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Hotels and Accommodation

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Hotels and Lodges
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Accommodation in Rwanda provides you with a selection of the best luxury first class hotels, wildlife safari and game lodges, African holiday resorts & accommodation in superior guest houses in the different cities of Rwanda. As a perceptive traveler, need to use your money sensibly and have an impressive vacation or safari in Africa.

We have selected the best holiday resorts, safari lodges & luxury hotels to feature on wonderafrica.com so that you get the best accommodation facilities when traveling to Rwanda. Find out more on Hotels in Kigali, Butare and other cities or provinces of this country.

The hotels and safari lodges offer facilities comfortable beds, breakfast, satellite TV, direct dial phone, dining and restaurants, bars, swimming pool, cheap and discount rates and other services to cater for both tourists and business travelers.

The Rwanda Tour Operators will be able organize your travel arrangements from Kigali International Airport on arrival and take your to your discount holiday resort or game lodge and back to the airport after your Rwanda Trip. It is also possible to book charter flights and regional flights in Rwanda for a scenic and faster form of transport to the various national parks you are to travel to on your safari.

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Hotel Rwanda-Movies in Rwanda

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Rwanda
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The quiet heroism of one man, Paul Rusesabagina (Don Checidle), during the Rwandan Genocide. Directed by Irish film maker Terry George, it was produced in 2004 together with Canadian, British, Italian and South African companies, and the first of its kind-produced together with the rival independent   film studios, Lions Gate Films and United Artists. It was filmed mainly in South Africa, with a second edition filming in Kigali, which is the capital city of Rwanda.

Hotel Rwanda has been referred to as an African Schindller’s list. Each movie shows one individual who is not perfect-who uses his social position, interpersonal skills, together with quick wit to rescue thousands of lives form a holocaust. Different from its more popular cousin, Hotel Rwanda failed to win any Oscars, though it was chosen for three, including best Actor (Cheadle), best supporting Actress (Sophie Okonedo) and best original screen play.

Synopsis
The make is based on actual events which happened during the genocidal violent acts, which broke out in Rwanda in 1994, between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups, the Hutu military and interahamwe militias put to death approximately one million Tutsis in merely three months. The main culprit is Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle), a Hutu who owned the four-star Sabena-owned Hotel des Mille Collines in Kigali.

Amidst the fast de-generating  confusion of the genocide, and afraid of losing his wife who was a Tutsi, friends and others, he endeavours to keep his luxury hotel as an oasis from the violent acts, changing it to a refuge for as many individuals as it could hold. The remaining part of the world is shown turning its back Rwanda. A well-intended but rather less-resourced UN peacekeeping commander known as Nick Nolte is unable to put to an end the bloodshed, and baffled at the lack of support or concern from outside countries. The harness and failure to provide answers by the international community and the clamorous terror of the genocidal militias and generals, all totally differ from the humble effective life-saving manipulations of Rusesebagina.

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Rwanda National Museum

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Safaris and Tours
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The National Museum of Rwanda is found in the town of Butare about 81 miles or 135 south of Kigali the capital city. In addition, Butare is said to be the centre of intellectuals in the country together with its National Museum, tree garden and many research and academic institutions including the University. The Butare Museum is located on over 50 acres rather 20 hectares of land. The buildings themselves take up 9,000 square metres. The land has been turned into gardens having indigenous vegetation and a traditional craft training centre, turning the whole place into an educational experience and a pleasure to tour.

Collection at the Museum
The artifact collection is essentially historical, ethnographic, artistic and archaeological. The public collection is displayed in seven rooms with the remaining artifacts in storage. In Room I, there is a ticket-counter, and gift shop where handicraft items, booklets and other are sold. This room is also usually used for temporary displays. Exhibits are formed basing on topics that can awaken awareness in a particular circumstance or a given event.
Room II has maps, photos and graphics that offer geographical and linguistic knowledge concerning Rwanda. Both Rooms II and IV exhibit items used in several economic activities for example agriculture, cattle-breeding, bee-keeping, hunting and, fishing, basketry, pottery and wood curving. Room V portrays several kinds of Rwandan architecture, ancient ways if living and also social organisation. Room VI mainly portrays traditional clothing, adornment, together with recreation. Room VII puts forward pre-historic knowledge and presents the chronology pf the Kings, the Bami based on written and oral history. There are also displays about science of the extraction, working and properties of metals and their alloys, traditional religious practices, marriage and music.

The museum is the best ethnographic museum of East Africa. It properly reflects the time spirit at the end of the 19th Century when the East African kingdoms came into contact with the first Europeans. The rich penetrations concerning Rwanda’s traditional life and culture together with the subsequent growth during history, will pay a better understanding of African history.

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Rwanda Arts and Crafts

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Arts and Crafts
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A diversity of traditional handicrafts are produced in rural areas of Rwanda ranging from basketry, traditional wood carvings to paintings and ceramics.

Beautiful crafted handcraft can be bought from street stalls and the main markets through out Kigali as well as the capital centre for the formation of ARTS, at a fair price.

Art and Craft

The traditional villages of Nyakarimbi located near Rusumo falls at the boarder with neighboring Tanzania are renowned for producing “cow-dung paintings.”

A wide selection of these paintings are locally made by a local co-operative within the village; characterized by brown, white and black whorls and many more geometric abstractions.

These handicrafts can be bought from Kigali, the country’s capital. Visitor can also make private arrangements to visit Nyakarimbi village to get first-hand information and witness production of the unique cow-dung paintings.

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Rwanda Financial Sector

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Financial Sector
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Rwanda Financial Service Sector is composed of six (6) commercial banks and three (3) financial institutions, regulated by an independent Central Bank.

Banking service operations date back in early 1960, originating from the oldest banks of BCR and Bank of Kigali respectively.

Recently, most commercial banks have centered their operations on trade finance as opposed to long-term debt financing. This has triggered off to lack of productive investment activity, thus there is urgent need to focus attention on the reform and strengthening of the financial sector. This appeals for introduction of more banks, financial products and capital market.

There are ready opportunities for investment into mortgage banks to enhance access to property, agricultural banks to offer agricultural banks to offer agricultural credit to farmers and introduction of new financial products including leasing and venture capital to minimize hardships of opening business as well as its continued successful operation.

Economy

Rwanda’s economy is predominantly agricultural. However, with the recent political stability, its GDP growth rate has increased to 9.9% whereas currency depreciation has reduced to 6.5% per annum and inflation to 3.2%.

The banking system is generally prosperous with liberalized foreign exchange controls.

The country is currently embarking on privatization and liberalization in a comprehensive perspective to attain sustainable economic growth; as a major objective of eradicating poverty stipulated in the country’s vision 2020.

Rwanda is aiming at establishing a modern and broadly based economic platform, that attracts investors, creates employment as well as diverse new opportunities as opposed to its current over dependence on subsistence agriculture.

Rwanda’s leading export earners are coffee, tea, cassiterite, pyrethrum and Wolfranite. It is vital to note that coffee comprises of 50% of the total export value.

Related to this, is the country’s mountain grown tea which is some of the world’s finest.

The New industries such as exporting fresh flowers, fish farming and tourism have been taken on largely by the private sector. The country‘s natural resources have not been fully exploited for instance there is a high in Lake Kivu is just upcoming.

Through the Rwanda Investment and Export Promotion Agency (RIEPA), the government is willing to partner with the private investors to boost and sustain the country’s economy.

Banks in Rwanda
List of Banks and Financial Services in Rwanda

Banks in Butare
Banque De Kigali
Tel: 530358
Fax: 530350
Mob: 08 302484

BCR – Banque Commerciale Du Rwanda
Tel.:.531U59
Fax: 530508
Mob: 08 302995
www.bcr.co.rw

Cogebanque
Tel: 532247
Email:cogebank@rwandal.com

Banks and Financial Services in Byuma
BCR – Banque Commerciale Du Rwanda
Tel: 564211
Fax: 564430
Mob: 08 302996
Bancor S.a
Tel: 537298
Fax: 537294
Email: bancor@rwandal.com
www.bancor.co.fw
Changugu 1

Banque De Kigali
Box, 221 Kigali
Tel: 537068/69
Fax: 537067
Mob: 08 302067
Email:bkigl0@rwandal.com

BCR – Banque Commerciale Du Rwanda
Tel/Fax: 537629
Mob:  08 302991
www.bcr.corw

Cogebanque
Email: cogebank@rwanda1.com

Banks and Financial Services in Gikongoro

Cogebanque-Gikongoro
Tel: 535407
Email: cogetiank®rwanda1.com

Bancor S.a
Box, 171 Kigali
Tel.: 540120
Fax: 540121
Email: bancor@rwandal.com
www.bancor.co.rw

Banque Du Kigali
Box, 171 Kigali
Tel: 540279
Fax: 540676
Mob: 06 302068
Email: bktglOQrwandal.com

BCR – Banque Commerciale Du Rwanda
Box, 169
Tel: 540090
Fax: 540733
Mob: 08 300886
www.bcr.co.rw

Cogebanque-Gisenyi
Tel: 08 304867
Email: cogebank@rwanda1.com

Gitarama Banks and Financial Services

Banque De Kigali
Tel: 562558
Fax: 562559
Mob: 08 302496
Email: bhig10@rwandal.com

Kibungo
Fina Bank
Tel: 566393
Fax: 566394
Email: Finabank@terracom.rw

Kibuye
ACEFI Ingoboka
Box, 884 Kigali Qakinjiro
Tel: 574136, 573504

Banks and Financial Services in Kigali

ACEFI Ingoboka Remera
Tel: 586934
Email:bacar@lrwanda1 .corn

Bacar
Box, 331 Kigali
Tel: 572427, 576795

Bacar, Kibuye
Tel: 568305

Bacar Ruhengeri
Tel: 546305

Bancor S.A
Plot 1232 Avenue de la Paw
Box, 2059 Kigali
Tel: 575763/80, 511194/95
Fax: 572501,575761
Em:bancor@arwanda1.com

Banque De Commerce De Developpement ET D’lndustrie (BCDI)
Plot 13 Avenue de la Pain
Box, 3268 Kigali
Tel: 577881/3, 574455, 574143
Fax: 573790. 572551,574437
Email:info@bcdi.co.rw
Banque De Kigali s a.
Plot 63 Avenue du Commerce
Box, 175 Kigali
Tel: 93100, 73461, 575504
Fax: 575504,553461
Email:bkig10@rwanda1.com

Banque Nationale Du Rwanda (BNR)
Avenue Paul VI
Box, 531 Kigali
Tel: 574282,574471.574432
Fax: 577391,572551.573790
Em.bnr45bnr.rw
Ws. wwwbnr.rw

Banque Rwandaise De Developpement (BRD)
Plot 54 Boulevard de la
Revolution
Box, 1341 Kigali
Tel: 575080,575079, 575932
Fax: 573569
Email: bid@hrdcoin.tw
www.bid.com-rw

Cogebanque
Centenary House, Ground Floor
Box, 5230 Kigali
Tel: 503326
Mob: 08 30b964
Email: cogebank@rrwandal.com

Commercial Bank of Rwanda (BCR)
Plot 11 Boulevard de la Revolution
Box, 3M Kigali
Tel: 575591.575592/9
Mob: 08 303894
Fax: 573395
www.bcr.co.rw

Compagnie Generale De Banque (Cogebanques)
Boulevard I’ muganda
Box, 5230 Kigali
Tel: 503326.
Fax: 503336
Email; cogebank@rwandal.com

Fina Bank-Kigali
Plot 20, Boulevard tie la Revolution
Box, 331 Kigali
Tel; 574456.574456
Fax:  573484
Email: finabank@terracom.rw

Union Des Banques Populaires Du Rwanda
Plot 32 Avenue de I’ Armee
Box, 1348Kiqali
Tel: 573561, 573559, 573564
Fax; 573579
Email: info@upbr.co.rw
www.ubpr.co.rw

Union Des Caisses Des Travailleurs (UCT)
Box, 7076
Tel: 585631
Fax: 585631
Email:uct@rwandatel1.rwanda1.com

Forex Bureaux in Rwanda
Money exchange centres in Rwanda. Currencies includes, dollars, pounds,etc
Dufatanye Forex Bureau
Rue Cartier Mateus
Fax: 08557517

Express Forex Bureau
Box, 6746 Kigali
Tel: +250-577456
Mob: 08 454356
Fax: +250-517456

Forex Leadership
Box, 186 Kigali
Tel: +250-572473
Fax: +250-572472

Give & take
Box, 663 Kigali
Tel: +250-571138

Great Lakes Forex Bureau
Avenue Du Travail
Tel: +250-511239

Group Carrefour
Box: 2351 Kigali
Tel: +250-57556
Fax: +250-577743

Group Ramji
Box, 205 Kigali
Tel: +250-576840
Fax: +250-575450

International Forex Bureau
Avenue du travail
Tel/Fax: +250-576843

K Forex Bureau
Box, 2922 Kigali
Tel/ Fax: +250-570187

Kigali National Forex Bureau
Box, 3148 Kigali
Tel: +250-571095
Fax: +250-571096

Leadership Sarl
Box, 1864
Tel: +250-572473

M & M Forex Bureau
Box: 517 Kigali
Tel: +250-577914

Monicom Fores
Box: 41 Kigali
Tel: +250-577419
Fax: +250-514719

Papiforex Leadership
Rue de L’Epargne Opp.GPO
Tel: +250-572473

Rexco Forex
Avenue de la Revolution
Kigali
Tel: +250-501927
Fax: +250-510927

Satguru Travel & Tour Service
B0x 2111 Kigali
Tel: +250-573079, 5i77497
Fax: +250-572231

Taurus Forex Bureau
Avenue la paix
Tel: +250-305096

Verma (ETS)
Tel: +250-572649,574612
Fax: +250-574177
Mob: 08 300051
Email:verma@rwanda1.com
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Kigali City

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Provinces
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Kigali is town is Rwanda’s capital city and the capital of Kigali province. It is located in the center of the country and is the main Business and administrative town.

Kigali became the capital when Rwanda gained Independence in 1962. It is endowed with a wonderful climate because of the tropical climate and hilly nature of the country.

Since the end of the 1994 genocide between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, Kigali city infrastructure has greatly developed with a good road and communication network and better administration.
This is a list of the districts that constitute Kigali City

* District of Butamwa,

*  District of Gikondo,

* District of Gisozi,

* District of Kacyiru,

*  District of Kanombe,

*  District of Kicukiro,

*  District of Nyamirambo,

*  District of Nyarugenge

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Southern Province

Posted by admin June 09, 2009 in Provinces
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The Southern province, a home to the nation’s leading teaching and research institution-The National University of Rwanda, is believed to bring together large parts of the former provinces of Butare, Gitarama and Gikongoro. This province is said to have its headquarters at the historical town of Nyanza and is the historical present day cultural as well as intellectual capital of Rwanda.

In this district is where the National Museum and the King’s court, which continue to attract a considerable number of tourists are found. The Southern Province shares its Southern border with the provinces of Ngozi and kayanza of Burundi, it shares its Eastern border with Kigali city, as well as the Eastern province and Kirundo (Burundi), it shares the northern one with the Northern province, while in the west it borders the Western province.

In the recent redistricting arrangemen, the province got 8 new districts which include; Komanyi, Muhanga, Huye, Gisagara, Ruhango, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe as well as Nyanza and  all these are being headed by Mr. Evariste Kabere, who is assisted by the Provincial Executive Secretariat (P.E.S)-Ms Izabiliza Jeanne.

In addition to commerce, mines and services that make an economic domain, thee are other areas where people who mainly live in rural areas indulge, and those are agricultural and animal husbandry.
Meanwhile, it is mainly by road transport, that people move and even transport the goods.

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Northern Province

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The former Provinces of Ruhengeri and Byumba costly makes up to Northern Province.
The Northern Province shares its Eastern border with the Eastern Province, it borders Uganda in the Northern shares its Western border with the Western province, while Kigali city and the Southern province borders it in the Southern part.

The Province, which abounds in varied diversity of fauna ad flora, has an uneven relief dominated by high mountains and over hanged by a chain of volcanoes, which the climax is the Karisimbi summit with 4507 meters of altitude plus an average altitude of 2000m.

The Northern province was allocated districts during the new redistricting arrangement, and it is important still to note that Mr. Bucagu Boniface heads this province as the Provincial Governor and he is assisted by the Provincial Executive Secretary (P.E.S) who is Kabagamba Deo

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Eastern Province

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The Eastern province is made up of the former provinces of Kigali Ngali, Umutara and Kibungo.
It is believed to border Uganda in the north and the United Republic of Tanzania in the East, the province still shares its western border with the northern province and Kigali city, Burundi is bordered in the South, whereas there is the Southern province on the province’s South-western border.

With the redistricting arrangements, which were carried o recently, the eastern province therefore got Theoneste Mutsindashyaka heading. It is the Provincial Governor, while the Provincial Executive Secretary-Gasana Charles is his assistant.

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Western Province

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The Western Province which borders the Western province in the west and the Northern Province in the north, is mainly composed of the large parts of the former provinces of Gisenyi, Cyangugu and Kibuye. Meanwhile, it still shares its Western border with  the Democratic Republic of Congo, yet the Republic of Burundi borders it in the South.

Some parts of the province are located in a region, which is covered by a chain of mountains with so many rivers snaking between them. Despite the fact that these rivers produce an attractive scenery, they are still accounted responsible for the soil erosion especially during the rainy season, which they cause to the province.

The provincial authorities have therefore opened up a campaign of planting trees where they have been cut as well as reserving the old one, and they do these in the name of solving this problem-Soil erosion. Putting the artificial forests aside, the province has also got natural forests, where various species of animals reside and these include Nyungwe and Mukuru forests.

With the new redistricting arrangement, the Eastern province is then made up of 7  districts, which are being headed by the Provincial Governor-Sheik Harelimana Moussa Fazil, with his assistant Ngabo Amiel who is the Provincial Executive Secretariat (P.E.S).

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