Business 2: Startup: Rwanda

More than a decade after the genocide, the tiny African nation has reemerged as a mecca for American entrepreneurs seeking redemption and profits alike.

Rod Dubitsky sits under an umbrella at a roadside restaurant near the center of Kigali, munching on a plate of cooked bananas, stewed goat, and roasted beans. If the 43-year-old Wall Street bond analyst from Hoboken, N.J., feels a little out of place on his first trip to Rwanda, the feeling doesn't last more than a couple of minutes.

An attractive white woman walks up to the table and, with a distinct French accent, introduces herself, explaining that she's scouting locations and talent for an upcoming movie. "I'm from Paris," she says. "We film genocide movie this summer. I am casting. I want you. I need white men."

Dubitsky drops his fork and laughs, recalling that one of the reasons he's in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, is because he saw Hotel Rwanda, the Oscar-nominated film about a hotel manager who saved his guests from slaughter during the 1994 genocide. Dubitsky is even staying at Mille Collines, the luxury hotel that inspired the film.