Business setup
Company registration
Registering a legal entity in Rwanda through the business registration service, which issues a certificate of incorporation and a taxpayer identification number.
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Inzira guidance
Every investment needs a legal entity before it can hold contracts, lease premises, employ people or apply for licences.
Any local, foreign or diaspora investor establishing a business in Rwanda.
What you need
Document checklist
Track each document. Its status carries across every other procedure on your path that needs it.
Passport or national ID of each shareholder and director
Proposed company name
Shareholding structure
Registered office address in Rwanda
Company objectives / business activity codes
Where do you apply?
What happens next?
Your next stepTaxpayer registration and TINNeed help?
Typically handled with: Corporate lawyer, Company secretary, Business consultant. Practitioners can apply to be listed — free while Inzira is in development.
Corporate lawyer
Company structuring, shareholder and founder agreements, cross-border ownership.
When you need one: Before you register the entity or bring in a co-investor.
Company secretary
Statutory filings, board resolutions, share registers and company records.
When you need one: From incorporation onwards, for annual returns and changes.
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