Overview of ICT in Rwanda

Attracted ~USD 500 million in investment over the last three years by both private and public sector
The government has invested in developing ICT infrastructure to enable service delivery:

A 2,500km optic fiber throughout the country, with 9 regional links to neighboring countries
Internet Data Center
Wireless Broadband in Kigali, to be extended to all major towns
ICT Park to incubate start-ups
Mobile and Fixed telephony, VoIP
DSL, VSAT, ISDN, GPRS, Broadband Internet
Software development, Hardware assembly and repair
One Laptop per Primary School Child to increase ICTs utilization in education

MTN Rwanda, TiGO and Rwandatel are the three major telecom providers of fixed/ mobile telephones, and internet services. Today there are over 3.1 million mobile subscribers, representing 32% penetration

The ICT private sector is growing, especially in networking and software development, with a few Rwandan companies now exporting services to Burundi and Eastern DRC

Rwanda is investing USD 24 million in Regional Communication Infrastructure to connect the country to the global network

The Government of Rwanda is investing heavily in ICT skills development and is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University to establish a Center for Excellence that should greatly increase ICT skills

Current Projects

ICT Park

Project Description:

Development of an ICT park structured around and supporting the growth of the following clusters:

Energy
Internet, multimedia and mobile telecommunication
Knowledge
E-Government
Financial
ICT Service and export

Strategic partnership between GoR, Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) and AfDB according to which CMU will:

Provide ICT education in Kigali equivalent to that offered to its students at the US Campus
Support the design of the Institutional program

Investment Amount:

US$ 150m

Investment Mode:

Total Equity ownership or Joint Venture