When Kent State unveiled plans for a proposed School of Fashion in Rwanda, the country's leading news outlets embraced the announcement as a milestone moment for Rwanda's creative economy — and for Africa's fashion industry as a whole. Coverage in The New Times, Rwanda's largest English-language daily, IGIHE, one of the country's most widely read news platforms, and Taarifa, a Rwandan outlet focused on development and business, reflected both excitement and a clear sense of strategic purpose. Reporters framed the proposed Kent State University Rwanda not merely as a new institu...
Project Funding Details
The project was launched by a $20,000 grant award from Kent State University's Community Engaged Research Institute (CERI). In an effort to be transparent about costs to city residents, the current funding plan for the partnership is as follows:
Project Timeline
The projected project timeline is as follows: