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Rwanda Arts Initiative (RAI) is a platform gathering Rwandan artists, aiming at professionalization of the art industry.
Established since 2012, RAI believes that the art industry can substantially contribute to socioeconomic development of Rwanda, as a sector generating wealth through sustainable job creation, economic diversification and cultural value addition.
For RAI, development of skills and professionalization of the art industry are to be achieved through establishment of necessary institutional framework and education scheme, strategic capacity building of human resources, hands on skills, exposure to market demand best practices, enabling of a conducive environment.

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