IMF to revise Rwanda’s growth down to 5.2pc

Rwanda's capital Kigali. The IMF had projected the 6.2 per cent growth based on agricultural recovery and increased exports. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

The International Monetary Fund is set to lower Rwanda’s 2017 economic growth projection to 5.2 per cent, from 6.2 per cent.

“We are discussing the revision downward because growth was modest in the first half of the year,” IMF mission in Rwanda chief Laura Redifffer said.