Send money from Saudi Arabia to Rwanda
The Riyadh to Kigali route has a specific shape. Rwandans working in the Gulf send home to Kigali every month, and employers in Rwanda pay for services from the region. Grey handles the conversion in Riyadh and delivers RWF to Bank of Kigali or any other Rwandan bank.
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Riyadh to Kigali, in one conversion
Rwandans working in the Gulf send home to Kigali every month, and employers in Rwanda pay for services from the region. For senders in Riyadh, the practical question is simple: how much lands, and when.
Grey answers both before you confirm. USD converts to RWF once, the fee is shown separately, and the money reaches Bank of Kigali, Equity Bank Rwanda, I&M Bank Rwanda, Cogebanque as a normal deposit. Expatriates in Saudi Arabia fund Grey from abroad: a salary paid in dollars, a client overseas, family. That balance sends home without a riyal step.
How sending to Rwanda works
Sign up
Register with your passport or iqama in a few minutes. Your Grey account comes with foreign-currency details for receiving pay from overseas. Grey works with licensed partners serving the Gulf.
Fund
Grey doesn't take local deposits in Saudi Arabia. Fund with USD, EUR or GBP received into your Grey account from an employer, clients or family abroad.
Send
Rwanda takes a bank name and account number, nothing else. Confirm the RWF amount and the fee, then send.
The real price of Rwandan francs from Saudi Arabia
One conversion, USD to RWF, with the rate and fee disclosed before you send from Riyadh. Because Rwanda is small and the amounts are modest, people assume the transfer is cheap. It usually isn't.
Locked at confirmation
A rate that holds means you can promise someone in Kigali an exact RWF figure and know it will arrive. Because Rwanda is small and the amounts are modest, people assume the transfer is cheap. It usually isn't.
Grey fixes USD to RWF at the tap, every time, from Riyadh or anywhere else in Saudi Arabia.
Why domestic delivery matters in Rwanda
Anyone in Riyadh who has wired money to Kigali the old way knows the feeling of not knowing what landed. Because Rwanda is small and the amounts are modest, people assume the transfer is cheap. It usually isn't.
Your recipient's view in Rwanda
A standard RWF deposit into an account at Bank of Kigali or any other bank in Rwanda. It appears as a local transfer on their statement. No Grey account needed on their side, only on yours in Riyadh.
Account credit, not pickup
RWF goes into the account at Bank of Kigali, Equity Bank Rwanda, I&M Bank Rwanda, Cogebanque. No queue, no agent.
Reuse the details
Save the Kigali recipient and every later transfer is three taps.
Track from Riyadh
Pending, converted, delivered: each stage shows in the app.
Before you send
For a sender in Riyadh paying into Kigali, funding is the easy part. Expatriates in Saudi Arabia fund Grey from abroad: a salary paid in dollars, a client overseas, family. That balance sends home without a riyal step. Sending to Kigali is then a single conversion.
USD account
Receive salary or client payments into your Grey USD details.
EUR or GBP account
European or UK income lands here and converts to RWF directly.
GreyTag
Money from other Grey users arrives instantly and free.
Save the recipient in Kigali once and a repeat transfer from Riyadh takes three taps.
What the money is for
Business and NGOs
Paying Kigali-based staff, contractors and suppliers in local currency.
Conferences
Hotel deposits and registration for events at the Kigali Convention Centre.
Family support
Monthly transfers covering rent, food and medical costs for relatives in Kigali and the provinces.
Tuition
Fees at ALU, CMU-Africa, University of Rwanda and Mount Kigali University, paid in francs.
Expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia hold USD on Grey, from salaries paid abroad or clients overseas, and send home from there. On the Rwanda side, the picture is this. Rwandans working in the Gulf send home to Kigali every month, and employers in Rwanda pay for services from the region.
The case for Grey on this route
Between Riyadh and Kigali, the problem is well known. Because Rwanda is small and the amounts are modest, people assume the transfer is cheap. It usually isn't. Grey's fixed rate and visible fee exist so nothing about the transfer from Riyadh is left to chance.
One conversion from USD in Riyadh, rate locked, RWF delivered to Bank of Kigali, Equity Bank Rwanda, I&M Bank Rwanda, Cogebanque or any other bank in Rwanda.
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