Rwanda

Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Rwanda is located in east-central Africa, sharing its border with Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a population of approximately 13 million, it is one of the smallest countries in Africa. The major ethnic groups are the Hutu, the Tutsi, and the Twa, and the official languages of the country are English, French, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda.

The country has a temperate climate with two rainy seasons, and due to its terrain, it is popularly referred to as “the land of thousand hills” because of its numerous mountains, hills, valleys, and wildlife. Rwanda operates a presidential republic system of government and is administratively divided into four provinces and the City of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The economy is largely agrarian, with agriculture accounting for over 60 percent of foreign exports. The country’s major sources of foreign exchange come from Tourism, Coffee, and Tea. The major challenge besetting the country is overpopulation; it is the most densely populated country in Africa. Overpopulation has created the scarcity of fertile land, which is required for agricultural purposes, giving rise to ethnic land tensions.

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Revised Special Needs and Inclusive Education Policy

Ministry of Education, Rwanda

This policy aims to ensure the needs of educationally vulnerable children and youths are factored into the plans and objectives of the education sector in the country. This is in line with the government’s drive...

Rwanda • 2018 • Education

Revised Special Economic Zone Policy (SEZ)

Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

The government of Rwanda offers fiscal incentives and serviced lands to companies and industrialists. This government offer aligns with the drive to create a Rwandan free zone. The SEZ targets willing companies and aims to...

Rwanda • 2018 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Maternal Newborn and Child Health Strategic Plan (2018-2024)

Ministry of Health, Rwanda

Moving forward from the successful attainment of health sector MDGs, the country strives to align its policies and strategies with the SDGs. This strategic plan recognises the need for newborns, women, and children to survive...

Rwanda • 2018 • Health

Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation phase 4 (2018-2024) (PSTA IV)

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The PSTA IV serves as the holistic strategic plan for agriculture in Rwanda. It seeks to build on the achievement of the PSTA III. It identifies and evaluates the inherent resources of priority investment areas....

Rwanda • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development

National Ear and Hearing Care Plan (2018-2024)

Ministry of Health, Rwanda

This plan details strategies directed towards improving healthcare as it relates to ear and hearing. It attests to the challenges associated with awareness, detection, and management of ear and hearing issues. It’s objective is to...

Rwanda • 2018 • Health

National Agriculture Policy

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The Agricultural sector has played a leading role in keeping unemployment levels low, providing means of livelihood for the people, as well as generally contributing to the economy. This national policy on agriculture focuses on...

Rwanda • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development

National Strategic Plan for Eye Health (2018-2024)

Ministry of Health, Rwanda

This national strategy for eye health aligns with the health sector policy and the HSSP IV. These policies strive to ensure the citizens of the country have equitable access to quality health services. The strategic...

Rwanda • 2018 • Health

Budget Framework Paper 2018-2021

Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

This framework contains the fiscal policy objectives of the government of Rwanda for the three years under review in the economic context in which the budget will be presented. This is in line with the...

Rwanda • 2018 • Finance

Special Needs and Inclusive Education Strategic Plan (2018-2024)

Ministry of Education, Rwanda

The government of Rwanda is pushing for attainment of universal education in Rwanda. This strategy is developed to guide implementation of the special needs and inclusive education policy. It works towards ensuring the aims, objectives,...

Rwanda • 2018 • Education

E-waste Management in Rwanda Regulation

Ministry of Environment and Land, Rwanda

The regulation addresses the issue of the legal framework enabling the electronic and electrical waste collection and management system in Rwanda. It applies to all actors, ranging from producer to consumer, involved in the manufacture,...

Rwanda • 2018 • Environment and Climate Change

Law Establishing Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority

Ministry of Health, Rwanda

The law establishes the Rwanda food and drugs authority, and determines its mission, organization, and functioning. The law regulates among others; human and veterinary drugs and vaccines, herbal medicines, medicated cosmetics, tobacco and tobacco products,...

Rwanda • 2018 • Health

Decentralized Waste Water Development Systems Regulation

Ministry of Environment,Rwanda Environment Management Authority,Rwanda Water Resources Board, Rwanda

The regulation addresses the technical requirements for design, installation, and operation of waste water treatment systems, licensing regimes and requirements, monitoring and enforcement, and administrative sanctions. It seeks to establish an efficient and affordable waste...

Rwanda • 2018 • Utilities

Law Relating to Arms

Ministry of Defence, Rwanda

This Law determines procedures for the acquisition, possession, carriage, manufacture, sale, storage and obtaining of arms. It details procedures on acquisition of firearms and ammunition by civilians, conditions and restrictions, and registration and arm marking

Rwanda • 2018 • Defence and Security

Order on Organization and Functioning of Disaster Management Organs

Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Rwanda

The Prime Ministers’s order focuses on organization and functioning of the disaster management organs in Rwanda, namely; National Disaster Management Committee (NADIMAC), National Disater Management Technical Committee (NADIMATEC), District Disaster Management Committee (DIDIMAC), Sector Disaster...

Rwanda • 2018 • National Development

Law Regulating the Warehouse Receipt System

Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

The law governs the regulations surrounding the warehouse receipt system. The law states that the capital market authority of Rwanda shall be the organ to issue warehouse receipt operator’s license. Other provisions contained include; status,...

Rwanda • 2018 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Law on Environment

Ministry of Environment and Land, Rwanda

The law determines ways and avenues to protect, conserve, and promote the environment onto cleaner and greener status. The law places the fundamenta principle on environmental conservation on preventing activities considered to have negative impacts...

Rwanda • 2018 • Environment and Climate Change