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 6 km west of Kigali International Airport. This is about 7 km 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 32200 m2 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.

Events

 * 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
 * African Union Summit on July 8, 2016
 * World Economic Forum for Africa 2016
 * Transform Africa Summit in October 2013, October 2015 and May 2017

Ownership
Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the convention centre, is a Rwandan company whose ownership is as depicted in the table below: