrimihigo is a career banker with over 30 years’ experience in project financing. He previously worked with the Central Bank of Burundi and later was Director General of Rwanda Development Bank and Director General of the African Guarantee Fund in Niger.
He is now in private business as a real estate developer and is a Board member of Rwanda Investment Group.
Mr. Nyirimihigo is a graduate of Nairobi University and has a post graduate diploma in Banking from CNAM University of France.
Board Member
Board Member
Mokate Ramafoko is the Managing Director of the International Division at PPC Ltd. He assumed this role in August 2017 after his tenure as Executive Director of the International Division since March 2016.
In his current role; Ramafoko oversees and provides strategic direction to all the various international businesses that PPC has majority shares in namely; PPC Zimbabwe, CIMERWA Ltd in Rwanda, PPC Barnet in DRC and HABESHA CEMENT SHARE COMPANY in Ethiopia; both as an executive manager of the respective country cement operations and as a mentor to all the countryheads.
Mokate, an engineer by profession comes with over 23 years of experience and expertise in cement manufacturing, quality assurance and cement process optimization. He has held various positions within the PPC group as well as Holcim (now Afrisam) and across various divisions.
He has amassed extensive knowledge in overseeing and managing large, complex, multi-million dollar operations where he has been instrumental in driving business growth. Most recently, Mokate was actively involved in driving and guiding the CIMERWA and Zimbabwe businesses to realise an improvement in their processes and ultimately driving an overall cost reduction of 6%; subsequently improving their operational and business efficiencies.
Over and above his professional expertise; Mokate is passionate about business development and strategy. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a BSc (Hons) in Metallurgy.
Board Member
Board Member
Mr. Rugeri Nkusi Christian a board member holds a master degree in business law. He serves as Treasury Counsel in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Before he joined the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in 2011, he served as Legal Specialist in the Pubic Investments and External Finance bureau. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Ultimate Concept Limited. He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the African Legal Support Facility and the Discipline Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda.
Board Member
Board Member
Ms. Phindokuhle Mohlala is the Human Resource Executive at PPC Ltd. She is vastly experienced in Human Ressources Management spanning over two decades. She previously worked at ABB and Schneider Electric before joining PPC Ltd. in 2017.
She has delivered a number of initiatives in her role such as; embedding high performance culture, building talent and a healthy succession for key roles, streamline and centralize payroll for various organizations, establish employee data credibility just to mention a few.
Board Member
Board Member
Kristell is a seasoned Company Secretary with a wealth of experience spanning two decades in various industries in the listed environment, including Financial and Insurance, Construction, Commodity Trading, Manufacturing and Government.
The main focus was overseeing portfolios related to corporate governance, legal compliance, risk monitoring and sustainability.
She joined Nedcor Investment Bank Limited in 2000 as a company secretarial administrator and joined Murray and Roberts Limited as an assistant company secretary in 2006. Kristell subsequently joined Robben Island Museum as Company Secretary where she was exposed to the public sector and PFMA. She was appointed as Group Company Secretary at Insimbi Refractory and Alloys Supplies in June 2010. During her tenure as Group Company Secretary at Insimibi, Kristell was integrally involved in material M&A activity undertaken by the Insimbi Group and responsible for transferring the Insimbi Group from the AltX to the main listings board of the JSE.
She implemented various new systems and process, to ensure that the companies under her oversight are being governed under an approved governance framework.
Kristell was appointed to serve as a director on the board of CIMERWA, and prior to that appointment, she served on various other boards of trustees and during that time she contributed significantly to the development of strategies and policies relating to the core business of the trusts.
Kristell, is a member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa as well as Chartered Secretary South Africa. Her passion for transferring skills has been tried and tested at the University of Cape Town where she lectured to a group of Chartered Secretaries South Africa board students.
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Albert K. Sigei joined CIMERWA PPC as Chief Executive Officer on 06th January 2020. He comes as an experienced executive with more than 18 years’ experience in the cement industry. He has lived and worked in varied cross-cultural geographies including Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, UK and Malawi. With a sterling work pedigree in Business Development, Business Management and Change Management, he has a keen eye for business and a sharp mind for decisions. Just the right attributes for a captain of the ship.
Albert’s multi-disciplinary background including Engineering, Finance, IT, Risk Management and leadership set the stage for his 18 year old career in the durables sector. He has a first class honors Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and graduated from various executive courses offered by Ivy league Business Schools – INSEAD, London Business School, HEC Paris and The Ivey Business School at Western University.
He is passionate about Africa hence his unwavering focus on the importance of alignment between business purpose and societal needs.
Chief Finance Officer
Chief Finance Officer
Formally with Bank of Kigali as Chief Finance Officer for over 4 years and on to Prime Insurance as CEO, John comes with a wealth of knowledge in Business Finance Management and Planning. An avid numbers gentleman who had a broad understanding of business leads our Finance Division as the Chief Finance Officer.
Head, Legal & Company Secretary
Head, Legal & Company Secretary
Godfrey joined CIMERWA on 18th September 2020 as the Head of Legal, Corporate affairs and Company Secretary. He will help streamline the functioning of the Legal and Corporate affairs Department and oversee and steer legal and regulatory compliance.
To joining CIMERWA, Godfrey worked as the Legal advisor and Company Secretary for BRALIRWA Plc (Heineken and Coca-Cola Rwanda). He also worked with Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) as the Legal Director, Head of the Modernisation Team and Principal Internal affairs. He has a wide range of experience in legal advisory, corporate governance, teaching/lecturing law and Consulting in different areas of law.
Godfrey has in past consulted for various Non-governmental organisations (USAID, University of Massachusetts- Boston-USA, International Labour Organisation (ILO), TROCAIRE international, Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD), Winrock International, Tetra Link East Africa, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)-Rwanda, etc); and Ministries and Institutions (MINIJUST, MIFOTRA, REMA, MINEAC, ILPD, etc).
Godfrey holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Rwanda and Master’s degree in Commercial Law (LLM) from the University of Cape Town- South Africa. He also holds a Diplome d’étude en langue française from the University of Rwanda and several certificates in various areas of law, good governance and performance evaluation and management.
General Manager
General Manager
With over 26 years of professional experience in Engineering, leadership and management, Karl Willem Heese joined CIMERWA in 2016 as the General Manager;From PPC Cement Plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa where he had served at the same position since November 2013.
With such an international experience and expertise in the field of Engineering, cement manufacturing and exemplary leadership, he has been at the center of success of CIMERWA where he is charged with operations execution strategies that has transformed the entire plant tremendously in terms of production and operation efficiency.
Prior to joining PPC, he occupied various managerial positions in manufacturing plants.
Karl has both a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa respectively. Over the course of his professional career, he has been able to acquire other internationally recognized certifications in the field of Engineering such as Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) and Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) all of which earns him a professional reputation and highly qualified executive manager in the field.
He is fluent in English, Afrikaans and German languages.
Head, Sales & Marketing
Head, Sales & Marketing
A high-performing and team-oriented business leader with experience in developing and driving route-to-market strategy in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Northern Tanzania, DRC & Ethiopia. Held progressive leadership responsibilities spanning +15 years in the cement industry.
His multi-functional roles in sales, marketing, customer service and supply chain management have enabled him acquire high-level commercial awareness and build rich & diverse networks. Holds an MBA with focus on strategic management from the United States International University – Africa.
Edgar currently heads CIMERWA’s Sales & Marketing department
Head, Supply Chain
Head, Supply Chain
Rizah joins CIMERWA as Head, Supply chain. She is at the helm of leadership oversight and guidance to a large supply chain management and technical team. She manages strategic relationships with business partners and clients in order to enable supply chain optimization.
Rizah joins us with a career that spans over fifteen years in Supply Chain, both in Rwanda and Kenya. Over the last eight years, she was working as Supply chain manager at Heineken Bralirwa and three years as Procurement Manager at KCB Bank tasked with local SC operations, customer service, supply planning, inbound/outbound logistics, warehousing and strategic sourcing.
She has a first-class honor master’s degree in Operations and Production from India and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the National University of Rwanda.
Rizah has excellent leadership and influence skills, able to bring vision to a group and cross departments by demonstrating strong customer service mindset required. Rizah is a strong communicator, resourceful and creative with a capability of turning ideals into plans and executing them impeccably.
Head, Human Resource
Head, Human Resource
Having worked in the public sector with the National Capacity Building secretariat, Supreme Court of Rwanda, Bank of Rwanda and now the private sector with CIMERWA, Paul comes with multifaceted perspectives on people management.
Paul has helped CIMERWA develop a people first culture that enables better output for the organization as a whole. Paul is a graduate of Makerere University.
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