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Conducting Business in Rwanda

Transport

Transport infrastructure in Rwanda is comprised of the following:

  • Road transport, which until now is the main form of passenger and goods transportation, with a network of about 14,000 km corresponding to a road density of 0.53 km/km²,
  • Air transport with, one international airport and six aerodromes spread across the country, and
  • Lake transport, which is limited mainly to Lake Kivu.

Rwanda does not have a rail transportation system.

Business Hours

Rwanda is safe to operate business 24h/7.

It is however recommended to carry out business transactions during official banking hours.

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Prevention and management of HIV/AIDs

The Government of Rwanda’s guiding development strategy, Vision 2020 includes 6 pillars describing strategies for achieving the country’s long-term development objectives, among which, prevention, control, and mitigation of HIV/AIDS is clearly highlighted.

The Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) national programme has almost reached universal coverage and the transmission rate of HIV through Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) has been substantially reduced.

The PMTCT programme has contributed to the success of the strong Mother and Child Health (MCH) programme in Rwanda. This linkage has contributed to the reduction in maternal and child mortality in the country.

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Social services in Rwanda

1. Security
The government of Rwanda has put in place various strategies to further combat Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child abuse including the scaling up of the Isange One Stop Centre to all district hospitals across the country since 2017.
Isange One Stop Centre started in July 2009 at Kacyiru Police Hospital (KPH) as a pilot project to provide free psycho-socio, medical and legal services to adult and child survivors of gender based violence and child abuse.
 

The Rwanda National Police (RNP) has been at the forefront in the fight against GBV and child abuse. Many awareness campaigns are frequently organized by the Rwanda National Police in partnership with the Ministries of Family and Gender Promotion, Health and Justice to further loop the general public to prevent the vice.

Rwandans have been called upon to stand up against gender based violence and child abuse which are still among the common crimes committed in communities.

Hotlines to call on in a case of: 

Emergency: 112

Abuse by police officer: 3511

Gender based violence: 3512:  

Child help line: 116:  

Anti-corruption: 997

2. Health

According to Article 41 of the Rwanda Constitution ,amended in 2015, health is a Human Right.

“All citizens have rights and duties relating to health. The State has the duty of mobilizing the population for activities aimed at promoting good health and to assist in the implementation of these activities. All citizens have the right of equal access to public services in accordance with their competence and abilities.”

Contacts

Ministry of Health
KN 3 Rd, Kigali
info@moh.gov.rw

Rwanda Biomedical Center 114/1110
In case of emergency

SAMU/Ambulances 912