'Good leadership has unleashed people's productive potential' - High Commissioner for Rwanda

"Good leadership has unleashed the people's productive potential", said High Commissioner for Rwanda Williams Nkurunziza based in New Delhi addressing participants at the "Presentation on Investing in Rwanda" organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in association with the Sri Lanka-Africa and Middle East Business Council recently at Hotel Galadari, Colombo.

The Government of Rwanda attaches importance to the tourism industry as it is a major growth sector of the economy and a leading foreign exchange earner. Endowed with unique tourism assets such as the world's largest population of the endangered mountain gorillas, a third of Africa's bird species, a rainforest with over 1,000 animal species including lakes, islands and volcanoes, the sector continues to attract tourists and private sector investors into Rwanda's young hospitality industry.

Regarding investing in Rwanda, he said "the best incentive Rwanda offers to investors is non-fiscal, pro-business climate". Besides being safe and predictable, Rwanda has been hailed for its culture of intolerance for corruption.

Many untapped investment opportunities are available for investors such as infrastructure development, agriculture, energy, tourism, real estates, construction, financial services and Information and Communication Technology. Distribution, markets especially supermarkets and cold chain infrastructure for export products are also on offer.