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Investment Certificate

Link to the step by step guide to investment certificate registration procedure

Steps required to obtain investment certificate

Application for investment registration;
Notice of acceptance or refusal;
Issuance of investment registration certificate;

The application for investment registration involves the following

Application letter to the CEO of RDB requesting for investment registration
Submission of a business plan or a feasibility study
Shareholding structure sheet
Certificate of company incorporation

Your investment application letter should clearly indicate following

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

Your investment business plan or feasibility study should clearly indicate following

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

Notice of acceptance or refusal

Once your application for investment registration is approved we will send to you an acceptance letter for your project.

View Investment code https://rdb.rw/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Investment-code-2021.pdf

Environmental Impact Assessment

Link to the step by step guide to Environmental impact assessment registration procedure

What is Environmental Impact Assessment?

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is defined as a systematic process to predict, identify, and evaluate the environmental effects of proposed actions and projects. The process is used to prevent and mitigate adverse impacts, enhance positive impacts and assist the rational use of natural resources to maximize the benefit of socio-economic development projects and ensuring sustainable development.

What are the economic benefits of EIA process?

Once adverse impacts are identified from the proposed project, advance corrective measures can be incorporated into the project which helps developers to minimize environmental risks and financial costs. However, options are considered for the projects where damage is irreversible to assist developers to invest in profit making ventures which would have been lost due to environmental problems. The process ensures financially and economically efficient projects with guarantee to attain long term profits.

Which projects require EIA?

Projects with identified adverse impacts on environment call for a full EIA process for mitigation measures and thus the Ministerial Order No04/2008 of 15/08/2008 establishing the list of works, activities and projects that have to undertake an environmental impact assessment highlights some projects as follows; construction and repair of international and national roads, large bridges, industries, factories, hydro-dams and electrical lines, public dams for water conservation, rain water harvesting for agricultural activities and artificial lakes, large hotels public building which accommodate more than one hundred daily, extraction of mines and public land fills among others.

Link to the step by step guide to Environmental impact assessment registration procedure

Tax Information

The One Stop Centre will help in processing and issuing duty exemption and other fiscal incentives in shortest possible time

The delegated staff from Rwanda Revenue Authority Issue tax exemptions provided by the Investment Code, Tax Laws and the East African Community Customs Management Act

Carry out all registration procedures required of a taxpayer (TIN number, VAT, TPR, Tax clearance certificate etc) for companies that qualifies with RDB registration

Advise and educate the public and investors on issues regarding fiscal matters

Interact with investors and provide necessary information the investors might require

Ensure the availability of the required forms and other documentation

One Stop Centre Registration Portal