Rwanda Meteorology Agency

What Rwanda Meteorology Agency does

Rwanda Meteorology Agency (operating as Meteo Rwanda) is an autonomous government institution under the Ministry of Environment, established by Official Gazette n° 19 Bis of 09/05/2022, and headquartered in Kigali. It serves as Rwanda's national meteorological authority and designated center of excellence for weather and climate information and service delivery. Its Director General concurrently serves as Rwanda's Permanent Representative with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The agency's core technical platform comprises a national network of weather observation stations — including Rwanda's first automatic upper-air observation station launched in June 2026 in Huye District — combined with data processing infrastructure and a multilingual public data portal. It delivers a broad product portfolio spanning short-range forecasts (5-day, 10-day), monthly and seasonal outlooks, agrometeorological dekadal bulletins, crop monitoring bulletins, climatology bulletins, aviation weather services, hydro-meteorology data for water basin planning, and sector-specific climate services for agriculture, health, and transport.

Commercially, Meteo Rwanda is government-funded through Ministry of Environment budget allocations and distributes services free of charge to the public and sector users via its website, hotline (6080), and dedicated aviation channel. There are no disclosed commercial contracts, pricing, or external investors; the agency operates as a public good provider rather than a revenue-generating entity, with growth signals concentrated in infrastructure buildout, sector service diversification, and continental-level engagement.

Name

Rwanda Meteorology Agency

Legal name

Rwanda Meteorology Agency

Website

https://meteorwanda.gov.rw

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rwanda Meteorology Agency (Meteo Rwanda) is the autonomous national meteorological authority providing weather forecasts, climate monitoring, early warnings, aviation meteorology, hydro-meteorology, and sector-specific climate services to the Rwandan public, aviation sector, and agriculture, health, and transport agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meteorological Services

NAICS

Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting) (EUABALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC), Climate Hazard & Catastrophe Modeling (Flood, Wind, Wildfire, Heat, Sea-Level Rise) (EUABALAA)

Keywords

• Meteorological services
• Weather forecasting
• Climate services
• Aviation weather
• Agrometeorological bulletins

Headquarters

HQ city

Kigali

HQ country

Rwanda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funded Operations: As an autonomous government institution under the Ministry of Environment, Meteo Rwanda is funded through government budget allocations. Revenue generation appears to come from service provision to various sectors including aviation, agriculture, and general public.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Rwanda Meteorology Agency delivers public weather forecasts at multiple time horizons (five-day, ten-day, monthly, and seasonal), agrometeorological and climatology bulletins, and specialized climate services for aviation, agriculture, health, transport, and water resource management. It also operates an Upper-Air Observation Station and a network of weather monitoring stations, providing hydro-meteorology data and the climatology of Rwanda to the public and to sectoral users.

Product overview

Rwanda Meteorology Agency (Meteo Rwanda) is a government meteorological agency that operates as a center of excellence in weather and climate information and service delivery. The agency provides a comprehensive suite of meteorological and climatological products and services including: (1) Core weather forecasting services such as Five Day Forecast, Ten Day Forecast, Monthly Forecast, and Seasonal Forecast for predicting rainfall and weather patterns; (2) Specialized sector-specific climate services including Climate Services for Agriculture, Climate Services for Health, Climate Services for Transport, and Hydro-Meteorology for water resource management; (3) Agricultural meteorological products including Agrometeorological Bulletins (dekadal reports) and Crop Monitoring Bulletins to support farming decisions; (4) Aviation Weather Services for the aviation sector; and (5) Climatology Bulletins providing historical climate data. All products are delivered as downloadable PDF documents and are available in multiple languages (English, French, Kinyarwanda).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Five Day Forecast A five-day weather forecast product providing day-by-day weather outlooks for Rwanda, published on the agency's website for use by the general public and operational users.
• Ten Day Forecast A ten-day weather forecast product providing medium-range weather outlooks for Rwanda, published on the agency's website for use by the general public and operational users.
• Monthly Forecast A monthly weather and climate outlook product for Rwanda, published on the agency's website to support planning decisions requiring near-term climate context.
• Seasonal Forecast A seasonal climate forecast product for Rwanda, published on the agency's website to inform sectoral and public planning over multi-month horizons.
• Agrometeorological (Agromet) Bulletin An agrometeorological bulletin providing weather and climate information tailored for agricultural planning, crop management, and farming advisories for farmers, agronomists, and agriculture sector planners.
• Crop Monitoring Bulletin A crop monitoring bulletin providing weather-informed assessments of crop conditions and growing status for use by agricultural planners, agronomists, and food security stakeholders.
• Climatology Bulletin A climatology bulletin providing historical and long-term climate information for Rwanda, used by researchers, planners, and the general public for context on past climate conditions.
• Aviation Weather Services Aviation weather services providing meteorological information tailored to the needs of airlines, pilots, and airport operators for flight planning, operations, and safety.
• Hydro-Meteorology Hydro-meteorology services providing weather and climate data for water resource management, flood and drought preparedness, and hydrological planning.
• Climatology of Rwanda A climatology service providing the historical climate profile of Rwanda for use by researchers, planners, and sectoral users needing long-term climate context.
• Climate Services for Health Climate services tailored for the health sector, providing climate information to anticipate climate-sensitive disease risks and support public health preparedness and response.
• Climate Services for Transport Climate services tailored for the transport sector, providing weather and climate information to support safe routing, scheduling, and infrastructure maintenance decisions.
• Climate Services for Agriculture Climate services tailored for the agriculture sector, providing seasonal and sub-seasonal climate information to support crop planning, water management, and food security decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved climate resilience for agronomists and veterinarians through advanced climate information training

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMeteo Rwanda's Director General serves as the Permanent Representative with WMO. The agency actively participates in international organizations especially in areas of mutual cooperation in scientific research related to meteorological science and its application to advance well-being of mankind. Rwanda hosted the Continental Regional Climate Centers (RCC) knowledge-sharing workshop on strengthening regional and continental climate prediction and co-production mechanism in Africa.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• UK Met Office: One of the world's leading national meteorological services with global forecasting capability and extensive commercial activities. Comparable in mandate, vastly larger in scope; serves as a benchmark for what a mature national met service can become.
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): U.S. federal agency encompassing the National Weather Service; provides global satellite, model, and observational infrastructure that African national met services depend on. Comparable in statutory role, vastly broader in mandate.
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF): Intergovernmental organization producing global numerical weather predictions and climate reanalysis. Not a direct competitor but a critical upstream data provider whose outputs underpin Meteo Rwanda's forecasts.

Direct peers

• Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA): Statutory national weather service of Uganda delivering forecasts, aviation meteorology, climate services, and agromet products. Closest peer given shared East African geography, WMO membership, and parallel product mix.
• Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA): Tanzania's national meteorological authority providing weather and climate services across aviation, agriculture, and marine sectors. Directly comparable mandate and East African regional context.
• Ethiopian Meteorological Institute: Ethiopia's national meteorological institute providing weather, climate, and agrometeorological services. Comparable public-sector mandate and regional East African context.
• Kenya Meteorological Department: National meteorological authority of Kenya providing weather forecasting, aviation met services, agromet bulletins, and seasonal forecasts. Directly comparable mandate, service portfolio, and East African operating context to Meteo Rwanda.
• South African Weather Service (SAWS): Larger and more established African national meteorological service operating aviation met, public forecasts, and climate services. Comparable mandate but at significantly greater scale and with more developed commercial revenue streams.

Regional players

• Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet): Nigeria's national meteorological agency, much larger in scale and one of Africa's most developed weather services. Operates outside Meteo Rwanda's geography but shares the African national-met service mandate.

Others

• The Weather Company (IBM): Commercial provider of weather data, APIs, and forecasts serving enterprise and consumer markets globally. Not a national authority but adjacent ecosystem participant whose API-first approach contrasts with Meteo Rwanda's bulletin-based delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MeteoRwanda
• Facebookfacebook.com/Meteo-Rwanda-100064822893245
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rwanda-meteorology-agency

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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