The application for investment registration involves the following:

1. Application letter to the CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB) requesting for investment registration
2. Submission of a business plan or a feasibility study
3. Shareholding structure sheet
4. Certificate of company incorporation

Your investment application letter should clearly indicate following:

1. The name and address of the proposed business enterprise, and its legal form
2. The nature of the proposed business activity and the level of planned capital investment
3. The estimated number of persons to be employed and categories of jobs to be created
4. The nature and volume of waste which shall be generated by the enterprise? operations, and the proposed methods, of its management
5. The nature of support and facilitation which the investor is seeking from RDB

Steps required to obtain investment certificate:

1. Application for investment registration;
2. Notice of acceptance or refusal;
3. Issuance of investment registration certificate;

Your investment business plan or feasibility study should clearly indicate following

1. Executive summary of the project
2. Profile of the project promoter(s)
3. The project background
4. Market study or market analysis
5. Investment plan over five (5) year period
6. The level of loan and equity financing
7. Projected statement of income and expenditure 5 years
8. Projected balance sheet (5 years)
9. Projected statement of cash flows (5 years)
10. Payback period, NPV and IRR
11. Loan amortization schedule for the bank loan (if any)
12. project implementation (plan/schedule)
13. Notes on assumption made in the business plan

Notice of acceptance or refusal

Once your application for investment registration is approved you will receive an acceptance letter for your project.