KIGALI, Dec 15 (NNN-KBC) - President Paul Kagame announced Rwanda would bid to host a Formula One race in the capital Kigali. The Great Lakes nation has been actively pursuing plans to host an F1 Grand Prix, aiming to return the Sport to Africa for the ...

The continent has not hosted a grand prix since the 1993 South Africa Grand Prix at the Kyalami Circuit just north of Johannesburg.

Africa remains the only habitable continent on the planet to not host an F1 race in over 30 years. The sport used to travel to South Africa for a race at the famed Kyalami circuit beginning in 1967, but the country didn’t have enough money to cough up for F1 to keep coming back after 1993.

Rwanda has made a bid to host a Formula One race in the future, President Paul Kagame said on Friday at the opening of ruling body FIA's general assembly in the country's capital Kigali. "I am happy to formally announce that Rwanda is bidding to bring the thrill of racing back to Africa,

Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced his country's bid for a Formula One race on Friday, ahead of an awards ceremony in the capital Kigali that will hand the champion's trophy to Max Verstappen for a fourth year in a row.