Kigali The first businesses were established in Kigali that year by Greek and Indian merchants, with assistance from Baganda and Swahili people. Items traded included cloth and beads. However, commercial activity was limited and there were only around 30 firms in the city by 1914. Kandt also opened government-run schools in Kigali, which began educating Tutsi students. Belgian forces took control of Rwanda and Burundi in 1916, during World War I, and were granted sovereignty by a League of Nations mandate in 1919.. In early 1917, Belgium attempted to assert direct rule on the colony, placing King Musinga under arrest and
Kigali City Tower 135, 70 seats respectively, and a 4D film screen (marketed as 5D) which seats 18, the first of its kind in East Africa. Other retail providers include a food court, on the first floor of the commercial centre, a fitness center and a daycare nursery. Retail space within the tower consists of a bar/restaurant on the lower ground floor, a branch of Bank of Kigali on the ground floor, and a restaurant with roof top bar and nightclub on the top floor. Kigali City Tower Kigali City Tower is a mixed use high rise office and retail building located in