The Kigali Convention Centre is a
convention centre
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in
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
, the capital and largest city in
Rwanda
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.
Location
The convention centre is located on Highway KN5, adjacent to the KG2 Roundabout, about west of
Kigali International Airport. This is about 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
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Hotel Kigali, with 292 rooms on six floors
# Conference center with seating capacity of 2,600
# Kigali Information Technology Park, with of rentable office and retail space, and
# A museum on the bottom floor of the IT office park.
Construction began in 2009
and was completed in 2016.
Events
*
2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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* African Union Summit on July 8, 2016
* World Economic Forum for Africa 2016
* Transform Africa Summit in October 2013, October 2015 and May 2017
Ownership
Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the convention centre, is a Rwandan company whose ownership is as depicted in the table below:
References
External links
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* {{youTube, n5WxexTrtuU, Marketing video
Radisson Blu kigali
Convention centers in Rwanda
Buildings and structures in Kigali
Event venues in Rwanda
Event venues established in 2016
2016 establishments in Rwanda
Rwandan culture