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While Rwanda has long focused on agriculture and services, it is now looking to develop manufacturing, in a bid to lower its dependence on imports, as... Sep 19, 2017
Industry & Trade | Africa | Rwanda
After having attained food security in 2010, Rwanda has seen its food exports surge and poverty has been greatly reduced thanks to the advancements in... Jul 18, 2017
Infrastructure | Africa | Rwanda
Regional allies show there is power in numbers as they combine forces to carry out vital energy and transport projects Jun 05, 2017
Infrastructure | Africa | Rwanda
Behind Rwanda’s socioeconomic progress is a stable and sound financial sector, which has enjoyed average annual asset and profitability growth of... May 10, 2017
Since 2006, Rwanda has jumped from 139th to 56th in the World Bank’s Doing Business Index, and has been the second top reformer over the last 12... Apr 03, 2017
Industry & Trade | Africa | Rwanda
Rwanda has made remarkable steps following the 1994 genocide. Since the turn of the millennium, when the ambitious Vision 2020 development plan was launched,... Mar 01, 2017
Government | Africa | Rwanda
Drawing international attention to Africa’s development potential, The Global African Investment Summit – COMESA & Government of Rwanda... Sep 29, 2016
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Government | Africa | Rwanda
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The Global African Investment Summit COMESA and Government of Rwanda (TGAIS–COMESA Rwanda) have launched their eagerly awaited summit programme on... Jul 05, 2016
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Providing far-reaching access to tailor-made banking products both digitally and in even... Nov 30, 2016
Regionally renowned for quality and timely construction and its local training and staff... Nov 08, 2016
I&M Bank’s footprint in the East African region currently covers Kenya, Tanzania,... Nov 07, 2016
CEO Tineyi Emmanuel Mawocha and Acting CEO Germaine Mukamusana of Urwego Opportunity Bank... Oct 28, 2016
Rwanda’s award-winning Water and Sanitation Corporation Ltd (WASAC) has made some... Oct 28, 2016
Immersed in the East African private sector, Dennis Karera explains the close interrelation... Oct 28, 2016
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) aims to make a tangible contribution to Rwanda’s... Oct 28, 2016
Rain Forest Alliance certified and ISO certified Rwanda Mountain Tea (RMT) is a prime example... Oct 28, 2016
Synergistic collaborations between Rwanda’s public and private sectors in its ICT... Oct 28, 2016
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Five years ago Mario Safari Rugambwa spotted a gap in the quality and quantity capabilities... Oct 07, 2016
Rwanda’s leading entrepreneur Sina Gérard is the founder of Sina Gerard Urwibutso... Oct 04, 2016
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Rwanda’s Infrastructure Minister James Musoni highlights the country’s prime... Aug 31, 2016
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Akagera Aviation is creating a Center of Excellence in Aviation that will train not only... Sep 08, 2016
According to James Gatera, CEO of one of Rwanda's leading private sector companies,... Sep 07, 2016
Rwanda’s government has now taken the role of an enabler, not a competitor, to the... Sep 07, 2016
Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources Dr Gerardine Mukeshimana revelas... Sep 06, 2016
National flag carrier RwandAir is enabling the country’s aspiring pilots, engineers... Sep 06, 2016
LOCATION:
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
AREA:
total: 26,338 sq km
CLIMATE:
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
NATURAL RESOURCES:
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land
POPULATION:
12,337,138
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
republic; presidential, multiparty system
CAPITAL:
name: Kigali
INDEPENDENCE:
1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship)
CONSTITUTION:
several previous; latest adopted by referendum 26 May 2003, effective 4 June 2003; amended several times, last in 2010 (2013)
LEGAL SYSTEM:
mixed legal system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$16.37 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$7.7 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7.5% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,500 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
agriculture: 31.9%
industry: 14.8%
services: 53.3% (2013 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
INDUSTRIES:
cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
EXPORTS:
$538.3 million (2013 est.)
EXPORTS - commodities:
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
EXPORTS - partners:
Kenya 30.5%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.2%, China 12.1%, Malaysia 10.7%, US 5.8%, Swaziland 4.9% (2012)
IMPORTS:
$1.937 billion (2013 est.)
IMPORTS - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material
IMPORTS - partners:
Kenya 17.3%, Uganda 15.6%, UAE 8.9%, China 7.2%, India 5.6%, Tanzania 5%, Belgium 4.5%, Canada 4.1% (2012)
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