Kigali in the 1980s. Business in Rwanda has been growing in the 21st century, and many new buildings have arisen across the city, including the BCDI Tower, Centenary House, Kigali City Tower and Kigali Convention Centre. Tourism provides important input into the economy. Kigali is a province-level city governed by a city council who appoints an executive committee to run the day-to-day operations of the city. The executive committee consists of a mayor and two deputies. The city is split into three administrative districts: Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge. It contained parts of the former province of Kigali Rural. The administrative head
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali Kigali" by Patricia Claxton in 2003 (). It was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for French to English translation. "Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali" was chosen for inclusion in the French version of "Canada Reads", "Le combat des livres", broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was defended by writer, environmentalist and activist Laure Waridel. "Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali" eventually won the contest. Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2004 was awarded to the book by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada. In 2006, a movie inspired by the book, "A Sunday