2021 in Rwanda

Events in the year 2021 in Rwanda.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda

5 March – Rwanda is the first African nation to receive the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. 102,960 doses of Pfizer and 240,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have arrived through the U.N. COVAX program. Rwanda has had 19,000 cases and 265 deaths related to the virus.

Scheduled events

24 August to 5 September – Scheduled date for the AfroBasket 2021, to be hosted by Rwanda.

Deaths

February 22 – Seif Bamporiki, politician ; killed during a robbery in South Africa