Provides information on any manufacturing sectors or services where only citizens or a sub-set of the population in that country are allowed to own or sell.
Last Published: 7/12/2019
Rwanda has neither statutory limits on foreign ownership or control, nor any official economic or industrial strategy that discriminates against foreign investors in selling product and services.  Local and foreign investors have the right to own and establish business enterprises in all forms of remunerative activity.  The Rwandan constitution stipulates that every person has the right to private property, whether personal or in association with others.  The government cannot violate the right to private ownership except in the public interest and only then after following procedures that are determined by law and subject to fair compensation.  In 2015 Rwanda’s expropriation law was ostensibly amended to make it more protective of the rights of property owners in case of expropriation in public interest, but a number of property owners continue to claim that the expropriation of their property was below market value and not in accordance with the expropriation law.

The 2009 Company Act establishes licensing regulations for business operations.  See following link for further information.
 

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