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| Headquarters | KN6 Avenue Kigali, Rwanda |
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| Established | 1964 |
| Ownership | 100% state ownership [1] |
| Governor | John Rwangombwa |
| Central bank of | Rwanda |
| Currency | Rwanda franc RWF (ISO 4217) |
| Reserves | US$1.9 billion (July 2022) [2] |
| Website | www |
The National Bank of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda : Banki Nkuru Y'u Rwanda, French : Banque Nationale du Rwanda) is the central bank of Rwanda. The bank was founded in 1964. [3] The current governor of the bank is John Rwangombwa. [4]
It is quartered at the National Bank of Rwanda Building, on KN6 Avenue in the central business district of Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda. [5] The coordinates of the bank's headquarters are 01°56'56.0"S, 30°03'49.0"E (Latitude:-1.948889; Longitude:30.063611). [6]
The Bank is active in promoting financial inclusion policy and is a leading member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. It is also one of the original 17 regulatory institutions to make specific national commitments to financial inclusion under the Maya Declaration during the 2011 Global Policy Forum held in Mexico. [7]
Governors of the National Bank of Rwanda [8]
The central bank, whose name is abbreviated to "BNR", evolved step by step: [3]
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