East Africa: Rwanda Services Sector Boosts GDP

Rwanda, Kigali — The National Institute of Statistics last week announced that the services sector is now doing well, a sign the economy of Rwanda is recovering from last year's global financial crisis.

During the recession, financial institutions almost stopped lending, receipts from exports reduced, donors scaled down funding some of the projects and investments were postponed. As a result the GDP was affected slowing down economic development.

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