The Rwandan Renaissance

Strange as it may sound, Singaporeans are a common sight in Rwanda. On a recent trip to the proverbial heart of African darkness, I ran into a sizeable group of them having lunch in one of Kigali’s international hotels. They were reviewing potential business opportunities, so they told me. Later that day, I visited the Rwanda Development Board, an organization that fosters private investment in Rwanda. While there, I casually picked up a PowerPoint presentation from a training session for Rwandans by the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise. As in Singapore, the slides were swiftly confiscated; apparently they contained “confidential information.”