Rwanda’s Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) used this week’s Inclusive FinTech Forum to advance its case as a preferred structuring hub for investors seeking exposure across Africa, bringing together global financial institutions and regional leaders in a targeted roundtable on the sidelines of the three-day event.
KIFC Chief Executive Officer Hortense Mudenge co-hosted the Strategic Investor Roundtable with the Rwanda Social Security Board, outlining the center’s priorities and Rwanda’s value proposition to an audience of international fund managers and institutional investors.
The forum, held in Kigali from March 10 to 12, has grown into a recurring convergence point for financial sector policymakers, founders, and capital allocators focused on emerging markets.
Mudenge told delegates that Africa’s fintech expansion, driven by mobile payments, digital lending platforms, and emerging technologies, has broadened financial access.
The next phase, she said, requires infrastructure capable of sustaining that growth.
“The next chapter is not just about innovation; it’s about building systems that work,” she said during the forum’s Global Leadership Dialogue.
The session framed international financial centres as both networking venues and active platforms for structuring the legal, regulatory, and financial architecture that underpins cross-border capital flows.
Mudenge noted that centres at different stages of development can complement one another to serve a wider range of investor needs.
Rwanda has positioned KIFC as a jurisdiction capable of channelling institutional capital into African markets, a role that gains weight as global investors assess regulatory risk and structural reliability across the continent.
