Without prejudice to provisions of Articles
6, 10, 11 and 12 of this Law, a foreigner
has rights to:
1º an emphyteutic lease;
2º a land concession.
The rights referred to under Paragraph One
of this Article are only allocated for
investment.
A Presidential Order may determine other
modalities of land possession by a
foreigner.

30º foreigner: an individual without
Rwandan nationality, individuals
who co-own land, a company, an
international organisation or
cooperative, with legal personality
from a foreign country.

A Rwandan is entitled to freehold tenure.
A Presidential Order may, for exceptional
circumstances of strategic national interest,
approve grant of a freehold title to a
foreigner
Private individual’s land subject to
freehold cannot exceed two (2) hectares
per person unless an Order of the Minister
authorises otherwise.
An order of the Minister determines
categories of lands subject to freehold,
modalities of acquisition of freehold,
requirements for granting freehold and
compliance requirements for the freehold
holder.