Kigali Convention Centre Kigali Convention Centre The Kigali Convention Centre is a convention centre in Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda. The convention centre is located on Highway KN5, adjacent to the KG2 Roundabout, about west of Kigali International Airport. This is about east of the neighborhood of Kigali called "Nyabugogo". 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: Construction began in 2009 and was completed in 2016. Ultimate Concept Limited, the owner-developer of the
Kigali being built in the 1920s by the Belgian colonial government as a home for civil servants and Swahili traders. This latter group were mostly members of the Islamic faith, which led to Nyamirambo being known as the "Muslim Quarter". Nyamirambo's Green Mosque ("Masjid al-Fatah") is the oldest mosque in Kigali, dating back to the 1930s. Travel publisher Rough Guides has described Nyamirambo as "Kigali's coolest neighbourhood", citing its multi-cultural status and an active nightlife, which is not found in much of the rest of the city. North of Nyamirambo, and west of the CBD is Nyabugogo. Situated at the lowest