2021 in Rwanda
# 2021 in Rwanda

Events in the year 2021 in Rwanda.

## Incumbents

* President: Paul Kagame
* Prime Minister: Édouard Ngirente

## 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 (Rwanda National Congress (RNC); killed during a robbery in South Africa
