wip7:




I will recommend you apply for EAST AFRICAN TOURIST VISA (It covers Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda). It cost just 100USD and easy to obtain. Rwanda is a lovely and clean country. Less crime, people are easy to approach, and they have lovely food with a touch of French cuisines.

In my last vacation which am planning to repeat so soon. I visited Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo. Kenya is more developed when compared to others, but I enjoyed Rwanda most. My journey started from Turkey direct to Kenya via emirate, spent 4 days in Kenya, flew to Uganda via Kenya Airway cost 90USD. Spent 11 days in Uganda (here, they love goat meat like anything and fufu)..lodged at Munyonyo Speke Resort (its amazing place). Then flew to Rwanda via Rwanda Air cost 105USD just around 50 mins. The airport is super clean and small. The immigration at Kigali Airport is over friendly and lots of Tourist from France and other European countries. Rented a clean 3-star hotel for 50USD per night at Kigali city centre, went for gorilla trekking and visited lots of tourist places.....then rent a car to Lake Kivu...from Lake Kivu entered cheap boat/ship to Congo.

In all, I spent 30 days exploring Rwanda and 10 days in Tanzania.

You really had fun. I will surely tour east Africa. If not for some new developments around me, I would have been returning from my east African tour. Ugandans and Kenya can speak good English but I can't say so for Rwanda and Tanzania judging by the ones I've met and having to transit through East Africa in the past.

wip7:


Actually, my visit to these countries was just a touristic trips. I have not been to Africa for ages so I was looking to enjoy African beauty. My initial plan was to visit Cape Verde, Seychelles and Angola for a total of 30 days. Anyway, I ended visiting 5 of those eastern African. Kenya has a big market for business and lot of Indian live there, Uganda is cheapest based on the few days I spent there but Uganda is very dirty and major shops are also own by Indian.

Rwanda is landlocked region, population is low, not everybody speak English but if you speak French you will enjoy, they have beautiful women, I think they have the tallest people in the world or Africa (Tutsi tribes), the neatest but more expensive to live compared with Uganda and Tanzania ...they have more Chinese compared to Indian. There are few Nigerian in Rwanda. One can open a business and get the documents within 2-3 days in Rwanda, I did that as I now buy coffee from there to supply to coffee outlets here.

In Tanzania, I spend most of my days in hotel, beach, mountain climbing and viewing some beautiful women with clean natural color (not bleaching). I wish I can upload some of these pics here...

I will be visiting these places shortly again. But left for me I will choose to live in Rwanda compared to those cos of safety, IT hubs, and ease of starting a business. However, as I mentioned earlier my trips are touristic in nature and cannot be used as a YES or NO....for you to relocate to any country, It will be nice if you visit and spend 3-6 months then you can decide if its right place or not. The visa are easy and can be obtained.

But please anywhere you go, be honest, dont bring Nigeria name down and dont bring shame to yourself and Nigeria.

Best wishes!

@wip please I would like to know the kind of business a nigerian can do in Rwanda... Like is there a vaccum that needs to filled in terms of business there? Are there business that are not so common that one can invest into? Thanks

Anaeks:

@wip please I would like to know the kind of business a nigerian can do in Rwanda... Like is there a vaccum that needs to filled in terms of business there? Are there business that are not so common that one can invest into? Thanks

They import lots of processed food..so you can process the food, they have all sorts of fruits you can process into juice, and their real estate is booming...they love and eat Sombe soup (made from cassava leaf) all time, so you can process and package that. Their govt giving incentives if you export IT related services and invest in their IT hubs....There is a Nigerian that owns a coffee outlet their and recently opened like10 stores in Lagos as well. For me, my interest is on the coffee, event place, real estate and bakery...I started the coffee anyway!!

Due to high construction related jobs....bricks and paving blocks will be a great business...In fact, there is province I visited {Musanze} almost all houses were constructed with red bricks I learnt were mostly imported from Congo.

You can visit and spend time there to understand more...one very positive thing about business there is that registration of business is very fast, and those govt office that will process the docs are non-corrupt. Also, read more online on Rwanda Development board..the guys are ready to assist.

I will be visiting in this summer with five groups of European (about 60 in number) for Tourism....likely to spend weeks or month...if u are coming drop ur msg here...we may meet!

....Rwanda Govt will jail for life drug peddlers, yahoo yahoo and scam-related activities perpetrated by foreigners without hesitation. So you should do business that is not related to those.

Best wishes....

heaven4me:
@elgorethi,please can u tell us more about the place in terms of immigration stuff for a foreigner who intends to stay there and make a living.How is Accomodation like?Standard of living permit stuff and lastly their women,lols.

Well, immigration wahala in Rwanda is not pretty stressful as it is a developing country and the government are looking for investors to develop the country (only if u go do illegal biz, police fit burst u) Their immigration don't really have time to chase pple around on-like South Africa. If you can invest there, u are completely free. Well, i dnt hv an idea of wht accommodation rate is like there bcz i always stay in hotels, but u cn gt a good hotel in city center for a cheap as $20 per night which is a bed and breakfast. Stardard of living is pretty cheap compared to Kenya nd Tanzania, bcz naira is better off than their currency. Lastly they have more pretty women than any east african country, ask anybody. They are down to earth and easy to talk to jst lyk SA babes...#wink

@elgorethi,thanks very much For the info.Are u sure, they are prettier than SA babes and Tanzania babes?

@wip7,please can u suggest any other business one can do that would generate steady income over there?Am looking @phone and accessories and computer Biz.Secondly, please I'd like to be linked to that Nigerian over there who owns a Biz there.I would love to inquire more from him ,even when I get there too,thanks.I sent u a pm but u didn't respond.

heaven4me:
@wip7,please can u suggest any other business one can do that would generate steady income over there?Am looking @phone and accessories and computer Biz.Secondly, please I'd like to be linked to that Nigerian over there who owns a Biz there.I would love to inquire more from him ,even when I get there too,thanks.I sent u a pm but u didn't respond.

Good day,

I don't live in Africa currently. I have only visited the Eastern African countries on promotional and touristic trips.....so technically and professionally am not the right person to give you answers since 30days is not enough to make me a resident of that country.....I can only comment for intending tourists..!!!

If you will like to know more, visit the country to spend like 6 months or do more searches online, visit each country investment websites, email or call the governmental officials to link you with resident of any of those countries in Eastern Africa.

Best wishes!

UncleBen:
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