{"id":32925,"date":"2023-01-07T11:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T11:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-receives-french-loan-and-grant-for-public-services-digitisation"},"modified":"2023-01-07T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T12:18:40","slug":"rwanda-receives-french-loan-and-grant-for-public-services-digitisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/rwanda-receives-french-loan-and-grant-for-public-services-digitisation","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Receives French Loan and Grant for Public Services Digitisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda and France yesterday signed a 37-million-euro loan and a 1.2 million euro grant for a project that aims to improve Rwanda\u2019s public services through digitization and support innovations with high development potential.<\/p>\n

Rwanda was represented by Dr Uzziel NDAGIJIMANA, Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, and Arthur Germond, Agence Franc\u0327aise de De\u0301veloppement (AFD) Director.<\/p>\n

Under Priority Area three of Economic Transformation Pillar of the National Strategy for Transformation One (NST1), Rwanda aims to establish itself as a globally competitive knowledge-based economy including providing high standards, quality services and customer care across public and private sectors.<\/p>\n

Public services are still hampered by old local computer networks, and the potential for using geospatial data is still untapped. Moreover, after initial emblematic successes such as the use of drones to deliver blood bags to health centers, the government has expressed its desire to accelerate the development of drone industry.<\/p>\n

Government of France through AFD is supporting these priorities with a \u20ac37 million loan and a \u20ac1.2 million grant. This support will allow, starting from 2023, modernisation and harmonisation of network infrastructure of central and local administrations, in particular those having direct interactions with citizens (districts and sector offices, hospitals and other government agencies), with the aim of improving the efficiency and capacity to provide quality public services.<\/p>\n

A Geospatial Hub (GeoHub), a centralized geospatial data infrastructure and services will also be set up and managed by the Rwanda Space Agency. It will help improve evidence-based development, planning, monitoring and evaluation of public policies in various fields (urban planning, response to natural disasters, health, agriculture, etc.).<\/p>\n

Finally, AFD will support the drone sector, in which Rwanda has been a global pioneer by financing the construction of a centre of excellence as part of a Drone Operations Center (DOC), in Huye, Southern Province, which will be a place to test new-use cases for the industry. The DOC will be managed by a private company.<\/p>\n

In parallel, AFD granted a \u20ac1.2 million envelope to mobilize French expertise in the areas of the project.<\/p>\n

The structuring of this ambitious project was made possible by the D4D Hub, a global digital cooperation of the European Union, which financed the feasibility studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted with the signature of this new project, AFD\u2019s first financing in Rwanda in the digital sector! Because it will enable the delivery of quality public services in key institutions across the country, this project will help reduce access gap between the capital and the rest of the country. It will also make the country more attractive and create economic opportunities in Huye district thanks to the support for the drone industry,\u201d said Arthur Germond, AFD\u2019s Director in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana said: \u201cThe financing we just concluded today with AFD will support Government of Rwanda\u2019s efforts to modernize the administrative network infrastructure, operationalize a Geospatial Center of Excellence and a Drone Operation Center with the objective of improving government\u2019s efficiency and capacity to deliver services, unlocking drone private sector development, and supporting policy design, monitoring and evaluation across government. It will also support innovation and economic development based on geospatial and drone generated data-base.<\/p>\n

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