The government of Rwanda has done a lot to improve the infrastructures in Kigali (mainly) with the little it earns. No doubt about it. The paperwork rankings are impressive, negligible bureaucratic bottlenecks, ease of business set up, bottom low corruption, friendly indigenous people, smiles everywhere but? But something seems to be wrong somewhere!

Let's talk about the but!
Kigali Rwanda is one of the toughest place to do business. I have seen Businesses close within months. I have sense foreigners selling their properties and cutting their losses...a visit to Kigali Expat Social on Facebook will tell more.
I have seen people selling spoons, used detergents, cups, etc before they finally leave. As an entrepreneur these are flags! It actually points to something ominous! But Kigali can also be a place where you control a business in more lucrative zones!

1. RWANDA is a police State. Reasons might be due to their past. Yes it improves security, but truth be told; business is tough in any police State. Business move better when people are not in a state of hidden tension, whether it be the employee or the business owners.

2. Govt policy regarding getting the best option for skilled worker is abysmal, if not outright stupid. Here's our reasons: you have a Job opening that requires the best, you don't need someone to baby sit on the job, yet the Gov expects you to employ a RWANDAn without recourse that these same Rwandans are not skilled, technical or street smart. And they're damned overpriced. I don't know how they think that floating an iphone, clothes etc makes one Smart or a suit on a monkey makes one a human. Failure to do this, the immigration start threatening that they won't issue PR to your choice employee! Can you imagine?
You can read the USA Advisory to it's citizens coming to do business in RWANDA on the American embassy website for more of these!). Bad thing is they still expect you to pay taxes even when you are struggling not to pack up.

3. The taxes are way out of it compared to factors such as Price parity, purchasing power, available Cash on the population Etc. So after investing let's say $3000, how do you make a profit?. Don't even talk of accommodation. They're simply over priced & not up to standard.

4. The average Rwandan is a cunning, dishonest & lazy person. I used to think it was poverty, but no. It's a life style. It's not unusual for a RWANDAN to take you out to place where you get charged double for what ordinarily should be single. It's very common seeing able bodied person drinking on Monday morning, not one bottle but troves of bottles of alcohol! It's not uncommon seeing a lady asking you to pay her for sex rather than picking up Employment if you present both to her. Also, no one takes responsibility, they can tell you this, and deny it moments later.

5. They want your business secret, reason why they insist you employ Rwandans on sensitive positions.. ask jumai. After jumai left, cutting their losses, it was some of her employees that took over! But guess what? The new company has not made a market! You can't drive a business idea better than the originator of the idea!

6. Rwandans fear their Gov more than God Himself! It's not uncommon for Rwandans to give Gov Agents all information about your business, and still give you a damn smile. Hahahahaha!

However, Kigali Rwanda is good if;

1. You're importing and selling FMCGs, even with the taxes you can pass it over to the citizens.

2. Your source of income is outside of RWANDA and you need a cool, quiet place for HQ/Operations.

3. You need their paperwork for reasons best known to you.

4. You love wildlife... Serengeti, Mala Akegera is close by.

And please..... don't come with all your money. It will dry out fast before you understand these facts! By then you might be frustrated! There's a difference between what is put forth on the social Media and actual reality!

So what should you do?
Well, set up in Rwanda, Operate a skeletal office, with minimal staff, produce in Uganda. Export to your business in RWANDA who then sell for you! Uganda to RWANDA is $14 by bus!

If you need more information, collaboration, call us!

Facts nice one

If you are in Kigali Rwanda and you crave some native Nigerian dish, please check us out on any of our two offices!

Due to Regulatory Approvals, which is yet to be duly issued to Bigkoko by FDA, we can not sell a processed Instant Soup Packs to supermarket, Boucherie, Alimentation, Poissonnerie as earlier intended.
However, the Raw ingredients are available for sale!

Egusi.
Crayfish
Ogbono
Okporoko (cod)
Pepper Soup ingredients. Etc.

Call or visit us!

Bigkoko:


Due to Regulatory Approvals, which is yet to be duly issued to Bigkoko by FDA, we can not sell a processed Instant Soup Packs to supermarket, Boucherie, Alimentation, Poissonnerie as earlier intended.

Call or visit us!

But you can sell via online platforms like konga, Jiji ?

If yes that would be better than selling only through your physical shop/ office.

God bless your hustle

I have heard that too about Rwanda. The business environment in that country is not friendly to foreigner(s) and that is why most foreign companies will rathern do business in South Africa or Ghana than Rwanda.

OVB123:
I have heard that too about Rwanda. The business environment in that country is not friendly to foreigner(s) and that is why most foreign companies will rathern do business in South Africa or Ghana than Rwanda.

You're right! But every country has its own peculiar turn off...
Rwanda low purchasing power..
An over priced accommodation..
Overpriced unskilled workers...
Govt tax policies...
And some few others.

But, if you are lucky, smart, have a niche business idea or products/services, and remain small in scope of operations, you can beat the odds...

I will prefer Rwanda to south Africa or Ghana. Deaths from violence in SA is I dare say the highest among second tier developed economies.
As for Ghana, only scams go well there!

If you are smart, you can combine the whole East Africa as your business environment! That's what is keeping Bigkoko afloat!

Prosperity4All:


But you can sell via online platforms like konga, Jiji ?

If yes that would be better than selling only through your physical shop/ office.

God bless your hustle

Thanks brother for the tip!
Yes... We are building our own online platform on Wix. Bigkoko MarketPlace is active now.

We are selling on Bigkoko MarketPlace on Wix App
Anyone can sell on our platform (Services or goods), on Wix app by simply downloading Spaces by Wix App from Google or Apple store...

Use our Invite Code of HV2AFK to complete your registration free of charge!
We will see you right on our dashboard. This is especially advisable for graphic & Tech guys.
Send us a message of what you deal on..
We will sell your wares on Bigkoko MarketPlace... through out East Africa Market!

You can register what you sell right with your phone.
You can book services as well right with the App on your phone, it's just so easy and convenient..
So list what ever you sell in Nigeria especially stuffs expensive here and abundant in Nigeria.

Eg Akara wears, phone accessories, etc
You will receive all orders right on the App on your phone... Via sms, inbox or email

So for a new vendor like Dan whose job it is to offer accommodation Rentals Lease service in Kigali Rwanda, once a customer books for an appointment or make a purchase, Dan would receive instant messaging. Dan can chat with the customer and make any further clarifications and negotiations without Bigkoko interference.
That's why why you should give it a trial!

Bigkoko:



Thanks brother for the tip!
Yes... We are building our own online platform on Wix. Bigkoko MarketPlace is active now.

We are selling on Bigkoko MarketPlace on Wix App
Anyone can sell on our platform (Services or goods), on Wix app by simply downloading Spaces by Wix App from Google or Apple store...

Use our Invite Code of HV2AFK to complete your registration free of charge!
We will see you right on our dashboard. This is especially advisable for graphic & Tech guys.
Send us a message of what you deal on..
We will sell your wares on Bigkoko MarketPlace... through out East Africa Market!

Wow!
Great!!
Happy for you

Prosperity4All:

Wow!
Great!!
Happy for you

Thank you!

Business are closing in Rwanda...yes.
But many Businesses are still afloat.

If you are a Nigerian setting up business in RWANDA, come and talk to us. Ehh get why!!! Many business have closed, especially business entrusted unto Rwandans to manage. Always manage your business yourself...

Talk to us, we can guide you on KPI everyone working for you should attain before salary is paid. Some Rwandans are lazy, and love simple, easy life...if you don't open your eyes, they will run down your business because in their head, every foreigner is loaded with dollars!

We understand the business climate, especially PR & street Smart issues!

Any business that Consult us can never fail in Rwanda under one year! Never!

No matter how blink your immigration status is, so long you are not into fraud, scam or illegal stuffs...talk to us, we will get you a solution that works! Avoid us like plague if you are into scam or frauds or illegal stuffs!

We just helped someone get legal status!

Is BigKOKO a Nigerian ?

E get why.

ibechris:
Is BigKOKO a Nigerian ?

E get why.

It appears you are just beginning to follow our posts...
Yes. Bigkoko is co-founded by a Nigerian!

Just before you come over to Kigali Rwanda for business....

Make sure of the following:

1. You have a feasibility study of the business you intend to do here. You check & cross check the pros & cons and identify if the 50% of the cons could hinder your business Sucess.

2. You conduct Due Diligence on the feasibility study & business on your own.

3. Register the Company...

4. Conduct Market Planing.

5. Come over & set up your Company location.

6. Conclude your immigration status.

7. Concentrate on your business and run it efficiently


Failure to do 1-4 before hoping down here would have you overwhelmed with so many things to do, and at those trying moments you'd realize you made a mistake!

To make sure decisions, you need a clear mind & swiftness. Many entrepreneurs come down here to rush everything at once after seeking out advice. They think it's easy because we simplify the needful based on our previous experiences, my dear the first thing that would hit you is that you will spend valuable time on 1-4 above with attendant cost rents on home & office, feeding, transportation etc. That's a business cost you may not really understand until your rents runs out on both ends & you are yet to conclude 1-4, at that point you are not even generating income even at a lost.

These are stuffs you can do while in your comfort zone, and Plan on it!

If you heed my advice, your Chance of success increases by whatever it was by 40%

Just before you come to establish a business here....

After a careful research conducted by one of the best Researcher; Mr Koko himself, we conclude that:

1. It might take a micro scale business with physical presence in Kigali between 6-12 months of operations to return a profit.

2. Make sure a whooping 70% of your customers is domiciled outside of RWANDA at least within EAC if you can not target more Developed Countries!

3. The workers (locals) here are 200% less than an IDEAL Skilled/technical Worker in terms of capacity, flexibility, decision making, street Smartness Etc than you might be used to.
For instance, If you give a Nigerian a smart phone- after three days the young man would have a service or goods he's trading online. The Same can not be said of those here. They all have smart phones; I'm actually impressed but Truth is they don't know much what to do with it.
These are real life situation here.

Let me share a story a Nigerian who visited Kigali told me last year.

Let's call him Smart Dude (I know he's reading this message too. Please permit me to share your experience in Kenya).

He booked a flight from Lagos to Kigali via Nairobi. While observing & waiting for his connecting flight to Kigali after a brief stop at Jomo Kenyatta Airport Nairobi, he noticed several foreigners, mainly from North Africa (Egyptians) also going to Kigali had not registered in the flight locator and this was causing some hipcupps for them.

Smart Dude promptly approached them and told them he can fix it for them at a cost of $20 each. He brought out his phone or laptop and did it for the first person, it worked and others can forward for same service. You know what that means. Less than 30 minutes he has about $100 from them. The immigration people was just looking at him. This was what even themselves can do.

Was it entirely legal for Mr Smart Dude to work in Kenya with his traveling Status at that point? No. Did Mr Smart Dude broke any law given that scenario? I dare say no also!

That's how I judge smartness!

We're Bigkoko, always here to Carter to needs of diverse customer!

If you are coming to establish a fort in Kigali Rwanda as an entrepreneur, you're coming to find Love. You're coming to start a business. You're coming to fight a war! In my equation, all three is one, and must be given the attention it deserves!

However, the war you are fighting isn't one done with Kalashnikovs or those kind of harmful military stuffs. It's a war fought with intellectual missiles, strategic planning, daft moves that mesmerizes barrier's to success! Yes even America, Canada, UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, all then bunch of sweet loving countries with top-notch technologies and economy all have barriers to success!

Your business is your love. You nurture it. You tend to it. You shower it with caring so that it will refuse to die or fail if you make mistakes. Rather it would give excuse why you should be allowed more time to get it right!
God & Nature's God is your first Love. Your spouse & family is your second Love. Your business is your third Love. That's how it ought to be!

Hope you know every place, & country gat it's own Barrier to success? That's why as lucrative, wonderful as the American or European countries are, you still got homeless people, beggars, poor people etc. Dotting the Streets & wishing their lives can be improved!
Wishes don't make dreams come, either you act, or someone acts on your behalf!


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