Data story · Umucyo award notices · May 2024 – Apr 2026
2,499 awards in Rwanda went to 1,175 suppliers from May 2024 to April 2026. Most suppliers in Rwanda won one award in the window: 59% of 1,175. Rwanda is below the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 8%, against 18% in the median country (34 countries).
Ranked by stated value, the top 1% of suppliers hold 50% of RWF 656 billion. That is 42 points above the top 1% share of awards. The largest supplier, SOCIETE PETROLIERE LTD, won 32 awards (1%).
- Awards
- 2,499
- Contract awards from May 2024 – Apr 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 1,175
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 59%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 8%
- Share of awards won by the 11 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.41
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (RWF)
- RWF 656 billion
- From the 100% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 50%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Rwanda ranks 34th of 40 countries for the Gini coefficient and 39th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (RWF) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOCIETE PETROLIERE LTD | 32 | 1% | 4.80 billion | under 1% |
| 2 | MUA INSURANCE (RWANDA) LTD | 21 | under 1% | 786 million | under 1% |
| 3 | RADIANT INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | 19 | under 1% | 383 million | under 1% |
| 4 | SONARWA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY Ltd | 17 | under 1% | 1.23 billion | under 1% |
| 5 | INYANGE INDUSTRIES LTD | 16 | under 1% | 1.01 billion | under 1% |
| 6 | ASI-ENERGY Ltd | 15 | under 1% | 350 million | under 1% |
| 7 | BRITAM INSURANCE COMPANY RWANDA Ltd | 15 | under 1% | 189 million | under 1% |
| 8 | LANITHA GRAND COMPANY Ltd | 15 | under 1% | 170 million | under 1% |
| 9 | BROADBAND SYSTEMS CORPORATION LTD | 14 | under 1% | 16.6 billion | 3% |
| 10 | 3BROS MIA COMPANY Ltd | 14 | under 1% | 2.25 billion | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (RWF) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda Agricultural and Animal Development Board (RAB) | 67 | 3% | 8.06 billion | 1% |
| 2 | Rwanda Correctional Services (RCS) | 58 | 2% | 4.19 billion | under 1% |
| 3 | KIGALI CITY | 51 | 2% | 53.7 billion | 8% |
| 4 | RWANDA REVENUE AUTHORITY(RRA) | 47 | 2% | 7.39 billion | 1% |
| 5 | Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) | 43 | 2% | 11.2 billion | 2% |
| 6 | GISAGARA DISTRICT | 37 | 1% | 5.01 billion | under 1% |
| 7 | Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) | 34 | 1% | 129 billion | 20% |
| 8 | RWANDA DEVELOPMENT BOARD (RDB) | 31 | 1% | 2.15 billion | under 1% |
| 9 | National Rehabilitation Service | 31 | 1% | 972 million | under 1% |
| 10 | RWANDA BIO-MEDICAL CENTER(RBC) | 30 | 1% | 9.41 billion | 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
The award records for Rwanda have no CPV code, so this story has no sector table.
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- Umucyo award notices for Rwanda. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- May 2024 to April 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Rwanda, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- The records for Rwanda have no CPV code, so this story shows no sector numbers. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in RWF. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Rwanda. 100% of the awards state an amount, RWF 656 billion in total.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 9 October 2026. Awards from May 2024 to April 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.