Is Rwanda Africa's Success Story?

Paul Kagame [PDF], Rwanda's pro-business President, is in the midst of a political renaissance. Fifteen years after the Rwandan genocide, the tiny African nation had 11.2% growth last year, up from 6% in 2007. And Rwanda -- along with Botswana and Ghana -- is often mentioned as a superlative examples of African success. Curiously, Kagame embraces Dambisa Moyo's increasingly influential thesis that Africa no longer needs aid (he is influenced, to be sure, by the West's ambivalence at that sanguinary genocide). Emmy nominated Fareed Zakaria asks hard questions of President Kagame this week on CNN's GPS.

Ron Mwangaguhunga
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Posted on 07/21/09 in Political Landscape

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Is Rwanda Africa's Success Story?

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