Now thousands of Rwandese will be able to watch African leaders visiting Beijing next week in the comfort of their own homes. That's thanks to an ambitious satellite TV project, another partnership between China and African nations. From Kigali, CGTN's Peninah Karibe has more.

That's the night in the suburbs of Kigali and Leonceya and her friends are hunting something to watch on TV. She's spoilt for choice. Leonceya has had this satellite set-up no more than a month. But already it's transformed her home entertainment.

UZAYISENGA LEONCEYA KIGALI RESIDENT "Before, our only source of entertainment used to be DVDs. My family members would go out to look for them, but now everybody comes home in the evening after work and we all sit down and watch a variety of movies and other programmes on television."

Leonceya is among the beneficiaries of a project to provide satellite television services in 47 African countries. It's one of the partnerships agreed at a summit on Chinese African co-operation back in 2015, known as FOCAC. The project launched in Rwanda in June and already 6000 families have been connected, with a satellite dish, and the set-top box. 900 public institutions also are being hooked up. Chinese digital tv provider Star Times is rolling out the project in Rwanda.

JESSE JING CEO, STARTIMES "Currently in Rwanda it has already been implemented in 100 villages since June and we will finish the project of 300 villages before the FOCAC in September they will be finished."

PENINAH KARIBE KIGALI, RWANDA "Leonceya's home is one of the very few in this area connected to satellite television giving them access to not just information but also a wide variety of entertainment."

UZAYISENGA LEONCEYA KIGALI RESIDENT "We really enjoyed during the world cup, our neighbours have been coming almost daily to watch. The evenings have been fun."

The kits are designed to work even where mainline electricity is missing.

JESSE JING CEO, STARTIMES "For the public situation we have provided devices with solar systems. It can provide up to 6 hours of viewing without going off."

Satellite TV like this is providing Rwandese with a window onto the rest of the world. As the saying goes, knowledge is power. And it certainly beats watching worn-out DVDs. PK, CGTN, KIGALI, RWANDA.