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Prince Amyn Aga Khan pays tribute to victims of genocide in Rwanda 2016-04-14

The Chairman of the Aga Khan Group of Companies, Amyn Aga Khan, visited Kigali Genocide memorial on Wednesday to commemorate Genocide victims buried at the site.

The memorial is home to about 250,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

The Aga Khan, who was in the country on a two-day private visit, took time to join the staff of Kigali Serena Hotel to pay respect to Genocide victims. According to Denise Omany, the country sales and marketing manager at Serena.

2008, June 23-29: 2008, June 29: : Prince Hussain and Princess Khaliya attended the G.J.G. this morning as well as the Closing Ceremony of the Golden Jubilee Games tonight. Prince Amyn arrived in Nairobi yesterday but went to Kigali today. He did not attend the Games in Nairobi. The launching of the Games ceremony was grandiose but the closing was not as powerful. A small fireworks ended the Ceremony. Of course tons of photos uploaded every day...

The Managing Director of the Serena Group of Hotels, who was recently in the country to identify and assess investment potentials, has zeroed in on Intercontinental Hotel, Kigali. Mahmoud Jan Muhammad also hinted at Kivu Sun Hotel, Nyungwe Game Reserve and Akagera National Park.'We have already identified a number of investment potentials in the country, specifically targeting the tourism sector,' he said. Muhammad disclosed that Serena Group, which is an arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development chains of hotels and safari lodges in East Africa, a hotel in Zanzibar and Mozambique.

Saturday, 28 October ,2006 Village Urugwiro, Kigali, Rwanda: Intercontinental and Kivu Sun leased for 30 years to Serena Group of Hotels.