{"id":46,"date":"2020-12-02T23:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/rwanda\/?p=46"},"modified":"2020-12-02T23:08:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:08:32","slug":"matthew-rugamba-featured-on-under-40-ceos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/matthew-rugamba-featured-on-under-40-ceos","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Rugamba featured on Under 40 CEOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Popular Rwandan Fashion designer Matthew Rugamba has featured on Under 40 CEOs, a continental initiative celebrating young business leaders aged 40 and under from East, West and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative seeks to research and celebrate young business leaders in Africa with a focus on their journey, process, and their proposed destination.<\/p>\n<p>Rugamba is the founder and proprietor of House of Tayo, which was founded in 2011 and created out of the desire to find a unique way to showcase African sophistication, style and flavor through contemporary, locally-made clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith style influences ranging from the Motown era to traditional British tailoring they seek to combine elegance and class with a strong sense of African heritage and iconography,\u201d the authors of the ranking said.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking recognized Rugamba for having a distinctly Rwandan-born brand that works with local artisans and tailors, they support the local community by providing stable income and employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith its unconventional combination of colors and patterns, the brand is bold and futuristic; edgy, yet sophisticated; and reflective of the current proliferation of African arts, culture, and style on the world stage,\u201d the ranking noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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