By Jayamma Abanobi
Editor;

Generally, Africa is not viewed by most people as a good place to be in; this is because of the poverty, corruption and insecurity prevalent with the region with the continent getting into bad press most times.

However, the generalization of events in Africa is erroneous; with the continent having 54 countries not all countries do so badly as many belief. A country that is poised to stand out is Rwanda. Rwanda has been doing so well in global indexes; check for instance it’s murder rate, for every 100,000 Rwandan residents it is recorded and confirmed that that there are only 2.5 murders per year. Impressive right? That’s even lower than India’s 3.2 or the United States’ 5.4.

Also, Rwanda is ranked as the 48th least corrupt country in the world and that’s definitely not bad for a continent already ravaged by corruption just behind only Botswana. Adding to this already impressive and outstanding accolades, the country has an average life expectancy of 67 slightly below the world average.

Just 25 years ago, an average Rwandan had a life expectancy of just 28 years. This was due to the massive genocide that took place in the country way back in 1994 where there were ethnic clashes and which resulted in the untimely death of nearly 800,000 people. After the war, the country embraced peace and set out a plan to move further to where they are today.

Rwanda is ranked 15th in the fastest growing economy in the world as the government has set out a clearly defined mission- They want to become the Singapore of Africa. Why the comparison with Singapore? Singapore is a country in Asia that experienced rapid change from a third world country to a first world country. It’s former leader Lee Kuan Yew played a major role in making this possible. In global indexes, Singapore sits at the top of all the indicators. It is the 8th safest, 3rd richest, 3rd least corrupt and 3rd longest living country in the world. Just about 60 years ago, Singapore’s economy had a GDP size of of about 700 million dollars. Today, that number is about 320 billion dollars.

Very impressive! In the last ten years alone its GDP has doubled as it went from a third world country to a first world country in less than someone’s lifetime.
A major factor to Rwanda’s recent success can be traced to its president, Paul Kagame. He infamously declared the mission to turn the country to the Singapore of Africa, and in many ways that promise is on it’s path to being fulfilled and kept.

Paul Kagame, a former military officer was first elected in 2003, and then in 2010 and again in 2017 with about 98% vote! He is clearly well liked in the country though the United States government notes that their elections were marred with irregularities.

He is by all accounts a military genius and is reputed to have lifted the country from chaos into prosperity. As part of Paul Kagame’s mission, Rwanda is working to improve it’s geographic centrality, it’s ease of doing business and its political stability. He noted that these three factors helped Singapore to become what it is today. With the operation of the government owned RwandAir, which flies to Brussels, London and Dubai; the government is seeking to expand its travel routes to more countries in Europe and Asia and even North America.

Airlines are known to play a major role in improving the economy of any country. E,g Qatar Airways, Emirates and a host of others. With regards to political stability, the World Bank ranks political stability in terms of presence of violence and terrorism and Singapore sits at the 99th percentile far better than Rwanda which sits at the 48th percentile; but comparing to the Sub-Saharan average of 31 its doing alright.


Kigali, its capital is filled with random checkpoints and security is tight around buildings. Kigali currently sits as one of the cleanest city in Africa let alone the world, partially due to a ban on single-use plastics and plastic bags. Also, this cleanliness of Rwanda is due to a community cleaning exercise done by almost every able-bodied citizen in the country every last Saturday of each month.
The fear is this, many do not know if the country can continue on its recent success especially when Paul Kagame leaves; he himself made a comment, saying if he himself has not creamed a successor by 2017,
It means that I have not created capacity for a post-me Rwanda. I see this as a personal failure.
Its obviously past 2017, and Kagame is still in power with no visible signs of leaving.


The World Bank’s ease of doing business index depends on these following factors;

Starting a business
Dealing with construction permits
Getting Electricity
Registering property
Getting Credit
Protecting minority investors
Paying taxes
Trading across borders
Enforcing contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Singapore ranks at number 2 behind New Zealand, on the World Bank Ease of doing business index. Rwanda meanwhile, sits at the 29th; it is impressive when considering how the rest of the country in the continent ranked. Rwanda is by far the highest ranked among mainland African nations; and even ranks higher than Switxerland, Japan and the Netherlands. To achieve this, Rwanda made many economic and legislative reforms to foster a business friendly environment. The government with collaboration with private investors, built an enourmous 300 million dollar convention center along with a five star Radisson Blu Hotel to attract the convention market in addition to massive, flashy infrastructure projects, roads and airports.

However, the downside of Rwanda includes;
Poverty- With an average Rwandan earning just $748.29 per year; with many suggesting it shouldn’t be spending much on it’s airline, infrastructure and the capital, Kigali when so many in the country are so poor
Perceived authoritarian rule of Paul Kagame
There are various concerns these wrong indicators above could lead the country to violence again but we do hope it doesn’t happen.

Rwanda should also focus on its citizens living in the rural areas and help widen the middle class economic group of income earners. If Rwanda’s growth is continued and sustained, including its investments and politics, we can be sure to see Rwanda competing with Singapore in the nearest future!

Source:
https:///2020/02/how-rwanda-became-the-singapore-of-africa-cleanest-country-in-africa.html

More photos of Rwanda..

Below, photos of popular travel vloggers Drew Binsky and Wode Maya in Rwanda

And Nigeria became the poverty capital of the world courtesy of one half dead, certificate less, nepotistic, corrupt, ethnic bigot, who bewitched more than 190 million Nigerians to become the most
confused, cluesless and incompetent president in the 21st century.

Nigerians who voted a certificate less and sick creature to lead the most populous black country in the world una well done o......
The only solution left is to divide Nigeria cuz the harm done by that divisive agent and ethnic bigot is irreversible.

InfoSources:
By Jayamma Abanobi
Editor;

Generally, Africa is not viewed by most people as a good place to be in; this is because of the poverty, corruption and insecurity prevalent with the region with the continent getting into bad press most times.

However, the generalization of events in Africa is erroneous; with the continent having 54 countries not all countries do so badly as many belief. A country that is poised to stand out is Rwanda. Rwanda has been doing so well in global indexes; check for instance it’s murder rate, for every 100,000 Rwandan residents it is recorded and confirmed that that there are only 2.5 murders per year. Impressive right? That’s even lower than India’s 3.2 or the United States’ 5.4.



Image: Instagram|@a4azumah

Also, Rwanda is ranked as the 48th least corrupt country in the world and that’s definitely not bad for a continent already ravaged by corruption just behind only Botswana. Adding to this already impressive and outstanding accolades, the country has an average life expectancy of 67 slightly below the world average.

Just 25 years ago, an average Rwandan had a life expectancy of just 28 years. This was due to the massive genocide that took place in the country way back in 1994 where there were ethnic clashes and which resulted in the untimely death of nearly 800,000 people. After the war, the country embraced peace and set out a plan to move further to where they are today.



Popular Travel vloggers Drew Binsky and Wode Maya. Image: Instagram|@mrghanababy
Rwanda is ranked 15th in the fastest growing economy in the world as the government has set out a clearly defined mission- They want to become the Singapore of Africa. Why the comparison with Singapore? Singapore is a country in Asia that experienced rapid change from a third world country to a first world country. It’s former leader Lee Kuan Yew played a major role in making this possible. In global indexes, Singapore sits at the top of all the indicators. It is the 8th safest, 3rd richest, 3rd least corrupt and 3rd longest living country in the world. Just about 60 years ago, Singapore’s economy had a GDP size of of about 700 million dollars. Today, that number is about 320 billion dollars.



Very impressive! In the last ten years alone its GDP has doubled as it went from a third world country to a first world country in less than someone’s lifetime.
A major factor to Rwanda’s recent success can be traced to its president, Paul Kagame. He infamously declared the mission to turn the country to the Singapore of Africa, and in many ways that promise is on it’s path to being fulfilled and kept.



Paul Kagame, a former military officer was first elected in 2003, and then in 2010 and again in 2017 with about 98% vote! He is clearly well liked in the country though the United States government notes that their elections were marred with irregularities.



He is by all accounts a military genius and is reputed to have lifted the country from chaos into prosperity. As part of Paul Kagame’s mission, Rwanda is working to improve it’s geographic centrality, it’s ease of doing business and its political stability. He noted that these three factors helped Singapore to become what it is today. With the operation of the government owned RwandAir, which flies to Brussels, London and Dubai; the government is seeking to expand its travel routes to more countries in Europe and Asia and even North America.



Airlines are known to play a major role in improving the economy of any country. E,g Qatar Airways, Emirates and a host of others. With regards to political stability, the World Bank ranks political stability in terms of presence of violence and terrorism and Singapore sits at the 99th percentile far better than Rwanda which sits at the 48th percentile; but comparing to the Sub-Saharan average of 31 its doing alright.


Kigali, its capital is filled with random checkpoints and security is tight around buildings. Kigali currently sits as one of the cleanest city in Africa let alone the world, partially due to a ban on single-use plastics and plastic bags. Also, this cleanliness of Rwanda is due to a community cleaning exercise done by almost every able-bodied citizen in the country every last Saturday of each month.
The fear is this, many do not know if the country can continue on its recent success especially when Paul Kagame leaves; he himself made a comment, saying if he himself has not creamed a successor by 2017,
It means that I have not created capacity for a post-me Rwanda. I see this as a personal failure.
Its obviously past 2017, and Kagame is still in power with no visible signs of leaving.


The World Bank’s ease of doing business index depends on these following factors;
Starting a business
Dealing with construction permits
Getting Electricity
Registering property
Getting Credit
Protecting minority investors
Paying taxes
Trading across borders
Enforcing contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Singapore ranks at number 2 behind New Zealand, on the World Bank Ease of doing business index. Rwanda meanwhile, sits at the 29th; it is impressive when considering how the rest of the country in the continent ranked. Rwanda is by far the highest ranked among mainland African nations; and even ranks higher than Switxerland, Japan and the Netherlands. To achieve this, Rwnada made many economic and legislative reforms to foster a business friendly environment. The government with collaboration with private investors, built an enourmous 300 million dollar convention center along with a five star Radisson Blu Hotel to attract the convention market in addition to massive, flashy infrastructure projects, roads and airports.


However, the downside of Rwanda includes;
Poverty- With an average Rwandan earning just $748.29 per year; with many suggesting it shouldn’t be spending much on it’s airline, infrastructure and the capital, Kigali when so many in the country are so poor
Perceived authoritarian rule of Paul Kagame
There are various concerns these wrong indicators above could lead the country to violence again but we do hope it doesn’t happen.



Rwanda should also focus on its citizens living in the rural areas and help widen the middle class economic group of income earners. If Rwanda’s growth is continued and sustained, including its investments and politics, we can be sure to see Rwanda competing with Singapore in the nearest future!

Source:
https:///2020/02/how-rwanda-became-the-singapore-of-africa-cleanest-country-in-africa.html

Very commendable but Rwanda still has a very long way to go. Please check their GDP next time and it will strike you that just our Dangote and Mike Adenuga is worth the whole GDP of Rwanda and Lagos alone is far ahead of Rwanda yet Rwanda is a country and bigger than Lagos in size
All these PR work you are all doing for Rwanda kolewek o. They should go and work as hard as Nigerians.
Nigeria did not use PR to overtake older countries than Nigeria in Africa like Liberia, Ghana o. We toiled and fought and toiled. Where is Ghana today?They were decieved and knocked off 4 zeroes from their cedis in 2007 and the new cedis has has been devalued 4 times and now old cedis 40000 old cedis equivalent of 1 new cedis yet Naira had lost value far less than that between 2007 and now. They decieved the ignorant Ghanaians with this kind of PR whereas they are poor

Average Rwandan earns less than 800 dollars annually.

Clowns consoling themselves that an average Rwandan earns 800 dollars annually.
We love lying to ourselves in this country.

Stop talking rubbish. Nigeria and Ghana are not mates. Nigeria,today, is not even fit to polish Ghana’s shoes. Yes, Ghana has challenges, but trust me, Ghana today, is far better than nigeria.

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Very commendable but Rwanda still has a very long way to go. Please check their GDP next time and it will strike you that just our Dangote and Mike Adenuga is worth the whole GDP of Rwanda and Lagos alone is far ahead of Rwanda yet Rwanda is a country and bigger than Lagos in size
All these PR work you are all doing for Rwanda kolewek o. They should go and work as hard as Nigerians.
Nigeria did not use PR to overtake older countries than Nigeria in Africa like Liberia, Ghana o. We toiled and fought and toiled. Where is Ghana today?They were decieved and knocked off 4 zeroes from their cedis in 2007 and the new cedis has has been devalued 4 times and now old cedis 40000 old cedis equivalent of 1 new cedis yet Naira had lost value far less than that between 2007 and now. They decieved the ignorant Ghanaians with this kind of PR whereas they are poor

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Very commendable but Rwanda still has a very long way to go. Please check their GDP next time and it will strike you that just our Dangote and Mike Adenuga is worth the whole GDP of Rwanda and Lagos alone is far ahead of Rwanda yet Rwanda is a country and bigger than Lagos in size
All these PR work you are all doing for Rwanda kolewek o. They should go and work as hard as Nigerians.
Nigeria did not use PR to overtake older countries than Nigeria in Africa like Liberia, Ghana o. We toiled and fought and toiled. Where is Ghana today?They were decieved and knocked off 4 zeroes from their cedis in 2007 and the new cedis has has been devalued 4 times and now old cedis 40000 old cedis equivalent of 1 new cedis yet Naira had lost value far less than that between 2007 and now. They decieved the ignorant Ghanaians with this kind of PR whereas they are poor

why u Nigerians hate and envy Ghana like that why?

MumuCountry:

Stop talking rubbish. Nigeria and Ghana are not mates. Nigeria,today, is not even fit to polish Ghana’s shoes. Yes, Ghana has challenges, but trust me, Ghana today, is far better than nigeria.

Mr man ,keep deceiving yourself

Hahahahahahaha shine your eyes! Nigeria and Ghana are not mates I will give only 100 reasons why naija no be Ghana’s mate even you sef know it deluded mudder fugger

Eagleboney:
Mr man ,keep deceiving yourself

MumuCountry:
Hahahahahahaha shine your eyes! Nigeria and Ghana are not mates I will give only 100 reasons why naija no be Ghana’s mate even you sef know it deluded mudder fugger

Undeniably your display of folly shows that a strategic and vital knot is missing in your head

PSYCHO

Lets leave Ghana alone na

That tiny Rwanda with its very small GDP does not means that it is not prosperous.

That tiny country with its small GDP manage to have stable power supply while the almighty Giant of Africa cannot even boast of a steady power supply in its capital city Lagos alone!

Other African countries will definitely move forward, and faster than us ... as long as we are still voting along tribe, religion lines.

We don’t vote merit in this country, it’s strictly who has the most money to share. We manage to vote and re-vote an old man who was part of our national problems.

I just tire!

I hate to say this but it’s the truth. We are in not capacity to compare with any of the small African nations. We need to shuush our mouth and face our problems.

I’d rather live in Porto Novo or Accra than live in Lagos again ... why? It’s saner out there! And some system works!

I don’t blame you, walahi I blame the dirty, smelly thing that opened its legs to giv3 birth to this mudder fugger

Eagleboney:
Undeniably your display of folly shows that a strategic and vital knot is missing in your head

PSYCHO

MumuCountry:
I don’t blame you, walahi I blame the dirty, smelly thing that opened its legs to giv3 birth to this mudder fugger

Mumu ,do you even know where you re from ,
misplaced priority

MumuCountry:
I don’t blame you, walahi I blame the dirty, smelly thing that opened its legs to giv3 birth to this mudder fugger

Go to school you no gree,,

Damn!! can't even decipher a word from the list of jargons

INDECOROUS FOOL

Lalasticlala
Mynd44

Suck my dick, stvpid, evil nigerian with inferiority complex I can understand your frustration of being a nigerian and living in a certified sh1thole but why blame me for the unmitigated mess in your zoo? you can jump into the Lagos lagoon or take sniper, like thousands of your kinsmen

Stop shouting like a mad man foolish mudder fugger

Eagleboney:
Go to school you no gree,,

Damn!! can't even decipher a word from the list of jargons

INDECOROUS FOOL

You need to get your head examined ASAP, dog a fool with a fragile brain

Eagleboney:
Mumu ,do you even know where you re from ,
misplaced priority

MumuCountry:
Suck my dick, stvpid, evil nigerian with inferiority complex I can understand your frustration of being a nigerian and living in a certified sh1thole but why blame me for the unmitigated mess in your zoo? you can jump into the Lagos lagoon or take sniper, like thousands of your kinsmen

Stop shouting like a mad man foolish mudder fugger

Haha the mumu left his country and came to hustle here sef ,
OKPO ur predicament is precarious and keeps deteriorating everyday
confused homo sapiens

MumuCountry:
You need to get your head examined ASAP, dog a fool with a fragile brain

Ignoramus going about exposing his unprecedented condition,
PSYCHO
keep parading ZOMBIE

Look at this fool Hustle? Where? I won’t even allow my dog near that shiithole country do you know the number of your people arriving in Ghana each day in search of refuge? Oponu, nigeria is a certified sh1thole,end of story And it is not my fault that Nigeria is a sh1thole arrant crap! Sufferhead

Eagleboney:
Haha the mumu left his country and came to hustle here sef ,
OKPO ur predicament is precarious and keeps deteriorating everyday
confused homo sapiens

Look at this goat spewing crap, as usual

Eagleboney:
Ignoramus going about exposing his unprecedented condition,
PSYCHO
keep parading ZOMBIE

MumuCountry:
Look at this goat spewing crap, as usual

Mumu, fool at forty enjoying displaying his folly

Chai...


Who cursed this cowtiri ?

Pus-filled piece of garbage Go fvck ya mother How is my fault that you are fvcked? MUMU-in-CHIEF

Eagleboney:
Mumu, fool at forty enjoying displaying his folly

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Very commendable but Rwanda still has a very long way to go. Please check their GDP next time and it will strike you that just our Dangote and Mike Adenuga is worth the whole GDP of Rwanda and Lagos alone is far ahead of Rwanda yet Rwanda is a country and bigger than Lagos in size
All these PR work you are all doing for Rwanda kolewek o. They should go and work as hard as Nigerians.
Nigeria did not use PR to overtake older countries than Nigeria in Africa like Liberia, Ghana o. We toiled and fought and toiled. Where is Ghana today?They were decieved and knocked off 4 zeroes from their cedis in 2007 and the new cedis has has been devalued 4 times and now old cedis 40000 old cedis equivalent of 1 new cedis yet Naira had lost value far less than that between 2007 and now. They decieved the ignorant Ghanaians with this kind of PR whereas they are poor

GDP does not truly reflect the average standard of living.

MumuCountry:
Pus-filled piece of garbage Go fvck ya mother How is my fault that you are fvcked? MUMU-in-CHIEF

See the pig that just registered on nairaland last week that i am even wasting my oxygen on,Keep on shooting your self in the foot ,
I know you impregnated your mum twice ,
Taboo filled and incestuous family this pig came from,
you registered last week trying to get my attention
OKPO!!!

Shut up, foool thieving, evil scvmbag you’re se4iously a waste of space. Let’s have a toast for the scvmbags, everyone one of them you must be drunk from inhaling too much generator fumes, fool nigerians and inferiority complex are like 5 n 6 how many hours of electricity do you get per day in that zoo? what is the latest inflation rate in that dustbin country? how many fooools in that zoo have been kidnapped today?

Eagleboney:
See the pig that just registered on nairaland last week that i am even wasting my oxygen on,Keep on shooting your self in the foot ,
I know you impregnated your mum twice ,
Taboo filled and incestuous family this pig came from,
you registered last week trying to get my attention
OKPO!!!

MumuCountry:

Shut up, foool thieving, evil scvmbag you’re se4iously a waste of space. Let’s have a toast for the scvmbags, everyone one of them you must be drunk from inhaling too much generator fumes, fool nigerians and inferiority complex are like 5 n 6 how many hours of electricity do you get per day in that zoo? what is the latest inflation rate in that dustbin country? how many fooools in that zoo have been kidnapped today?

see mumucountry talking of inferiority complex,
u supposed to be ashamed of ur yourself,
keep opening your rotten and decayed teeth your condition is denudating and inundated ,
sorry is ur name,
I don't waste time with kids

You are not smart even a child born today nigeria is the MUMU capital of the world MUMUDOM The Undisputed champions of world poverty people get kidnapped in that shiithole for a ransom of a bottle of coke and gala boy, you are truly dumb hallucinatory aria

Eagleboney:
see mumucountry talking of inferiority complex,
u supposed to be ashamed of ur yourself,
keep opening your rotten and decayed teeth your condition is denudating and inundated ,
sorry is ur name,
I don't waste time with kids