Send money from the UK to Rwanda
The Rwandan diaspora in Europe is large and settled. Transfers home cover parents, school fees and the odd land purchase outside Kigali. A sender in Manchester shouldn't need a spreadsheet to work out what will land at Bank of Kigali. Grey shows the RWF figure before the money moves.
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the UK to Rwanda without the detour
The UK has deep diaspora ties with Africa and South Asia, and UK firms hire contractors everywhere. Looking at Kigali, the picture is clear. The Rwandan diaspora in Europe is large and settled. Transfers home cover parents, school fees and the odd land purchase outside Kigali.
Grey converts GBP to RWF in one step and pays into Bank of Kigali, Equity Bank Rwanda, I&M Bank Rwanda, Cogebanque or any other bank in Rwanda. Your recipient sees a normal RWF credit and never needs to open a Grey account.
How sending to Rwanda works
Sign up
Sign up with a passport or BRP. Approval typically lands before you've finished adding your recipient in Kigali. Grey works with regulated partners in the UK.
Fund
Fund by Faster Payments from any UK bank. Most top-ups credit within minutes, and the GBP sits on Grey until you convert it for Kigali.
Send
Rwanda takes a bank name and account number, nothing else. Confirm the RWF amount and the fee, then send.
Why the rate matters more than the fee
The RWF figure Grey quotes in London is the figure Bank of Kigali credits. There's no second conversion on the Rwanda side to eat into it.
No adjustments after the fact
The GBP to RWF rate you see at confirmation is the rate applied. If the pounds move between your tap in London and settlement in Kigali, your recipient's amount doesn't.
That matters when you've promised a specific figure in Rwandan francs.
Why the UK to Rwanda deserves a proper rate
Anyone in Manchester who has sent to Bank of Kigali the old way knows this. Because Rwanda is small and the amounts are modest, people assume the transfer is cheap. It usually isn't. Grey gives a sender in London a locked rate, a visible fee and a RWF deposit that arrives whole.
The recipient's side in Rwanda
Your recipient receives RWF at Bank of Kigali, Equity Bank Rwanda, I&M Bank Rwanda, Cogebanque or any other Rwandan bank as an ordinary deposit. The transfer shows as settled in your Grey app in London at the same moment.
Any Rwandan bank
Enter the account number and bank name. The RWF posts directly to that account.
Save the recipient
Paying the same person every month? Save the details once and resend in three taps.
GreyTag for Grey users
If the person in Kigali is also on Grey, GreyTag moves the money instantly at no cost.
Funding, step by step
Top up in pounds from your bank app, or leave a small standing balance if you send to Kigali more than once a month. UK senders fund by Faster Payments from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest or Monzo. The pound balance sits on Grey until the transfer is due.
From Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Monzo or any UK bank
Faster Payments from any UK bank, credited in minutes.
From foreign clients
USD, EUR or GBP paid into Grey converts to RWF in one step.
From GreyTag
Another Grey user in the UK or abroad can fund you instantly.
Term fees and rent in Kigali fall on fixed dates. Set a reminder, keep the balance ready, and the transfer from London takes under a minute.
Who uses this corridor
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.
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.
The Rwandan diaspora in Europe is large and settled. Transfers home cover parents, school fees and the odd land purchase outside Kigali. What they share, from London to Kigali, is a payment that repeats and a recipient who needs an exact RWF figure.
What you get on the Rwanda route
The Rwandan diaspora in Europe is large and settled. Transfers home cover parents, school fees and the odd land purchase outside Kigali. Grey exists on this route so that the RWF arriving in Kigali is never a surprise to the person who sent it from London.
Senders in London see two numbers, fee and rate, before anything moves. RWF then lands in any Rwandan bank.
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