A Resilient Rwanda Thrives 20 Years After the Genocide he capital, Kigali, is alive with grandiose new construction projects like a new national museum of Rwanda, an enormous convention centre and dozens of skyscrapers adorn the skyline. The government has invested in over $100 million worth of world-class fibre optic infrastructure that will make the country, the eighth smallest in Africa, one of the most connected nations on Earth. Though still widespread, poverty rates in Rwanda have dropped 12 per cent over the past five years. A Transparency International report last year rated Rwanda the least corrupt country in Africa and ranked it in the top 50 best performing countries of 177 surveyed. A 2013 World Bank report rated Rwanda as the best place to do business in east and central Africa. It is impressive that Rwanda is using its own funds instead of donor money to launch itself into the 21st century. President Kagame said of donor funding, “I am never comfortable with it…that we sit and expect to live on other people’s generosity. That (attitude) is pathetic and even more pathetic when you find it among the so-called politicians and intellectuals,” he said.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:42:56 +0000
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