MINICT

Building institutional capacity, public awareness, and regulatory compliance for data protection.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Ensuring inclusive access to digital technologies and services for persons with disabilities in Rwanda.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Enhancing teaching and learning experience by provision of robotics kits and training to the teachers to the schools.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Training university students on advanced programming skills.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

A 10 days training for persons with disabilities on digital skills used in their daily lives

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Establishment of six Apple Authorized Training Centers across six education institutions in Rwanda

Digital Skills & Inclusion · rwanda

The New Generation Academy Robotics Maker’s Lab is a GIZ-supported, MINICT-partnered innovation hub in Kigali that provides hands-on STEM education in coding and robotics for Rwandan students and teachers. Officially inaugurated in November 2024, the lab is equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, and VR headsets, serving up to 25 learners per session and accessible to schools across Kigali during regular hours and holidays. It supports Rwanda’s national robotics program by bridging the technology gap and building 21st-century digital skills aligned with the competence-based curriculum.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Establishment of Digital Inclusion Training Center for persons with disabilities and women

Digital Skills & Inclusion · rwanda

The transfer lab was a specialized facility at the Digital Transformation Center Rwanda where people could build embedded systems, IoT, VR/AR and work on hardware prototypes. It provided technical equipment and development space to support the prototyping of Rwandan and African tech solutions as part of Rwanda's transition to a knowledge-based economy.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Since 2023, GIZ/DTC has supported Rwanda’s First Lego League (FLL) and AI Hackathon to strengthen STEM and digital literacy. Support includes funding competitions, teacher training, robotics kits, AI mentorship, and pathways for teams to advance to international events, empowering students aged 9–18 with robotics, programming, and AI skills for future innovation.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Cybersecurity capacity-building hub

Digital Skills & Inclusion · rwanda

Community of Practice for robotics in Rwanda. Community of practice for robotics education and ecosystem support in partnership with MINICT. These were community events that were organized primarily by GIZ in collaboration with MINICT, hosting various academia, industry and policy actors interested in Robotics field. It consisted of Time to learn, Meet-ups, Demo sessions, and co-design workshops.

Digital Skills & Inclusion · Rwanda

Policy framework for responsible adoption of emerging technologies in Rwanda.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Policy investigation into high corporate broadband costs in Rwanda.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Ongoing investigation into barriers to digitising cooperatives in Rwanda.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

National strategic plan guiding Rwanda's ICT sector priorities.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Co-creation sprint for smart city solutions in Rwanda's secondary cities.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Sector-wide SOPs to operationalise the ICT Sector Strategic Plan.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Digital and public awareness campaign promoting responsible e-waste disposal.

Public Sector Innovation · Rwanda

Preparing government leaders for responsible AI (2021)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

Africa-driven dialogue on responsible and open-source AI (2023)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Global

Helping Rwanda shape AI on its own terms (2020–2023)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

An institutional home for implementing the National AI Policy (since 2023)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

Connecting Rwandan talent to Africa’s machine learning community (2024)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

AI knowledge for lawmakers (2026)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

Six-month project-based AI training for 15 civil servants, each solving a real use case from their institution.

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

Framework by MINICT and C4IR Rwanda to analyse the Rwandan AI ecosystem and measure its progress.

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Rwanda

Peer learning for responsible AI policy across two continents (since 2022)

Artificial Intelligence & Data · Global

The project aims to identify and develop context-specific drone use cases in Rwanda based on the priorities and needs of local communities.

Drone Ecosystem · rwanda

The project aims to build a drone ecosystem in Rwanda with focus on developing an ecosystem analysis report, community platform and community events & workshops.

Drone Ecosystem · rwanda