Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Digital Business Institute (DBI)?
Digital Business Institute (DBI) is a trade and investment support institution (TISI) and a Rwanda ICT Chamber capacity-building arm. DBI aims to accelerate the digitalization of Rwandan businesses, expand digital exports, and increase the competitiveness of Rwandan ICT companies in global markets.
What are the services DBI provides?
- 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
What is a 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.
Why is e-commerce asking for a Trust Seal? (What benefits does Trust Seal bring to my business?)
- 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
How Trust Seal Certificate Validation Works?
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.
Is the Trust Seal a national, regional, or international certificate?
At the moment, the Trust Seal is recognized at the national level
How long does the Trust Seal certificate last?
One year (Renewable)
How to apply for a Trust Seal?
- Register for an account on the DBI platform if you do not have one.
- Verify email.
- Start application(fill in all information in the application).
- Complete and submit your application for your review.
- After submission, the DBI certification team will review your application.
- Conduct a site visit to audit and verify the provided information
- If all information is accurate, you will be granted the trust seal.
How can I contact the DBI team?
You can use our email info@dbi.rw
Is the Trust Seal certificate free or paid?
It is an annual subscription
What information does the Trust Seal give to the client?
- The Trust seal tells the clients that your platform is trustworthy, reliable, and acceptable to the government of Rwanda.
- It also tells the clients that what they see on your platform is what they will receive.
- It also tells them that your company has a money guarantee and return policy in case they do not receive what they have ordered
- It also shows the expiration date when you click on it.
Is the Trust Seal subscription annual or monthly?
It is an annual subscription
How much is the Trust Seal subscription?
- The Trust Seal annual subscription is $200. This amount comes with other benefits such as
- 2 trainings with experts
- 3 days with an expert to work on the gap found during the maturity assessment
- Access to other mentorship sessions and meetings organized by DBI and its partners.
What are the documents required to get the Trust Seal?
- RDB certificate
- Validated RRA certificate (the certificate should not expire at least 3 months after your application)
- Data protection certificate
- Return policy document
How to renew the DBI Trust Seal?
Send a request email to the DBI email (info@dbi.rw) and our certification team will reply within 48 hours.
What can I do if my company has more than one e-commerce platforms?
If you have a company that has more than one e-commerce platform, you will apply the Trust seal of each platform separately.