The country is receiving millions of visitors every year, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in the national coffers.
The figures are increasing even further, thanks to different mechanism including the recent migration policy that provides all visitors with visas upon arrival.
But the progress doesn’t just come out of chances; efforts are bearing fruits. And figures have it clear in five points.
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Gallup’s Law and Order Index 2017, ranked Rwanda as the fifth safest country in the world with the score of 87/100.
The same American firm ranked Rwanda as second with safe people in Africa.
Figures indicate that foreign aid to Rwanda is in a more manageable range than any other country in the region.
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings 2018 graded Rwanda’s economy outlook as positive with B.
World Economic Forum (WEF) 2016 report ranked Rwanda Government as the most effective in Africa and seventh globally.
WEF also ranked Rwanda National Police as the most trusted in Africa and 13th globally.
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Rwanda’s economy has recently emerged the second fastest growing in Africa.
Ibrahim Index 2017 put Rwanda atop in Africa for having developed all sectors over the previous five years.
African Union (AU) report ranked Rwanda as the first among 54 countries for having implemented effectively nine resolutions aiming at developing agriculture. The resolutions were adopted in 2014 at the AU Summit of Heads of State and Governments in Guinea.
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The World Bank’s Doing Business report 2018 ranked Rwanda 41st globally and second in Africa.
Rwanda Development Board reports that it is currently taking a maximum of six hours to register a new company.
Ministry of ICT reports 96% internet coverage countrywide.
Global Gender Gap 2017 ranked Rwanda as fourth globally and first in Africa in bridging gender gaps.
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It will always remain in the history of Africa that 44 AU member states convened in Kigali and signed the declaration on Africa Continental Free Trade Area on March 21, 2018.
Rwanda is among 50 countries that have so far ratified the declaration.
Rwanda has developed a national carrier, Rwandair, that connects it to many countries on the continent and beyond.
Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, has fascinated foreigners with its beauty, cleanliness and infrastructure, setting it on the third position in Africa for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions, according to ICCA report of May, 2018.
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Different reports have indicated that Rwanda has natural raw materials for industries.
The country is home to rare mountain gorillas. The recent census indicated that the gorilla population in Volcanoes Park was at 604 in 2016, up from 480 in 2010.
The gorillas attract a large portion of the tourists who stood at 1.5 million in 2017.
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