Rwanda Information Technology Authority (RITA) was designed to serve as the national coordinating body to support the development and the implementation of the National Information and Communications Infrastructure (NICI Plan). Supervised by the Nations Information Technology Commission (NITC), RITA operates autonomously, with linkages to the IT Divisions/Directorates of the Ministries as well as with other ICT-related organizations in the public and private sector.

Among other things RITA has the responsibility for: co-ordinating National ICT initiatives and projects; facilitating the implementation of NICI Plan programmes; facilitating the work of the NITC, the NITC-Working Groups, as well as IT Division/Directorates of Government Ministries; providing advisory and technical support services to the NITC, the NITC-WGs as well to public and private sector organizations.

RITA also has the responsibility for developing National ICT Standards and Guidelines and has the ICT Consultancy role as well as public awareness and education role in the area of information and communications technologies.