Kigali Convention Centre

The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda.^[2]

Kigali Convention Centre
Address	Kigali Roundabout, Kimihurura
Location	Kigali, Rwanda
Coordinates	01°57′17″S 30°05′38″E
Owner	Ultimate Concept Limited
Operator	Radisson Blu[1]
Built	2009–2016
Construction cost	$300 million[1]
Theatre seating	2,600[1]
Enclosed space
• Total space	13.6 hectares (34 acres)[1]
Website
http://www.kcc.rw

Location

The convention centre is located on Highway KN5, adjacent to the KG2 Roundabout, about 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kigali International Airport.^[3] This is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the neighborhood of Kigali called Nyabugogo.^[4]

Overview

Interior of the centre

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:

• A 5-star hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel Kigali, with 292 rooms on six floors
• Conference center with seating capacity of 2,600
• Kigali Information Technology Park, with 32,200 square metres (346,598 sq ft) of rentable office and retail space
• A museum on the bottom floor of the IT office park^[1][2]

Construction began in 2009^[1] according to the design by German architect Roland Dieterle^[5] and was completed in 2016.^[6]

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
• International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Ownership

Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the convention centre, is a Rwandan company whose ownership is as depicted in the table below:^[1]

Ultimate Concept Limited stock ownership

Rank	Name of owner	Percentage ownership
1	Prime Holdings Limited	50.0
2	Social Security Fund of Rwanda	25.0
3	Rwanda Investment Group	25.0

Gallery

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  Kigali Convention Center
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  Kigali Convention Centre changes light in the night.
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  Main entrance