Roger wilco. Over and out.
[soap box]
This will fail, if it goes forward, same as the Buddh circuit failed, and for the exact same reasons.
#1, There is NO GRASS ROOTS INTEREST in motor racing in Rwanda. As proof of that I offer that there are NO MOTOR RACING CIRCUITS there.
India at least had three or four, all of which were abandoned WWII RAF aerodromes repurposed for motor racing. There's nothing wrong with that, witness the fact that the sport of drag racing was born on the droves of WWII airfields abandoned throughout the American Midwest. But India never managed to expand beyond old runways with decrepit tarmac. Until Buddh. It was the first (and remains the only) purpose-built racing circuit on the Indian subcontinent.
And you know as well as I do, if the boys WANT to race, they WILL find a way. The fact there are NO motor racing circuits in Rwanda tells you it's just not their thing. You're wasting your time. And money.
#2, The average per capita annual income in Rwanda is ~$980 USD equivalent. Average per capita in the State of Delhi (where Buddh is) is ~$5500 USD equivalent.
The GP of Hungary has the least outrageously priced tickets of any race on the calendar. In 2024, their cheapest (adult) seats were 365€. That's 1/3rd of the average Rwandan's salary.
Being multiple times poorer than India definitely would disincentivize the average Joe from taking up motor racing. Or dreaming of spectating at an F1 race.
#3, One of the key selling points of F1 is its glamor. Glamorous people and glamorous locations. And that's not coincidental because people with money tend to gravitate to glamorous locations. If there's not a luxury hotel and a luxury track-side booth waiting on them, ... fuggedaboudit.
I have not been to Rwanda but I have been to India, so I can state from experience that the only "glamor" in India is behind high fences patrolled by 24-hour security guards. The cities are for the better part sh1tholes and the countryside is paleolithic (spectacularly beautiful but primitive like Pueblo Indians primitive). Jet-setters would be hard-pressed to justify a 7-hour flight (from Rome) only to land in a city with streets filled with aggressive beggars and some of the most polluted air on the planet.
I would speculate Rwanda is much the same (and wouldn't expect the surrounding countries to by substantially wealthier), except for the air pollution since the Delhi territory alone has half again more residents than all of Rwanda. But Kigali is eight hours from London by commercial jet .
But I know Hambone is all-in on F1 in Africa, conveniently forgetting that their already have been F1 races in both South Africa and Morocco, preferring instead to focus on places better suited to be the setting for some bleak Joseph Conrad novelette than a Grand Prix. But consider the source.
To cut to the chase, I doubt you can count on the high-rollers to support a race in Rwanda. In fact I'd bet my favorite body parts against it (if I could get favorable odds). And without them or strong grass-roots support, the circuit cannot succeed.
And I'm not picking on Rwanda. I said (almost) the exact same things to the last detail about Buddh before they turned the first spade-full of dirt. But Bernie found rubes with deep pockets in the form of the Jaypee Group (who collectively are only slightly less 'shady' than Vijay Mallya). As expected, the Chrome Gnome made a mint on the deal and the Jaypee Group took a bath.
And history does have the darnedest way of repeating itself.
But knowing the FIA's present WOKE mindset, they'll do it, just for the Virtue Signalling.