What is DBI?

DBI is The Digital Business Institute, a trade and investment support institution (TISI) and a capacity building arm of the Rwanda ICT Chamber Aiming at the Acceleration of Digitalization of Rwandan Businesses; Expanding Rwanda’s Digital Exports as well as Increasing Competitiveness of Rwandan ICT Companies.

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The Rwanda ICT Chamber is a member-based organization representing country-based ICT companies under supervision of the Rwanda Private Sector Federation (PSF). The Rwanda ICT Chamber represents more than 300 member companies at different stages of their development: Startups, Small and Medium Enterprises and Corporations. 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Business diagnostics (Maturity assessment): A business diagnosis is a process that analyzes a company to identify areas for improvement.
  • Capacity building on e-commerce
  • The Trust Seal

DBI offers a trust seal to e-commerce platforms in Rwanda as a label of Reliability, Security, and trustworthiness of the certified platforms on the market.

  • Diagnostic: helps identify areas of improvement in the process.
  • Promotion/PR: promotion of the platform via DBI promotion/marketing campaigns
  • 75% of our certified platforms indicated an increase in website traffic after acquiring the trust seal.
  • 37. 5% of the respondents in our previous impact survey track responded with a high increase of purchasing customers after acquiring the seal, and so did 37.5% of counterparts on the medium increase.
  • Access to an open dialogue with the regulators
  • Helps set your company apart in the marketplace and adds established credibility
  • Offers support through Training Workshops, Capacity Building, Management and Technical Guidance
  • The Coaching program to address identified gaps.
  • Increased Business Partnership Opportunities

After submitting your application, the DBI team will conduct a site visit to audit and verify the information provided. If everything is accurate, you will receive a confirmation email. If there are any discrepancies, you will receive an email detailing the missing information so you can complete your application.