“A mecca for venture capitalists” - CNN Money: Business 2.0
“Rwanda is the most undervalued stock on the continent and maybe in the world” - Fortune Magazine

Rwanda’s vision for growth through private investment begins with the President’s Vision 2020.

“The major aspiration of Vision 2020 is to transform Rwanda’s economy into a middle income country...
this will not be achieved unless we transform from a subsistence
agriculture economy to a knowledge-based society, with high levels of savings and private investment.”

President Kagame, recognized globally as the “CEO President”, is advised by a team of global business leaders
including Prof. Michael Porter, Scott Ford and Joe Ritchie.

To allow for this growth, Rwanda has taken many steps:

Simple business taxation for investors

• As an EAC custom union member, Rwanda has:

• Duty free importation for products produced within EAC

• Common external tariff: 0% on Raw materials and Capital Equipment; 15% on intermediate goods; 25% on finished goods

• Constitutionally protected free repatriation of capital and profits

• 100% write off of R&D costs

• Additional fiscal incentives in strategic sectors

• Continuing work to simplify the taxation system