Relocation Africa Rwanda Immigration Interview With AfriLex’s Doreen Karake

Lynn Mackenzie, our Immigration Lead, recently had the privilege of interviewing Doreen Karake, Managing Partner at AfriLex Travel Advisory/AfriLex Associates, about Rwanda’s immigration landscape.

To listen to Lynn and Doreen’s conversation about immigration in the current context, click here to view the recording, or view it below.

Doreen’s bio

Doreen Karake is a Partner with AfriLex Transactions and in charge of Transactions Advisory for the AfriLex Group. She has vast experience in commercial and corporate law and has worked in both the public and private sector. Her practice focuses on:

  • Immigration and Relocation Advisory
  • Contract negotiations
  • Transactions advisory
  • Corporate governance
  • Rwanda investment advisory
  • Rwanda Company and Employment laws

Doreen has worked as an Investment Negotiator for the Government of Rwanda in priority sectors , as well as as Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary for Ngali Holdings Ltd- one of Rwanda’s leading Investment firms.

Doreen is on the Board of Directors of the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB), as well as the Rwanda Special Guarantee Fund. Previously she served on the East Africa Regional Advisory Board of the Young African Leadership initiative (YALI).

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with the Edinburgh Business School, Herriot Watt University- United Kingdom; a Master of Laws in Corporate/Business Law (LLM) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), both from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa; and a B-Juris from the University of Namibia.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Doreen for her insights. We hope you enjoy the recording.

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

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