Student accommodation could be the next big thing

This year, various campuses of the University of Rwanda will admit an estimated 10,000 new entrants. The number is likely to affect the social and academic well being of many students due to one factor; accommodation. The academic town of Butare, in the Southern Province, had for many years owed it existence to the presence of the National University of Rwanda and several Catholic Church-run institutions. Its economic well being was firmly hinged on the student community who were its lifeline. In Butare, the students were movers and shakers; they were the town’s oxygen.