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Business in Rwanda, Butare, Gisenyi, Gitarama, Kigali. Logistics, tourism

The Republic of Rwanda, «the country of the thousand hills», is a landlocked country of Central Africa and Eastern Africa

1. Repubulika y'u Rwanda in Kinyarwanda language
2. Kigali is the political and administrative capital of Rwanda and the largest Rwandan city (1.1 million people, 1,400 meters of Altitude)
   1. Kigali is in the geographical centre of Rwanda
3. Largest cities of Rwanda: Kigali, Butare, Gisenyi, Gitarama and Ruhengeri
4. Main economic activity in Rwanda: agriculture
   1. 40% of the Rwandan GDP
   2. 90% of the population
   3. Main agricultural products: coffee, tea, tobacco, bananas, beans, sorghum
   4. Rwanda is the sixth African tea producer
   5. Coffee and tea are the main cash crops for export
5. Main mineral resources in Rwanda: are tin, gold, coltan (niobium and tantalum), beryl and tungsten.
6. The Rwandan industry It is poorly developed
   1. Cement factories, processed agricultural products, furniture, soap, textile, cigarettes, footwear...
7. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is currently the Rwandan main currency contributor
8. Currency of Rwanda: Rwandan Franc (RWF​)
9. Rwanda shares borders with Burundi (290 kilometres), Uganda (172 kilometres), the DR Congo and Tanzania

Logistics and Transportation in Rwanda

Trade and Business Organisations (Rwanda)

1. Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
2. East African Community (EAC)
3. United States-East African Community (EAC) Agreement
4. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
5. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
Nile Basin Initiative Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region
6. Conference on the Great Lakes Region
7. OHADA
8. International Organisation of the Francophonie

1. African Union
2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. Economic Commission for Africa
4. African Development Bank

Rwandan Students from Rwanda

1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
2. Doctorate in African Business

More information: International Trade and Business in Rwanda, at EENI Global Business School Website.

1. Rwanda belongs to the Great Lakes region
2. Rwanda borders to the north with several volcanoes (4,500 meters)
3. The geography of Rwanda is dominated by mountains to the west and savannah to the east, with many lakes
4. 1994: genocide of the Tutsi (800,000 deaths)
   1. Genocide destroyed the pillars of the Rwandan economy

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

1. Rwandan population: 12.6 million inhabitants
   1. Rwandan Population density: 456 inhabitants/km²
   2. Rwanda is the more densely populated African Country
   3. The Rwandan population is young and mainly rural
2. Area of Rwanda: 26,338 km²
   1. Rwanda is one of the smallest countries of the African continent

Provinces of Rwanda

A strict hierarchy has governed Rwanda since the pre-colonial times. Before the colonization, 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:

1. Southern Province
2. Western Province
3. Northern Province
4. Eastern Province

The largest cities of Rwanda are:

1. Kigali
2. Butare
3. Gitarama
4. Ruhengeri
5. Gisenyi
6. Byumba
7. Cyangugu
8. Kibuye
9. Rwamagana
10. Kibungo

Rwandan ethnicities:

The Rwandan people belong to a single cultural and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda, formed by three subgroups:

1. Hutu (84% of the population of Rwanda)
2. Tutsi (15%)
3. Twa (1%, Pygmies that live in the forests and descend from the first inhabitants of Rwanda)

Religions and Global Business - Religious diversity

Religions in Rwanda:

1. Christianity
   1. Catholicism (44%)
   2. Protestantism (38%)
2. African Traditional Religions

Languages of Rwanda

The official languages of Rwanda are:

1. Kinyarwanda
   1. Kinyarwanda is the most spoken language in Rwanda
   2. The first language of alphabetization in Rwanda
2. French
   1. Only 6% of the Rwandan are francophone (OIF)
3. English
   1. English has replaced French as the main language of schooling
4. Swahili

Higher Education in Rwanda

LMD System (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate) - Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Scientific Research

1. University of Rwanda
2. School of Technology of Tumba (TCT)
3. Polytechnic of Umutara (UP)
4. Integrated Polytechnic Regional centre Kicukiro Campus (IPRC)
5. Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD)

Higher Education Establishments (privates)

1. Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (ICK)
2. Autonomous University of Kigali (ULK)
3. Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Education of Kibungo (INATEK)
4. Adventist Lay Institute of Kigali (INILAK)
5. Adventist University of Central and Eastern Africa (AUCA)
6. Mahatma Gandhi University
7. Institute of Higher Education Ruhengeri (INES)
8. Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR)
9. KIM University (formerly Kigali Institute of Management)
10. Byumba Polytechnic (IPB)
11. Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences (PIASS)
12. University of Tourism, Technology and Business Sciences (UTB)
13. Health Institute of Kigali, Higher Institute of Agriculture and Livestock (ISAE)
14. Akilah Institute for Women

Rwanda is a member of:

1. Francophone University Agency (AUF)
2. African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES)

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