Rwanda

A WordPress web design company working with organisations in Rwanda

We design, build and look after WordPress websites for Rwandan organisations that want a site they can run themselves. Our team works from Nigeria, one hour behind Kigali, and every engagement is scoped in writing before work begins.

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Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Payments: MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, IremboPay
Data protection: Law No. 058/2021 of 13 October 2021 relating to the protection of personal data and privacy
Time zone: UTC+2, 1 hour ahead of Lagos

Overview

A specialist WordPress team for Rwanda.

WPFlat is the WordPress specialist agency within Digitalzooks. Since 2020 we have built websites, portals, online schools and shops for organisations across Africa, the UK and the USA. We are not a Kigali studio and we do not pretend to be one. What we bring to a Rwandan project is depth in a single platform, and experience with the practical problems African websites share: payments that have to work on a phone, owners who need to edit content without a developer, and budgets that must stretch.

Rwanda adds its own details to that list. Customers expect to pay with MTN MoMo or Airtel Money, personal data is governed by a 2021 law with a registration duty, and the domain your audience trusts most ends in .rw. We plan for each of these from the first conversation rather than discovering them at launch.

In detail

Built for Rwanda.

Built around how Rwandans pay

Most online buyers in Rwanda will reach for mobile money before a card. That shapes the checkout we design. Gateways such as IremboPay accept MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, cards and local bank transfers, and they can price in Rwandan francs as well as USD, EUR and GBP. Flutterwave also supports card and Rwanda mobile money payments in RWF. Stripe does not currently onboard Rwandan businesses, so we do not plan a site around it. We help you choose a gateway, then build the payment step so a customer can confirm on their phone and land on a clear receipt.

Data protection under Law No. 058/2021

Rwanda's personal data law came into force in October 2021 and is supervised by the National Cyber Security Authority. Any organisation collecting personal data, through a contact form, a registration page or a shop, is expected to register with the NCSA as a data controller. The law also says personal data should be stored in Rwanda unless the NCSA has authorised storage abroad. We map what your website collects, keep forms to what you actually need, write the consent wording with you, and discuss hosting choices openly so your registration matches what the site does.

A .rw address your audience recognises

The .rw namespace, including .co.rw for companies and .org.rw for organisations, is run by RICTA and sold through accredited registrars. A local address tells Rwandan visitors that the organisation is present and accountable here. We can work with a domain you already hold or guide you through registration with an accredited registrar in your own name, so ownership never sits with us. We then connect the domain to hosting, set up professional email and configure the records that keep messages out of spam folders.

Working with a team one hour behind Kigali

Kigali runs on Central Africa Time, UTC+2, which puts our Lagos-based team just one hour behind you. In practice our working days overlap almost completely, so a morning call in Kigali is an early morning call for us and an afternoon review lands well within our day. We run projects through shared written plans, recorded walkthroughs and a single point of contact, which suits Rwandan teams who split time between offices and the field. You always know what is being worked on and what we need from you next.

What we have built that is relevant to you

The work we show was built by the same team that would build yours. What we can show is work our team has delivered elsewhere that solves problems Rwandan organisations face. For Technext Events we built ticketing that sold and scanned more than 10,000 tickets with QR check-in. For BFI Insights in the USA we built an online school taking payments in four currencies, with certificates and affiliates. For ASEP Logistics in Nigeria we built a recruitment portal and HR dashboard. Each one is the kind of system Rwandan schools, event organisers and employers ask about.

What a Rwanda project with us includes

What a Rwanda project with us includes.

Strategy & Design from $1,500 · Development from $5,000 · Managed Services from $2,000 per year. See pricing

Discovery session and written scope before any payment
Mobile-first design tested on low-cost Android phones
Checkout planned around MTN MoMo, Airtel Money and cards
Prices shown in Rwandan francs where your gateway supports it
Forms and consent wording reviewed against Law No. 058/2021
Help registering or connecting your .rw or .co.rw domain
Editor training so your team can update pages themselves
Optional managed hosting, maintenance and security after launch

Services in Rwanda

What we build and run for Rwandan organisations.

Every service is delivered by the same specialist WordPress team, from the first call to long after launch.

Our work

Platforms we have built.

These projects were built by our Nigeria-based team for clients elsewhere; we show them because ticketing, multi-currency learning and recruitment portals are the systems Rwandan organisations most often ask us about.

Technext Events10,000+ tickets sold and scannedRead the case study

BFI SchoolOnline school with payments in four currenciesRead the case study

ASEP LogisticsRecruitment portal and HR dashboardRead the case study

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do you have an office in Rwanda?

No. Our team is based in Nigeria and works with Rwandan organisations remotely. Kigali is only one hour ahead of Lagos, so our working days overlap closely. We hold calls on video, share progress through written updates and recorded walkthroughs, and agree response times in the scope so you know exactly when to expect an answer.

Can my website accept MTN MoMo and Airtel Money?

Yes. Rwandan gateways such as IremboPay accept both MTN MoMo and Airtel Money, as well as cards and bank transfers, and Flutterwave supports Rwanda mobile money too. You open the merchant account in your organisation's name, which involves the provider's own verification checks, and we build and test the checkout on your site.

Do I need to register my website with the NCSA?

If your website collects personal data, such as names, phone numbers or emails through forms or orders, Law No. 058/2021 expects your organisation to register with the National Cyber Security Authority as a data controller. We are not lawyers and cannot file for you, but we document what the site collects and where it is stored so your registration is accurate.

Can you invoice in Rwandan francs?

Our starting prices are set in US dollars and we usually invoice in USD. If paying in another currency matters to your finance team, raise it during scoping and we will agree the most practical arrangement in writing. Payments your customers make on your site can be priced in Rwandan francs, depending on the gateway you use.

How does a project start?

It starts with a short discovery call about your organisation, your audience and what the site must do. We then send a written scope covering pages, features, payments, data handling, timeline and price. Work begins once you approve that scope, and design comes before development so you can shape the site early.

Will the site work in Kinyarwanda, English and French?

WordPress handles multilingual sites well, and we can set up language switching so each page has its own version. You or a translator provide the text in each language, and we make sure menus, forms and payment messages follow the visitor's chosen language. We plan the language structure at the start so it does not need rebuilding later.

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Tell us what you need WordPress to do.

A new website, a redesign, a client portal, a booking system, or a move from another platform. Tell us what you need and we will tell you how WordPress can carry it.

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What happens next

01
Introductory callUnderstanding the project, the organisation, and the brief.
02
Discovery questionnaireThe detail we need before designing anything.
03
Scope agreementDeliverables, timeline, and investment confirmed in writing.

See how a project runs

A WordPress web design company working with organisations in Rwanda

A specialist WordPress team for Rwanda.

Built for Rwanda.

Built around how Rwandans pay

Data protection under Law No. 058/2021

A .rw address your audience recognises

Working with a team one hour behind Kigali

What we have built that is relevant to you

What a Rwanda project with us includes.

What we build and run for Rwandan organisations.

Website Design in Rwanda

Web Development in Rwanda

Ecommerce Websites in Rwanda

Website Maintenance in Rwanda

Web Hosting in Rwanda

WordPress Developers in Rwanda

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Platforms we have built.

Frequently asked questions

More for Rwanda.

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