Rwanda is positioning its growing digital health and biomedical technology ecosystem as an investment opportunity for Singaporean companies, as a two-week trade and investment mission brings Singapore-based businesses to the country.
The mission, running from October 5 to 15, brings together companies operating in healthcare, digital technology, artificial intelligence, AgriTech, climate finance, aviation, robotics, education technology and investment management. It is part of efforts to deepen commercial relations and create new business partnerships between Rwanda and Singapore.
In the health sector, senior officials from the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority met with Dr Suhina Singh, founder of Singapore-based health technology company Jonda Health, to discuss Rwanda’s development priorities, its innovation ecosystem and potential areas for collaboration.
Senior Ministry of Health officials have also held discussions with Dr Irwan Moideen and Tita Adityaranie, co-founders of Singapore-based TI Medtech, focusing on potential investment, collaboration and knowledge exchange around technology-enabled healthcare.
TI Medtech also engaged the University of Rwanda’s Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and e-Health, with discussions focusing on partnerships, investment and knowledge transfer to accelerate healthcare innovation.
The interest comes as Rwanda expands its health technology infrastructure. In April 2025, the Ministry of Health launched the National Health Intelligence Center, designed to integrate and analyse real-time data from across the health system, including primary healthcare, disease surveillance, emergency response, health financing, the health workforce and supply chains.
The centre is also developing technology-driven applications including AI-supported clinical tools and telemedicine. Its platform reports that a telemedicine pilot involving 51 health centres and four district hospitals resolved 93 percent of cases without referral during a 15-month pilot.
Rwanda is also seeking private investment in healthcare as part of its wider health-sector strategy. The Ministry of Health is promoting investment in areas including digital health workforce systems, health intelligence, simulation-based medical education and specialist healthcare, while the Kigali Health City is being positioned as a public-private investment platform for advanced healthcare, research and medical tourism.
The investment push is being reinforced by international financing. In January 2026, the African Development Bank approved $29.85 million in financing for the second phase of Rwanda’s Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Engineering and e-Health project, within a $33.64 million project aimed at developing skills, upgrading facilities, expanding academic programmes and strengthening links with the private sector.
Rwanda has also been selected to test AI-powered healthcare technology in more than 50 health clinics under the Horizons1000 initiative backed by the Gates Foundation and OpenAI, further highlighting the country’s ambitions to use artificial intelligence and digital tools to address healthcare access and workforce challenges.
The Singapore mission therefore comes as Rwanda seeks to move beyond digitising public services and build a broader health innovation ecosystem capable of attracting technology companies, investors and specialised expertise.
Rwanda and Singapore already have an established cooperation framework covering areas including ICT and cybersecurity, climate and sustainability, human-capital development, technical and vocational education, SMEs and public-sector solutions.
The current mission is expected to generate investment projects, commercial partnerships and technology and knowledge-transfer opportunities, with healthcare and technology emerging as important areas of potential cooperation between the two countries.
