Built 2009 – 2016 Construction cost 1 billion USD | Theatre seating 2,600 Phone +250 786 738 662 | |
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Owner Ultimate Concept Limited Similar Kigali City Tower, Kigali Genocide Memorial, Amahoro Stadium, Hôtel des Mille Collines, Kandt House Museum | ||
The kigali convention centre and radisson blu hotel
The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kigali, 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 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Kigali International Airport. This is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the neighborhood of Kigali called Nyabugogo. The coordinates of the convention centre are 01°57'17.0"S, 30°05'38.0"E (Latitude:-1.954720; Longitude:30.093903).
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) a 5-star hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel Kigali, with 292 rooms on six fllors (b) conference center with seating capacity of 2,600 (c) Kigali Information Technology Park, with 32,200 square metres (346,598 sq ft) of rentable office and retail space and (d) a museum on the bottom floor of the IT office park. Construction began in 2009 and was completed in 2016.
Ownership
Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the convention centre is a Rwandan company, whose ownership is as depicted in the table below: