Kigali Convention Centre Explained
The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda.[2]
Location
The convention centre is located on Highway KN5, adjacent to the KG2 Roundabout, about 6km (04miles) west of Kigali International Airport.[3] This is about 7km (04miles) east of the neighborhood of Kigali called Nyabugogo.[4]
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 32200m2 of rentable office and retail space, and
- A museum on the bottom floor of the IT office park.[1] [2]
Construction began in 2009[1] and was completed in 2016.[5]
Events
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 | | 50.0 |
| 2 | Social Security Fund of Rwanda | 25.0 |
| 3 | Rwanda Investment Group | 25.0 |
| Total | 100.00 |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Investment Opportunity: Kigali Convention Center (KCC) . 7 March 2011 . . 20 July 2016 . Kigali . COMESARIA . 30 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030145318/http://www.comesaria.org/site/en/opportunities_details.php?chaine=kigali-convention-center-kcc&id_opportunities=43&id_article=133 . dead .
- Web site: Kigali Convention Complex . 20 July 2016 . American-architects.com . 18 July 2015 . American Architects . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111012003/http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/17968_Kigali_Convention_Complex . 11 November 2016 . dead .
- Web site: 20 July 2016 . 20 July 2016. Distance between Kigali International Airport, KN 5 Road, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda. Globefeed.com. Globefeed.com.
- Web site: 20 July 2016 . Distance between Nyabugogo, Kigali, Rwanda and Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda . Globefeed.com. Globefeed.com. 20 July 2016.
- Web site: Kigali steadily grows as a hub for meetings, conferences and exhibitions. 20 July 2016 . 18 July 2015. Gilbert . Mwijuke . The EastAfrican. Nairobi.
