2023 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
The 2023 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Rwanda from 10 to 17 June 2023. It was the ninth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament, which was first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
| Dates | 10 – 17 June 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | Rwanda Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and play-offs |
| Host(s) | Rwanda |
| Champions | Rwanda (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Uganda |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Queentor Abel |
| Most runs | Queentor Abel (206) |
| Most wickets | Henriette Ishimwe (16) |
Tanzania had won the 2022 tournament, but they did not enter the 2023 tournament, which featured Rwanda, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
Nigeria made a good start, winning their first three games to take a surprise lead in the tournament standings. The closely contested round-robin stage ultimately saw the hosts and Nigeria in a race to claim the second spot in the final behind Uganda. Uganda topped the table, winning their first seven round-robin games, before losing a dead-rubber against Nigeria.
Rwanda claimed a surprise 6-wicket victory over Uganda in the final. This was Rwanda's first win against Uganda and the first time that they had won the Kwibuka tournament.