Country Profile

The Republic of Rwanda, is located in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. It is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda is highly elevated with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. The economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is now the country’s leading foreign exchange earner.