College of Science and Technology (Rwanda) is the first major university in Kigali the capital and administrative city of Rwanda. It is equipped with modern tools of technology like a 400 million dollar computer lab donated by the African Development Bank in 2009. It is said its one of the successful schools on the continent. College of Science and Technology (Rwanda) College of Science and Technology - University of Rwanda, the former Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST, , ) in Kigali, Rwanda is the first technology-focused institution of higher education to be created by the Rwanda government. KIST was established in November, 1997.
Kigali down near Kigali Airport. This was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide, in which 500,000–1,000,000 Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu were killed in well-planned attacks on the orders of the interim government. Opposition politicians based in Kigali were killed on the first day of the genocide, and the city then became the setting for fierce fighting between the army (mostly Hutu) and the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). On 8 April, Rwandan government forces attacked the RPF base in the parliament building from several directions, but RPF troops successfully fought back. The RPF then began an attack from the north