Doing Business in Rwanda Kigali Rwandan economy

Course summary (Business in Rwanda)

Rwanda has preferential access to:

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• East African Community (EAC)
• Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
• European Union - Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) - Cotonou Agreement
• AGOA United States Africa

The Republic of Rwanda is a poor rural nation with 90% of the population working in agriculture.

• Rwanda is the most densely populated nation in Africa and is landlocked with few natural resources and small industry.
• Main export products of Uganda are coffee and tea.
• Favorable terms of International trade, and inflows of aid and Foreign direct investment (FDI) have aided and stimulated the Rwandan economy considerably over the last 10 years. The important growth was from an increase in the production of cereal products (maize and wheat).

International trade - exports of Rwanda continue to remain enough small compared to the average of Central Africa and mainly stand for the 2 main cash crops, tea and coffee and, recently, mineral products.

Example of the course doing business in Rwanda:

Borders or the Republic of Rwanda : Uganda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.

Institutions and Agreements of Rwanda:
Forum Africa China
Forum Africa India
African Development Bank
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
African Union
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP), FAO, G-77, IBRD, IMF, MIGA, United Nations, Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), World Trade Organization (WTO), ...