Africa
Financial services founders building an African holding structure, Rwanda
Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) grants 0% CIT for 10 years on qualifying financial services, fund management and global trading. KIFC is supervised by the National Bank of Rwanda and Rwanda Finance Limited, and clear of EU tax and FATF lists.
KIFC 0% / 10 yearsBNR supervisedFATF clear
Start setup {placement} 4 min · no card required
Corp tax
30%
Fastest setup
10 days
Tax treaties
10
Region
Africa
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: No minimum capital
- Administrative language: English
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 30%
- Effective rate ~0%
- Tax treaties 10
- VAT rate 18%
- Withholding on dividends 15%
Key treaty partners
MauritiusBelgiumSingaporeSouth AfricaMoroccoTurkey
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe not supported
- Wise supported
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you need broad treaty coverage or a deep local market
Rwanda has only ~10 DTAs and a small domestic economy with developing infrastructure. For wider treaty coverage or scale:
~10 DTAs onlySmall domestic market