General

Energy

BRD is a bank, not an NGO. Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD), is a Public Company Limited by Shares, with a share capital of RWF 57,808,931,000, registered at the Officer of the Registrar General, whose company code n° 100003547.

No, you cannot open an account in BRD.

BRD finances development projects through direct-lending and on-lending schemes; Direct-lending to entities requiring not less than 50M Rwf, and on-lending through MFIs.

No, we can be found at only one location, our headquarters in Kigali, for all needed services.

Hatana, also known as ERF2, is a project tailored to provide access to finance for recovery and resilience. This fund puts your business at the heart of the economic recovery and can be accessed through BRD and BDF. Find out more here

Gira Iwawe is a campaign started by BRD to inform the public of the Rwanda Housing Finance Project (RHFP), a project with the objective of providing affordable housing through a housing loan with an 11% interest rate and a 20 years mortgage loan tenor, you can own your first home. Find out more here .

Results-based financing (RBF) scheme is different from traditional grants because incentives are disbursed upon delivery and independent verification of results. This means that participating companies will have to pre-finance their projects, either through loans or other sources of funds. This RBF provides direct financial support to beneficiary households and micro-enterprises to buy down the cost of a clean cooking product.

No. The RBF subsidizes the price of clean cooking products to final households. The participating companies must transfer the entire subsidy amount to its customers. The companies are expected to leverage their own resources for capacity building, marketing and any other operational activities. However, CC-RBF may provide certain TA (training, orientations, etc.) to participating companies.

Any participating company should go through the eligibility criteria provided in the EAQIP Component 3b Operations Manual, Section 6.13. Failure to comply with the eligibility criteria will lead to suspension of the company from participating in EAQIP Component 3b CC-RBF. The company should comply with these criteria at all times. Whenever the company deviates from the eligibility criteria and the stipulated roles and responsibilities, a credible commitment in the form of a time-bound action plan needs to be prepared by the company and submitted to EDCL and BRD. EDCL, BRD, and the World Bank team will closely review the action plan and decide accordingly.

Cana Challenge is a campaign that commenced in December 2021 on social media, that invites individuals and organizations to voluntarily contribute to “Light up a Rwandan family”. Thereafter, contributions are utilized to purchase and install home solar system for families in Ubudehe Category 1.