 Study a Master in Rwanda, Kigali
Foreign Trade and Business in Rwanda, Kigali
Study in the Republic of Rwanda (Central Africa, Masters and Doctorates in Global Business)
Rwanda (Republic of Rwanda, «the country of the thousand hills») is a landlocked country of
Central Africa and
Eastern Africa
- Repubulika y'u Rwanda in Kinyarwanda
language
- Kigali is
the political and administrative capital of Rwanda and the largest Rwandan city (1.1 million people,
1,400 metres of Altitude)
- Kigali is in the geographical centre of Rwanda
- Largest cities of Rwanda: Kigali,
Butare,
Gisenyi, Gitarama and Ruhengeri
- Main economic activity in Rwanda: agriculture
- 40% of the Rwandan GDP
- 90% of the population
- Main agricultural products: coffee, tea, tobacco,
bananas, beans, sorghum
- Rwanda is the sixth African tea producer
- Coffee and tea are the main cash crops for export
- Main mineral resources in Rwanda: are tin, gold, coltan (niobium and
tantalum),
beryl and tungsten.
- The Rwandan industry It is poorly developed
- Cement factories,
processed agricultural products, furniture, soap, textile, cigarettes,
footwear...
- Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is currently the Rwandan main
currency contributor
- Currency of Rwanda: Rwandan Franc (RWF)
- Rwanda shares borders with
Burundi (290 kilometres),
Uganda (172 kilometres), the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania
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- Rwanda belongs to the Great Lakes region
- Rwanda borders to the north with several volcanoes (4,500 meters)
- The geography of Rwanda is dominated by mountains to the west and
savannah to the east, with many lakes
- 1994: genocide of the Tutsi (800,000 deaths)
- Genocide destroyed the pillars of
the Rwandan economy

- Rwanda is a Republic
- Rwanda obtained its Independence from
Belgium in 1962 (History of Rwanda)
- Calling code: 250
- Country code top-level domain: .rw

- Rwandan population: 12.6 million inhabitants
- Rwandan Population density: 456 inhabitants/square kilometres
- Rwanda is the more densely populated African Country
- The Rwandan population is young and mainly rural
- Area of Rwanda: 26,338 square kilometres
- Rwanda is one of the smallest countries of the African continent
Transport and Logistics in Rwanda

Provinces of Rwanda
A strict hierarchy has governed Rwanda since the pre-colonial times.
Before the Colonisation, the
King (Mwami) exercised the control through a system
of provinces, districts, hills and neighbourhoods.
The current Constitution divides Rwanda into provinces (intara), districts (uturere),
cities, municipalities, cities, sectors (imirenge), cells (utugari) and villages (imidugudu); the Rwandan Parliament establishes the largest divisions and their
borders.
The city of Kigali is a provincial authority.
The four Rwandan provinces are:
- Southern Province
- Western Province
- Northern Province
- Eastern Province

The largest cities of Rwanda are:
- Kigali
- Butare
- Gitarama
- Ruhengeri
- Gisenyi
- Byumba
- Cyangugu
- Kibuye
- Rwamagana
- Kibungo

Economic Integration Organisations (Rwanda)
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
- East African Community (EAC)
- United States-East African Community (EAC)
Agreement
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
- Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
-
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
- International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
- Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
- International Organisation of the Francophonie


- African Union (AU)
- African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)

Rwandan ethnicities:
The Rwandan people belong to a single
cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda,
formed by three subgroups:
- Hutu (84% of the population of Rwanda)
- Tutsi (15%)
- Twa (1%, Pygmies that live in the forests and descend from the first inhabitants of Rwanda)
Religions in Rwanda:
- Christianity
- Catholicism (44%)
- Protestantism (38%)
- Traditional African Religions
Languages of Rwanda
The official languages of Rwanda are:
- Kinyarwanda
- Kinyarwanda is the most spoken language in Rwanda
- The first language of alphabetisation in Rwanda
- French
- Only 6% of the Rwandan are francophone (OIF)
- English
- English has replaced French as the main language of
schooling
- Swahili
Higher Education in Rwanda
LMD System (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) - Ministry of Education,
Science, Technology and Scientific Research
- University of Rwanda
- School of Technology of Tumba (TCT)
- Polytechnic of Umutara (UP)
- Integrated Polytechnic Regional centre Kicukiro Campus (IPRC)
- Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD)
Higher Education Establishments (privates)
- Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (ICK)
- Autonomous University of Kigali (ULK)
- Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Education of Kibungo (INATEK)
- Adventist Lay Institute of Kigali (INILAK)
- Adventist University of Central and Eastern Africa (AUCA)
- Mahatma Gandhi
University
- Institute of Higher Education Ruhengeri (INES)
- Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR)
- KIM University (formerly Kigali Institute of Management)
- Byumba Polytechnic (IPB)
- Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS)
- University of Tourism, Technology and Business Sciences (UTB)
- Health Institute of Kigali, Higher Institute of Agriculture and
Livestock (ISAE)
- Akilah Institute for Women
Rwanda is a member of:
- Francophone University Agency (AUF)
- African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES)
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