Kigali Convention Centre

Kigali Convention Centre
	Interactive map of Kigali Convention Centre
Address	Kigali Roundabout, Kimihurura
Location	Kigali, Rwanda
Coordinates	01°57′17″S 30°05′38″E / 1.95472°S 30.09389°E
Owner	Ultimate Concept Limited
Operator	Radisson Blu
Construction
Built	2009–2016
Cost	$300 million
Website
	http://www.kcc.rw

The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention Centre in Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda.

Location

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

Overview

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

Construction began in 2009 according to the design by German architect Roland Dieterle and was completed in 2016.

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:

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

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 COMESARIA (7 March 2011). "Investment Opportunity: Kigali Convention Center (KCC)". Kigali: COMESA Regional Investment Agency. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
1 2 American Architects (18 July 2015). "Kigali Convention Complex". American-architects.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ Globefeed.com (20 July 2016). "Distance between Kigali International Airport, KN 5 Road, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ Globefeed.com (20 July 2016). "Distance between Nyabugogo, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ Opobo, Moses (18 June 2016). "Tracing the story behind the Kigali Convention Complex". The New Times. Kigali. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
↑ Mwijuke, Gilbert (18 July 2015). "Kigali steadily grows as a hub for meetings, conferences and exhibitions". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

External links

[Come-1] 1 2 3 4 5 COMESARIA (7 March 2011). "Investment Opportunity: Kigali Convention Center (KCC)". Kigali: COMESA Regional Investment Agency. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[Data-2] 1 2 American Architects (18 July 2015). "Kigali Convention Complex". American-architects.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[3] Globefeed.com (20 July 2016). "Distance between Kigali International Airport, KN 5 Road, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[4] Globefeed.com (20 July 2016). "Distance between Nyabugogo, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[5] Opobo, Moses (18 June 2016). "Tracing the story behind the Kigali Convention Complex". The New Times. Kigali. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[6] Mwijuke, Gilbert (18 July 2015). "Kigali steadily grows as a hub for meetings, conferences and exhibitions". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.