New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Formula One (F1) signed a 10-year agreement to return to the Africa after more than three decades, it was announced on Tuesday. Rwanda will host a F1 race from "the early 2030s". The last time Africa hosted a F1 race was in 1993 at the South African Grand Prix.

Thus Rwanda becomes the first confirmed new host nation for F1 since Qatar and Saudi Arabia joined the schedule in 2021. Frenchman Alain Prost, racing for Williams-Renault, won the last F1 race on African soil in 2993 at South Africa's Kyalami circuit to the north of Johannesburg.

"Today is a landmark moment for Formula One," said Chief Executive Stefano Domenicali at a press conference in the capital Kigali with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Interna...