A Country’s Size is Never a Hindrance to Prosperity
By George Kalisa
With a surface area of 26,338 km², it’s indisputable that Rwanda is one of the small countries on the African continent. Several small countries of Rwanda’s size globally left underdevelopment behind decades ago, and high living standards define their inhabitants.
Singapore is one of the small countries with more or less Rwanda’s size that boast of big economies globally.
Although Rwanda only emerged from a heinous history that culminated into the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, it boasted of a GDP growth rate of 8% between 2010-2019.
President Paul Kagame who won the 2024 Presidential polls with 99.18 per cent, underlined the secret behind the rapid development his country registered in last 30 years, and unveiled what they plan to do to evolve into a middle-class economy by 2050.
The President told a mammoth crowd of residents that had convened at the Shyogwe campaign site on July 24 that investing in human capital, hard work and unity are some of the strategies Rwanda can adopt to pursue its ambitious development vision.
This explains why the East African nation has massively invested in the education of her people, and in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Recently, Rwanda contracted Zimbabwean teachers to teach the trades in TVET in order to produce a skilled work force.
Kagame told RPF-Inkotanyi supporters from the districts of Ruhango, Muhanga and Kamonyi who heaped a lot of praise on him for his developments efforts that have translated in improved wellbeing of the citizenry.
He, also, said that engaging in trade can help develop countries irrespective of their geographical size.
