Keywords: Stock Exchange, African Stocks, Rwanda, Economic Growth Activities
INTRODUCTION
After the 1994 Genocide, Rwanda has made great strides towards making up for its economic loss, achieving
growth of nearly 6% in 2000 and an average growth of nearly 10% since 1995 (Wameyo, 2005). To maintain and
accelerate this effort, the Government of Rwanda has spelled out its development goals and has explicitly stated where
it wants the country to be by the year 2020 in a policy document entitled “VISION 2020”. One of the major goals is that
the country will achieve middle-income status by 2020. In GDP terms, this means moving from its current level of
around US$ 230 to US$ 960 per capita thereby making Rwanda a middle-income country. A target of US$ 400 per
capita is planned by 2010. The expected population at that time is to be 13 million and this implies that the actual GDP
will increase from US$ 1.8 billion in 2003 to US$ 11.7 billions in 2020
(Mbaru, 2005). As one of the remedies to raise
economic development, Rwanda has decided to establish a stock exchange market in order to improve investment. The
creation of a vibrant stock market has been accepted as a necessary concomitant to the development agenda of the
country. The Government of Rwanda has taken measures to expend and reinforce the financial sector and develop the
Rwandan capital market. The Government has furthermore committed itself to putting in place specialized financial
institutions and instruments for the mobilization of long-term savings by the means of a stock market. This paper
explores and discusses challenges and opportunities of establishing a stock exchange market in Rwanda.
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