Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. The city has been Rwanda's economic, cultural, and transport hub since it became the capital following independence from Belgian rule in 1962. Located at Rwanda’s geographical heart. Occupying an area of 730km2. Today Kigali is safer, cleaner, and more competitive; a modern city with expanding opportunity. Ideally positioned in the centre of Rwanda, Kigali extends across several hills and valleys, with good road links to the rest of the country.

The verdant capital city is pleasantly low key yet dynamic and progressive, with just over one million inhabitants. Kigali is developing rapidly, with new shopping malls, office buildings and, of course, the convention centre which lights up the night sky atop of one of the many hills. The central business district covers Nyarugenge Hill while the government and administrative quarter is further east on Kacyiru Hill. No visit to Rwanda would be complete without a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which, through education and peace-building, honours the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994.