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Investor guides
Short, sourced briefings on doing business in Rwanda, updated for November 2026. Read them here or download any sheet as a PDF.
Investment environment
The country, the economy and the business climate on one page: population, GDP and growth, inflation and the franc, ratings, trade blocs, tax and the first steps for an investor.
RWF 23,387 bn GDP at current prices, 2025
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Tax
The main business taxes in one page: corporate income tax and the reduced rates, VAT, withholding taxes, PAYE, social security, customs and the filing deadlines.
28% Corporate income tax, standard rate
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Employment
What staff cost in Rwanda: average and median pay, pay by sector, what an employer adds for RSSB, PAYE on a sample salary and the main rules of the labour law.
FRW 83,110 Average monthly income of paid employees, 2025
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Setting up
From registration to the first invoice: the company forms, online registration with the Registrar General, the investment certificate, tax and EBM, beneficial ownership, licences and the bank account.
Free Government fee for online registration
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Residency
Visas on arrival, the temporary permit classes for investors, entrepreneurs, employees and retirees, family permits, permanent residence and how to apply on IremboGov.
RWF 150,000 Fee for most new temporary permits
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Real estate
What foreigners can buy, how land is held on lease, the steps of a purchase, the taxes on owning, letting and selling, mortgages and the official price data.
49 years Lease for residential, commercial and industrial land
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Economic zones
Rwanda’s two special economic zones and eight industrial parks: size, companies, land prices, who runs them, the SEZ user licence and Export Processing Zone status.
10 Special economic zones and industrial parks
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Finance
What the Kigali International Financial Centre offers: the vehicles available, the 3% and 15% tax rates, substance tests, fund licensing with the Capital Market Authority and the size of the local fund market.
3% Corporate income tax for qualifying funds and holding companies
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Energy
Power capacity and access, electricity tariffs for industry and business, water tariffs, fuel price caps and mobile and fibre connectivity, with the regulator’s figures.
472.95 MW Installed generating capacity
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Trade
Rwanda’s trade agreements, its main export earners, customs duties and the road corridors to the ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam.
331 million Citizens of the eight EAC partner states
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