A capital in a country in foreward motion
| Kigali is the first city in Africa to be awarded the Habitat Scroll of Honor Award in the recognition of its “cleanliness, security and urban conservation model.” The city’s master plan, currently under implementation, will dramatically improve the city’s road system, rehabilitate woodlands and wetlands in and around the capital, and create a new, mixed-use city centre with a technology centre, a downtown office and retail district and a national cultural centre.  Click here to go to a larger Kigali Center map A former landfill will become the new Heritage Memorial Park – a change emblematic of the stunning economic and social transformation currently happening in Kigali as well as the rest of the country. The city also offers easy mobility: since the mid 1990s, the country’s transportation infrastructure has grown exponentially, with a quality road network providing easy routes from Kigali to Kampala, Nairobi and the port of Mombasa. |
Its international airport offers frequent direct routes to many African and European destinations. Rwanda has undergone massive economic policy reform in recent years, making it one of the most attractive investment and entrepreneurial sites in Africa.  Click here to go to a larger Rwanda map Rwanda’s technological growth is moving at such a rapid rate that it will soon be known as the IT and communications hub of Africa. Half the country is now provided with fast internet connections, and Kigali itself offers total wireless broadband coverage for its 1 million residents.  Click here to go a larger Africa map The World Bank called Rwanda “a consistent reformer of business regulation” and named it to its top 10 list of most improved economies. In 2009, a CNN report cited Rwanda as Africa’s biggest success story for its stability and international integration, noting that that the country’s per capita income had tripled in the last 10 years. |
