RSIF Rwanda Country Report 2021

Abstract

Rwanda’s contribution to RSIF: Rwanda is a founding member of PASET, was among the first countries to contribute to RSIF and it hosted the 5th PASET Forum in Kigali in 2019. The Minister of Education represents Rwanda in the PASET Governing Council, and the Adviser sits in the PASET Executive Board. Rwanda’s initial US$2 million contribution has now been fully exhausted. 80% of Rwanda’s contribution directly supports training of Rwandan scholars and is currently committed to enrolled students in the RSIF PhD scholarship programme. The potential of Rwanda’s innovative expansion due to this investment is multiplied when leveraged by the funds through matching support from various donors, including the Government of Korea, international partner institutions and others. By being part of RSIF, Rwanda benefits from joint resource mobilization with other countries and capacity building for PhDs and research and innovation far into the future. PASET aims to mobilise over USD 500 million into the RSIF endowment fund, with an estimated 20% to be allocated to research and innovation projects for the benefit of citizens and institutions of participating countries. Many African countries are interested to be part of this.