Kigali

City · 1907 CE · in Sub-Saharan Africa

Capital of Republic of Rwanda (1963–today).

Port Vila (c. 1907 CE): Capital of New Hebrides (1907–1980), Vanuatu (1983–today).
Dodoma (1906 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1996–today).
Boma (c. 1908 CE): Capital of Belgian Congo (1908–1960).
Lusaka (1905 CE): Capital of Zambia (1967–today).
Lilongwe (1902 CE): Capital of Malawi (1975–today).
Mbabane (1902 CE): Capital of Eswatini (1969–today).
Gitega (1912 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (2019–today).
Canberra (1913 CE): Purpose-built capital of Australia, named in 1913 and designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin; Parliament moved there in 1927.
Nizwa (c. 1913 CE): Capital of Imamate of Oman (1913–1919).
N'Djamena (1900 CE): Capital of Republic of Chad (1961–today).

Around the same time and place

Scramble for Africa (1881–1914 CE): Invasion, occupation and partition of almost all of Africa by European powers between the 1880s and 1914, formalised in part at the Berlin Conference of 1884–85.
Burton and Speke’s expedition to Lake Tanganyika (1857–1859 CE): Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke travelled inland from Zanzibar along the caravan route and became the first Europeans to reach Lake Tanganyika. On the return Speke went north alone and reached Lake Victoria, which he took to be the source of the Nile.
Dar es Salaam (1862 CE): Capital of Tanzania (1964–1996).
Bujumbura (1871 CE): Capital of Republic of Burundi (1963–2019).
Stanley’s search for Livingstone (1871–1872 CE): Sent by the New York Herald, the journalist Henry Morton Stanley led a caravan from Bagamoyo to Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika, where in November 1871 he found David Livingstone, of whom little had been heard for years.
Stanley’s crossing of Africa down the Congo (1874–1877 CE): Stanley circumnavigated Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, then followed the Lualaba from Nyangwe down the Congo to the Atlantic, showing they were one river. The 999-day expedition was marked by heavy losses and violent clashes along the way.
Bangui (1889 CE): Capital of Central African Republic (1961–today).
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 CE – 1978 CE): Kenyan anti-colonial activist imprisoned by the British, who became Kenya's first prime minister and president after independence in 1963.