On Thursday, 10 October 2019, Rwanda will welcome Arsenal first team player and one of football’s biggest names, David Luiz, for a two-day visit to the country. The trip is part of Visit Rwanda’s ground-breaking partnership with Arsenal Football Club.  Helping to build awareness of Rwanda as a welcoming and…

Visit Rwanda has received an Honorary Award for Partnership for ‘a unique and transformational partnership by an African brand’ by the Best of Africa Awards. The award was announced at a star-studded ceremony held at Rosewood Hotel in London on Sunday, 6 October 2019.  Visit Rwanda was presented with the…

‘Visit Rwanda’ has won a top award for destination excellence in luxury and experiential travel at the 2019 Luxperience Awards in Sydney, Australia. The Luxperience Travel Trade Exhibition is a luxury Business event, that connects the most innovative experiential tourism and premium events specialists in the travel market. The show…

Kigali, 5, October 2019 RDB (Rwanda Development Board) informs the general public that tourism services continue to operate normally in Volcanoes National Park and all other national parks and attractions in Rwanda following security incidents where unidentified gunmen attacked local communities in Kinigi Sector, Northern Province. Security organs have contained…

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has today taken over the management of Gishwati-Mukura National Park. Previously, the park was managed by the Ministry of Environment. Gishwati-Mukura National Park was formed by the law Nº. 45/2015 of 15 October 2015 and gazetted on 01 February 2016. RDB has appointed a chief…

Kigali, Friday, September 27, 2019 – Rwanda Development Board today announced a strategic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation under the Hanga Ahazaza initiative at a World Tourism Day event. The partnership will build critical links between young job-seekers and employers, work with employers to develop skills training programs for young employees,…

Cherie Blair CBE QC, British lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, paid a courtesy visit to the RDB (Rwanda Development Board) today where she met with senior government officials. She is leading a 9-person delegation of senior women business leaders who are in the country for four…

The African Leadership University (ALU), through its School of Wildlife Conservation (SOWC), in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) are organizing this year’s Business of Conservation Conference (BCC) in Kigali from tomorrow 8th to 9th September 2019. This year’s BCC is the culmination of the 15th annual ‘Kwita Izina’ gorilla naming ceremony. It will…

In a bid to further economic and educational ties, Mr.Yuan Jiajun, the Governor of Zhejiang Province, today attended the one-day China–Rwanda Business Forum in Kigali. Governor Yuan Jiajun, was joined in Kigali by a 57-person delegation comprised of Chinese government officials and members of the Zhejiang private sector. The China…

Thousands of Rwandans, conservation partners, special guests and friends of Rwanda gathered today at Kinigi, Musanze right on the foothills of Volcanoes National Park to celebrate this year’s milestone 15th Kwita Izina baby gorilla naming ceremony. 25 baby mountain gorillas were named today. Last year, 23 baby gorillas were named by conservation…