Tag Archive for: Rwanda

Andrew Stegmann

Relocation Africa Rwanda Immigration Interview With AfriLex’s Doreen Karake

Lynn Mackenzie, our Immigration Lead, recently had the privilege of interviewing Doreen Karake, Managing Partner at AfriLex Travel Advisory/AfriLex Associates, about Rwanda’s immigration landscape.

To listen to Lynn and Doreen’s conversation about immigration in the current context, click here to view the recording, or view it below.

Doreen’s bio

Doreen Karake is a Partner with AfriLex Transactions and in charge of Transactions Advisory for the AfriLex Group. She has vast experience in commercial and corporate law and has worked in both the public and private sector. Her practice focuses on:

  • Immigration and Relocation Advisory
  • Contract negotiations
  • Transactions advisory
  • Corporate governance
  • Rwanda investment advisory
  • Rwanda Company and Employment laws

Doreen has worked as an Investment Negotiator for the Government of Rwanda in priority sectors , as well as as Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary for Ngali Holdings Ltd- one of Rwanda’s leading Investment firms.

Doreen is on the Board of Directors of the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB), as well as the Rwanda Special Guarantee Fund. Previously she served on the East Africa Regional Advisory Board of the Young African Leadership initiative (YALI).

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with the Edinburgh Business School, Herriot Watt University- United Kingdom; a Master of Laws in Corporate/Business Law (LLM) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), both from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa; and a B-Juris from the University of Namibia.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Doreen for her insights. We hope you enjoy the recording.

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

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Andrew Stegmann

Simplified Mobile Money Services with Tigo Tanzania Across the East Africa Region

Tigo Pesa customers can now send and receive money from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda, Airtel and MTN in Rwanda.

Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, Tigo Tanzania (Tigo.co.tz), launched a service that allows all Tigo Pesa customers to send and receive cash  on  their mobile money wallets  from M-PESA in Kenya, MTN in Uganda and MTN and Airtel in Rwanda.

The service now ensures that Tigo Pesa customers are connected to all major mobile money serivces across the East African region a move that will grow transactions for cross-border remittance users.

This new service between the 4 countries further cements how Tigo adapts to its customers’ needs with digital solutions and it also means that the benefits of mobile money can be extended to cross-border trade, allowing businesses and families to transfer money quickly and securely in East Africa. This partnership further cements our position as a provider of choice for Mobile financial services and we believe this venture will increase the number of transactions for cross-border remittance users.

Tigo Tanzania’s Acting Chief Officer for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) Angelica Pesha

“To send money to the different services, Tigo Pesa customers can dial *150*01# on their mobile phones, select send money, send out of the country,select either Kenya,Uganda or Rwanda.” Explained Pesha.

MTN Uganda has been at the forefront of financial innovation pioneering in the delivery of a wide range of financial services such as micro savings, loans, insurance and merchant payments through MoMoPay.

To be able to make our wide network available to customers across the East African region, this is testimony to our continued drive to extend affordable, reliable, secure financial services to not only our customers in Uganda, but to all people in the region.

Stephen Mutana MTN Uganda General Manager Mobile Financial Services

“As Mobile Money is becoming borderless, this partnership with Tigo Tanzania is part of our commitment to offer our customers within the East African Community; an option to transfer funds to their friends, families and business partners using their Airtel Money Wallets.

While receiving Money from Tigo Tanzania is free, to send Money to Tigo Tanzania, Airtel Money customer dials *500*1*3# and follows the prompts ” said Jidia Gasana from Airtel Rwanda

This partnership between Safaricom, MTN, Airtel and Tigo Tanzania will enable us meet the growing demand for cross border transactions within East Africa. M-PESA has been the preferred International Money Transfer choice for many Kenyans who find the service fast, safe, affordable and convenient.

To send money to the different services, M-PESA customers can dial *840# on their mobile phones or through mySafaricom App by selecting the “M-PESA Global” option under “M-PESA” then selecting “Send”. 

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.

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Andrew Stegmann

Rwanda Update: COVID-19 Measures

This information is courtesy of Equity Juris Chambers and DLA Piper Africa.

The Rwandan Ministry of Health has issued a statement on COVID-19 measures in the country, which you can read below.

The Rwandan National Intelligence and Security Service has issued its own statement, which is below.

For information as to how Relocation Africa can help you with your Mobility, Immigration, Research, Remuneration, and Expat Tax needs, email info@relocationafrica.com, or call us on +27 21 763 4240.
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Andrew Stegmann

Nigeria says no plan to issue visas on arrival for all Africans

Lagos – Nigeria’s government says it has no plans to start issuing visas on arrival for all Africans.

The African Union’s political affairs office had tweeted on Friday that Nigeria announced the plan at a retreat for permanent representatives to the continental body.

Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, told The Associated Press on Sunday: “It is not true that we have any such plans.”

Africans need visas to travel to 55% of the continent, according to AU figures, and officials say that hurts trade.

 The AU has advocated for a single African passport and for abolishing visa requirements for all African citizens in all African countries by 2018.

Ghana, Rwanda, Mauritius and the Seychelles already issue visas on arrival to all African passport holders.

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