Currency (code):

Rwandan franc (RWF)

Currency code:

RWF

Exchange rates:

Rwandan francs (RWF) per US dollar - 585 (2007), 560 (2006), 610
(2005), 574.62 (2004), 537.66 (2003)

Communications
Rwanda

Telephones - main lines in use:

23,100 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

635,100 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: small, inadequate telephone system primarily
serves business and government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the
provinces by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular
telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF
radiotelephone; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone
density is only about 7 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 250; international connections employ
microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite
communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations -
1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax
service)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of
repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and
Deutchewelle), shortwave 1 (2005)

Radios:

601,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (2004)

Televisions:

NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.rw

Internet hosts:

2,363 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2002)

Internet users:

100,000 (2007)

Transportation
Rwanda

Airports:

9 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 14,008 km
paved: 2,662 km
unpaved: 11,346 km (2004)

Waterways:

Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2006)

Ports and terminals:

Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye

Military
Rwanda

Military branches:

Rwandan Defense Forces: Army, Air Force

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 2,430,469
females age 16-49: 2,392,933 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,404,066
females age 16-49: 1,403,700 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily