COPEDU PLC ni ikigo cy’imari cyemewe n’amategeko, gitanga serivisi zitandukanye z’imari, cyane cyane inguzanyo n’ubwizigame, ku bantu ku giti cyabo no ku bigo by’ubucuruzi.
Iki kigo cyanditswe ku mugaragaro nka Sosiyete y’Imari iciriritse na Rwanda Development Board (RDB) ku wa 21 Gashyantare 2013, hanyuma gihabwa icyemezo na Banki Nkuru y’u Rwanda (BNR) ku wa 13 Werurwe 2014, gikwemerera gutanga serivisi z’imari iciriritse mu Rwanda.
Ku wa 25 Mutarama 2019, iki kigo cyahinduye izina, gihinduka COPEDU PLC, nk’uko biteganywa n’Itegeko No. 17/2018 ryo ku wa 13 Mata 2018 rigenga amasosiyete y’ubucuruzi mu Rwanda. Iri hinduka ryari rigamije guhindura COPEDU sosiyete isanzwe (cooperative) ikaba Sosiyete Nyarugenga y’Ubucuruzi (Public Limited Company), bityo ikemererwa gukusanya imari binyuze mu gutanga imigabane ku baturage.
Inkomoko n’Iterambere
COPEDU PLC yatangiye yitwa COPEDU-KIGALI, ari umushinga w’imari iciriritse washingiwe ku bufatanye bw’umuryango utari uwa Leta witwa DUTERIMBERE ASBL, ku wa 15 Kamena 1997. Uyu mushinga waturutse ku bushakashatsi bwakozwe na DUTERIMBERE, bwagaragaje amahirwe menshi mu guteza imbere serivisi z’ubwizigame n’inguzanyo binyuze mu buryo bwa koperative. Nyuma y’ubu bushakashatsi, DUTERIMBERE ASBL yakoranye n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa bashinga COPEDU-KIGALI, yakoreraga gusa mu Mujyi wa Kigali n’akarere kahoze kitwa Kigali-Ngari.
Mu 2005, COPEDU-KIGALI yahawe uruhushya na Banki Nkuru y’u Rwanda rwo gutanga serivisi zo kwakira no gutanga amafaranga (inguzanyo n’ubwizigame). Mu rwego rwo kunoza imikorere, kuva mu 2008 yatangiye kwifashisha ikoranabuhanga mu bikorwa byayo.
Mu Gashyantare 2009, inama rusange yemeje ko izina ry’iki kigo rihindurwa rikava kuri COPEDU-KIGALI rikaba COPEDU. Hanyuma, ku wa 22 Ukuboza 2012, inama rusange yemeje ko COPEDU ihinduka sosiyete isanzwe (cooperative) ikaba sosiyete y’ubucuruzi (company), ihita yitwa COPEDU PLC.
Icyo gihe, COPEDU PLC yari ifite abanyamigabane 12,996, bose bari basanzwe ari abanyamuryango ba koperative. Iki kigo cyari gifite kapitali y’ubucuruzi ingana na 790,156,800 Frw, ingana n’imigabane 1,975,392, buri mugabane ufite agaciro ka 400 Frw.
Aho Icyo Kigo Gikorera Ubu
Kugeza ubu, COPEDU PLC ikorera mu Mujyi wa Kigali no mu Ntara y’Iburasirazuba. Icyicaro cyayo gikuru giherereye mu Karere ka Kicukiro, mu Mujyi wa Kigali.