Rwanda Devlopment Board was yesterday awarded as the second best investment promotion agency in the East African region in attracting transformational projects at the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.AIM, taking place from 9-11 April, is the world’s leading gathering of the international investment community, leading academics…

RDB (Rwanda Development Board) awards ten local business leaders during the 5th edition of the RDB Business Excellence Awards. The RDB Business Excellence Awards 2017, under the theme ’In pursuit of Business Excellence’, celebrates efforts made by both corporate and small medium sized enterprises in Rwanda. The awards are an…

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in 2017 registered investments in Rwanda worth $USD 1.675 billion. This is an increase of $USD 515 million when compared to the investments registered by RDB in 2016. USD $1.160 billion worth of investments were registered in 2016. The three sectors that attracted the most…

Rwanda continues to position itself as a business friendly country, and in 2018 RDB will host the 5th edition of the Rwanda Business Excellence Awards to acknowledge, congratulate and celebrate efforts made by domestic companies in promoting a sustainable & prosperous Rwanda. Through these awards, we aim to encourage competitiveness among Rwanda’s private…

The Rwanda Development Board today receives a 27.8-hectare property from AWF (African Wildlife Fund) to be incorporated in the Volcanoes National Park in a handover ceremony in Kinigi, Northern Province. This property adds to the 16,000 hectares that had formerly comprised the national park. Home of the critically endangered Mountain…

With the support of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Cooper Pharma, a leading African pharmaceutical, has today launched the construction works of a $USD 6 million pharmaceutical plant at the Kigali Special Economic Zone. RDB helped the Morocco-based firm to understand the internal market structure together with regional one which…

Today marked the second successful road show under the the investor dialogue campaign by Rwanda Development Board in deepening domestic investments in the country.  Over 250 local investors from Eastern Province came together in Gatsibo District to engage with the public sector on the investment potential in Rwanda. The Chief…

RDB’s Investor Dialogue campaign enhances public & private sector partnerships in Northern Province Musanze, Northern Province, November 9, 2017 – was a successful day for public and private sector officials in Northern Province as Rwanda Development Board initiated the outreach campaign to enhance a domestic private sector led economy. Top…

Kigali – Rwanda, October 31, 2017 – Rwanda is ranked the 2nd easiest place to do business in sub- Saharan Africa after Mauritius, the 1st in the East African region and the 41st globally out of the 190 economies assessed in this year’s World Bank Doing Business report. The 15th edition…

Kigali, October 25, 2017 – The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) officially announced the introduction of the tourism-operating license to support the regulation of tourism entities while at the same time grant grades to hotels that have already filled all the required procedures. During the ceremony 67 tourism entities including 50…