KIFC
SECTOR
Finance
N.O of Employees
N/A
OUR VISION & MISSION
Vision
To build a bright future for Rwanda and for Africa by transforming the investment landscape across our continent.
Mission
To connect people with brilliant opportunities – the investment world with Africa, Rwandans with an exciting future, people with jobs and careers.
A word from our CEO
“As we all know, the last five years, we’ve been in startup mode. The institution was established, the team was set up, and we’ve since laid the foundation, putting in place the needed policy and regulatory frameworks that can allow Rwanda to now compete with other international financial centres. So now I think when we look ahead, we’re looking to grow, that growth will be guided by scale and impact, with a clear focus on sustainability."
Hortense Mudenge,
CEO
OUR GOAL
Goal:
Connecting people with opportunities, across Africa and beyond
The Kigali International Financial Centre is a financial centre that will transform Rwanda into an international financial destination for investors seeking opportunities across the African continent.
KIFC is intended to position Rwanda as a preferred financial jurisdiction for investments into Africa, as well as reforming the domestic industry. KIFC is the first of its kind in Africa, in that it is not offering a building, an economic free zone or a specific category of company registration.
Instead, KIFC provides a conducive ecosystem for financial hub actors to operate and invest in Rwanda as a gateway to the rest of Africa. KIFC’s legal framework is intended to nurture domestic and foreign talent, support leading technologies that drive value and inspire trust amongst investors, regulators and other stakeholders.
OUR IMPACT
OUR TEAM
Anita Mutesi
Chief Strategy Officer
Anita MUTESI is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Kigali International Financial Centre, a financial centre facilitating international investment and cross-border transactions in Africa.
KIFC’s mandate is to position Rwanda as a preferred financial jurisdiction for investments in Africa by offering an attractive, competitive, and investor-friendly environment, fully compliant with international best practices.
Anita is a capacity-building and project management professional with over 10 years of experience.
Prior to joining KIFC, Anita provided technical support on donor-funded projects at NIRDA and worked with the Capacity Development and Employment Services Board (CESB) as the Economic and Governance cluster specialist.