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# Rwanda

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Rwanda (RWA) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field        | Value                          |
| ------------ | ------------------------------ |
| Region       | Africa                         |
| ISO 3166-1   | RW / RWA                       |
| Registry     | Rwanda Development Board (RDB) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-04                     |

## Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Rwanda and submit them as strings on the application body.

| API field                       | Local name       | Issuer                         |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `businessInfo.taxId`            | **Company Code** | RDB (Rwanda Development Board) |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Company Code** | RDB (Rwanda Development Board) |

*Tax ID:* Single TIN / Company Code issued by RDB at incorporation — used for tax and registry.

*Registration number:* Single TIN / Company Code issued by RDB at incorporation — used for tax and registry.

## Sector regulators

`BNR` · `CMA`

## Legal structures

| Local name                              | Abbreviation | Description                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Company Limited by Shares               | Ltd          | Closely-held private company with limited shareholder liability; the default SME incorporation vehicle in Rwanda. Equivalent to a US LLC.                                                              |
| Public Limited Company                  | PLC          | Share-capital company whose shares may be publicly traded and listed on a stock exchange; subject to enhanced disclosure requirements. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                                      |
| Company Limited by Guarantee            | —            | Members pledge a fixed guarantee amount instead of holding shares; typically used for nonprofits and charitable organizations. Equivalent to a US Nonprofit Corporation.                               |
| Company Limited by Shares and Guarantee | —            | Hybrid company combining share-holding members and guarantee members; rare domestic form under the Companies Act. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                                                           |
| Unlimited Company                       | —            | Incorporated entity where members bear unlimited joint liability for company debts; rarely used in practice. Equivalent to a US C-Corp.                                                                |
| Individual Enterprise                   | —            | Unincorporated sole-trader registration for a single natural person; owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship.                                                 |
| General Partnership                     | —            | Unincorporated partnership formed by two or more persons with shared management and unlimited joint liability. Equivalent to a US General Partnership.                                                 |
| Limited Partnership                     | LP           | Partnership with at least one general partner bearing unlimited liability and limited partners whose liability is capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership.                |
| Cooperative                             | —            | Member-owned and member-controlled entity governed by cooperative law; profits distributed based on member participation. Equivalent to a US Cooperative.                                              |
| Foreign Company Branch                  | —            | Branch or representative office of a company already incorporated outside Rwanda; has no separate legal personality and the parent company bears full liability. Equivalent to a US Branch/Rep Office. |

## How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

| Evidence area          | Documents needed                                              |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Legal Registration     | Certificate of Domestic Company                               |
| Constitutive Documents | Memorandum of Association                                     |
| Tax Registration       | TIN Certificate                                               |
| Operating Permit       | Trading License                                               |
| Ownership Records      | *All required:* Articles of Association + RDB extract         |
| Governance Records     | *All required:* Articles of Association + RDB extract         |
| Signing Authority      | Board Resolution                                              |
| Address                | *Any one of:* Lease Agreement · Utility Bill · Bank Statement |
| Good Standing          | Certificate of Good Standing                                  |

## Documents to collect

The physical documents you'll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil's Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

| Document                                                                     | Proves                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Certificate of Domestic Company (RDB)**                                    | Legal Registration                                                                          |
| **Memorandum of Association (mandatory primary constitutive document, RDB)** | Constitutive Documents                                                                      |
| **TIN Certificate (= Company Code, RDB)**                                    | Tax Registration                                                                            |
| **Trading License (district)**                                               | Operating Permit                                                                            |
| **AoA**                                                                      | Ownership Records, Governance Records                                                       |
| **RDB extract**                                                              | Ownership Records, Governance Records                                                       |
| **Board Resolution**                                                         | Signing Authority                                                                           |
| **Lease Agreement**                                                          | Address                                                                                     |
| **Utility Bill (≤90 days old)**                                              | Address                                                                                     |
| **Bank Statement (≤90 days old)**                                            | Address                                                                                     |
| **Certificate of Good Standing (RDB)**                                       | Good Standing                                                                               |
| **Sector-Specific License**                                                  | National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) Licence, Capital Market Authority Rwanda (CMA-Rwanda) Licence |

### Collection notes

* **Address:** Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
* **Good Standing:** Issued by the Office of the Registrar General within the Rwanda Development Board. Downloadable from the applicant's RDB online account; carries a serial number verifiable via rdb.rw. Request a copy dated within 30 days for banking use.

## Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` to one of Conduit's canonical `BusinessPersonRole` values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

| Local role | Canonical API role   | Description   |
| ---------- | -------------------- | ------------- |
| Director   | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Board member. |

## Notes

* TIN is the same number as the company registration code (Company Code) issued by RDB.