Akazuba Tours

10/09/2017

Affordable is a relative term when it comes to African safaris but here are 10 – across Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya – that offer...

07/12/2014

Sometimes in April: A movie based on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400063/

25/11/2014

13/11/2014

09/11/2014

Gisenyi still remains one on the most peaceful places in Rwanda

05/11/2014

A frustrated scientist makes a map to set the record straight.

03/11/2014

Protea Hotels, the largest and leading luxury brand in Africa has signed a second project in Rwanda during the Africa Hotel Investment Forum that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 29th September to 1st October 2014.

The 76 keys resort hotel is under construction in Rusizi District, located in the Western Province of in Rwanda and will be completed in 2016. The hotel will be called Protea Kivu Marina Resort Hotel and it will feature various amenities and services.

The US$22 million investment project is an excellent Private Public Partnership model as the 7 districts that make up the Western Province as well as the Catholic Diocese of Rusizi are shareholders in the project. The project is a land mark development for Kivu Belt Tourism Sub Master Plan.

The Head of Tourism and Conservation Ambassador Yamina Karitanyi, who is attending the investment forum said that; ‘The Kivu Belt is one of our priority areas for tourism development and diversification of our offering. Therefore, we welcome partnerships such as this one with Protea as it will benefit Rwandans directly as well as contribute to Rwanda’s competitiveness especially in the Tourism sector.’

Protea Hotels Group is now part of Marriott Hotels International, one of the leading hotels in the world that is also developing a 5 star Hotel in Kigali. Other major international brands that have joined Rwanda’s Tourism sector include; Radisson Blu, Radisson by Park Inn, Kempinski, Sheraton and Golden Tulip.