Kigali’s real estate boom pulls investors as State moves to cut bureaucracy

Barely a year after it was slightly slowed down by the effects of the global financial crisis, Kigali’s real estate has once again come alive as investors, mainly from Asia and Europe, jostle for a pie of office space and housing demand. Photo/MORGAN MBABAZI

From the large fleet of open-top trucks ferrying workers and materials to construction sites in the main business district to a skyline littered with giant cranes, the real estate boom in Rwanda’s capital is moving at full speed.

Barely a year after it was slightly slowed down by the effects of the global financial crisis, Kigali’s real estate has once again come alive as investors mainly from Asia and Europe jostle for a pie of office space and housing demand.

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