The MoU was signed in Dubai in the morning of Wednesday 2nd February 2022 as Rwanda participated in Dubai Expo 2020.
During the ceremony, Rwanda was represented by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for EAC Affairs, Prof. Manasseh Nshuti while UAE was represented by Minister of State in UAE Foreign Affairs Ministry, Sheikh Shakhbout Nahyan Al Nahyan.
Rwanda’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Béata Habyarimana also attended the ceremony.
Rwanda and UAE enjoy existing cooperation in different areas including education.
Since 2002, the UAE through the Al Maktoum Foundation has supported Rwanda’s education by funding two secondary schools, the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Girls Secondary School for Sciences in Muhanga and the Hamdan Bin Rashid Kimisange Secondary School.
For the last at least 10 years, the UAE through the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has also been 100% supporting the Islamic Secondary School for Sciences whose students have been performing well in national examinations.
Within the framework of joint action in order to support the education sector in Rwanda, the UAE Government provided scholarships to outstanding students in different UAE universities, through the UAE Technical Assistance Program.
Since 2018, 20 male and female students from Rwanda received UAE Government scholarships at the UAE University in the disciplines of Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biology, Biochemistry, and Computer Science.
Among others, 10 Rwandan students were given full scholarships to pursue bachelor’s degree programs at Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University in 2019.
Both countries also enjoy cooperation in the areas of investment, trade, tourism and air transport.
Rwanda is among 192 countries that participated in the Dubai Expo 2020 running from 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022.
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