Kigali Convention Centre


The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda.

Location

The convention centre is located on Highway KN5, adjacent to the KG2 Roundabout, about west of Kigali International Airport. This is about east of the neighborhood of Kigali called Nyabugogo.

Overview

In 2007, three Rwandan corporate investors pooled resources to build the real estate complex. They formed a company called Ultimate Concept Limited, to develop and own the centre. The centre has four major components:
  1. A 5-star hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel Kigali, with 292 rooms on six floors
  2. Conference center with seating capacity of 2,600
  3. Kigali Information Technology Park, with of rentable office and retail space, and
  4. A museum on the bottom floor of the IT office park.
Construction began in 2009 and was completed in 2016.

Ownership

Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the convention centre, is a Rwandan company whose ownership is as depicted in the table below:
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1Prime Holdings Limited50.0
2Social Security Fund of Rwanda25.0
3Rwanda Investment Group25.0
Total100.00