The UAE and the Republic of Rwanda are keen to strengthen cooperation and invest in exchanging expertise to promote artistic and creative industries and enhance cultural cooperation between the two countries, as part of ongoing action plans that will enhance cultural cooperation between the two countries.
In 2019, the UAE, through its embassy in Kigali and the Rwanda Development Board, organized a three-day training for 100 Rwandan women. The program was titled 'Empowering 100 Future Female Leaders in Hospitality Excellence', lead by experts from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM). The training focused on excellence in the hospitality industry, with the aim of imparting world-class skills in tourism and hospitality through capacity development.
Since 2018, 20 students from Rwanda have been receiving UAE government scholarships at the UAE University in the disciplines of architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology, biochemistry, and computer science.
Since 2002, the UAE through the Al Maktoum Foundation has supported Rwanda’s education by funding two secondary schools, the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Girls Secondary School for Sciences in Muhanga and the Hamdan Bin Rashid Kimisange Secondary School.
For the past 10 years, the UAE, through the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, has been fully funding the Islamic Science High School and the Islamic Cultural Center.