Formula One announced on Tuesday that it has signed a 10-year agreement to race in Rwanda. The event will be called the African Grand Prix, and it will be the sport's first race in Africa since 1993, BBC Sport reported.

The race will be held on a new track in Bugesera, about 25 miles south of the capital, Kigali, BBC Sport said. The track will sit next to a new airport. No date has been set for the first race. Formula One has said only that it will begin "in the early 2030s," once the circuit is finished, the Guardian reported.

The track is being designed by former Formula One driver Alex Wurz, the Guardian reported. BBC Sport said it is meant to be fast and flowing, with big changes in height that follow Rwanda's hills.

Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, said the race would bring "jobs, skills, tourism and new business" to the country, BBC Sport reported. F1 chief Stefano Domenicali called the deal "a landmark moment," the Guardian reported. He said the sport will now race on every inhabited continent.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton had pushed for years for Formula One to return to Africa, the Guardian reported. The sport last raced on the continent at Kyalami in South Africa in 1993. South Africa had also hoped to host a race, and its sports minister insisted the country would still get one, the Guardian said.

The agreement is likely to be controversial. Rights groups have accused Rwanda of using big sports deals to clean up its image. Felix Jakens of Amnesty International UK said Rwanda "is buying into the world's biggest sports to polish its image," BBC Sport reported. Rwanda already sponsors the Premier League clubs Arsenal and Aston Villa.

F1 has said it will keep its season at no more than 24 races, BBC Sport said.

What we know: Rwanda will host the African Grand Prix on a new circuit near Kigali under a 10-year agreement.
What we don't: The date of the first race, or which existing race might leave the calendar.