Rwanda News » Kigali News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda’s financial ambition through the lens of São Paulo
In November last year, alongside my colleagues from the Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC), I had the privilege of participating in a business mission to São Paulo, one of the world’s most ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda’s push to be Africa’s financial hub attracts leading fintech startups
KIGALI, Rwanda - Two of Africa’s biggest fintech players are expanding their operations in Rwanda, which is pushing to position itself as a strategically important hub for the fintech sector by ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda recruits Tidjane Thiam to boost Kigali’s finance offer
After his hasty departure from the Credit Suisse bank, Tidjane Thiam confirms his African ambition. The Franco-Ivorian banker has just been appointed by the Rwandan government to head the board of ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda aims to turn Kigali into an African financial centre to drive investment
Discussions are taking place with potential partners in Europe, the Middle East and North America, Barigye says from Kigali. “The missing link for Africa is financial centres that facilitate the flow ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Understanding Digital Money in the Age of Virtual Assets
As the government implements a new law regulating virtual asset businesses, public interest is growing in the broader world of digital money and how different forms of it work.From mobile money and ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda bourse unveils Islamic trading rules
Kigali. The Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) has become the first securities exchange in East, Central and Southern Africa to establish dedicated Listing and Trading Rules for Islamic capital market ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Kigali hosts Inclusive FinTech Forum 2026 for financial inclusion
The Inclusive FinTech Forum (IFF) 2026 will take place from 10–12 March 2026 at the Kigali Convention Centre, bringing together more than 3,000 leaders from finance, technology, policy, and innovation ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Kigali beats Nairobi in battle of financial hubs
Kigali has pulled ahead of Nairobi in the race to become East Africa’s financial hub, as Rwanda’s aggressive incentives and streamlined regulatory regime draw firms that would traditionally favour ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda: How Kigali Can Keep Housing Affordable As City Grows
As Kigali expands and attracts more residents, businesses, and investors, concerns are growing over how the city can keep housing and commercial spaces affordable while sustaining urban growth.
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership Powers Innovative Climate Action
The Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership, which was launched at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, will further power innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the ...