Student Conferences & competitions

The Students’ Conference on “the role of youth in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" in Rwanda was organized by the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) and attracted more than 200 experts from different public institutions, NGOs, researchers and academics institutions, private companies and development partners. This students competition was held on 29th November, 2017 at University of Rwanda college of Business and Economics.
The conference started by the welcoming remarks (...)

Introduction
The Economic Policy Research Network held a webinar event on Facebook live. The live event aimed at providing university students interested in research with tips on how to conduct research for their professional and career growth. This is part of EPRN’s mandate ; capacity building of young professionals in the field of research to contribute to the human capital development of Rwanda.
Webinar Highlights
The event was hosted by EPRN student chapter founder, Julia Steinhauer. (...)

1. Introduction
The Economic Policy Research Network held its third Annual Students’ Conference and Competition at Mount Kenya University on 28th October 2019.
The conference was centered on a topic that sought to address “Role of youth in Establishing Rwanda as a Globally Competitive Knowledge base Economy”. The conference more-than 100 students from different Universities with representatives from EPRN, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Mount Kenya (...)

1. Introduction
The Students’ Conference on “Africa continental Free Trade Area and Rwanda’s Comparative Advantages” was organized by the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) and attracted more than 100 experts from different public institutions, NGOs, researchers and academics institutions, private companies and development partners. This student’s competition was held on 14th December, 2018 from 2pm-5pm at University of Kigali. The conference started by the welcoming remarks of Acting (...)

I. BACKGROUND The Government of Rwanda hails the importance and relevance of early building the capacities of young people as future flag bearers. Currently, Rwandan youth constitutes more than 60% of Rwanda’s entire population. Connected to that, youth especially intellectuals from universities are not only viewed as future business leaders, but as also future economic policy practitioners and beneficiaries of the today’s economical space. In the same vein, they are the cornerstone of the (...)