Our mission is to make life easier for people relocating to Rwanda. We provide a relocation buddy to help you navigate life in Rwanda with less relocation stress. Your buddy will easily be your friend that you can rely on during your settling in process in Kigali. Here is a typical list of things that your buddy will help you with: 

• Airport pick up: Your relocation buddy will meet you at the airport and drive you to your arranged accommodation.
• Find a house or apartment and furnish it. Your buddy brings cultural insights and helps you deal with brokers and negotiate with landlords to have appropriate price for your house and furniture. ​
• Register sim-card and open bank account. Your buddy will go with you to either MTN or Airtel to register your sim-card and open your bank account (This sounds simple, but I can be stressful and sometimes spend more than two days if you are new and are not used to banking system in Rwanda). 
• Shopping. Your buddy will go with you to different supermarkets and help you navigate local markets.
• Open your business and connect you with people you need to start your business​.
• Arrange your business meetings: 
• Help you getting around as you wait to buy your own car or get used to the public transportation, your buddy will drive you around Kigali as you run your errands. 
• Kigali tour: Your buddy will do a Kigali tour to help you have an overview of Kigali neighborhoods. 
• Local language lessons: Your buddy will teach Kinyarwanda "Rwanda local language" either online or at your home in Kigali.
• Help build community in Rwanda: We help you attend local vents like umuganda, car free day etc..,  introduce you to the local authority in your new neighborhood and host you in a Rwandan home to connect with a Rwanda family.

Pre-Relocation Visit Tour

Our pre-relocation visit tour is designed for you and your family to have a feel of life in Kigali and decide whether Kigali will be a good fit for you prior to making the decision to relocate. This is what your relocation buddy will help you do: 

• Your buddy will prepare a pre-relocation itinerary which you will confirm. We will make any changes you request to meet your requirements.
• ​Your buddy will meet you at the airport with a well-organized welcome package, depending on your requirements and the agreed schedule for your first visit. A car and a driver will be at your disposal through the whole tour.
• We will take you and your family to your temporary accommodation in a hotel or serviced apartment, depending on your needs and period of stay.
• ​According to the schedule of your visit, we will continue with our orientation tour. We believe that this is extremely important as you will have the possibility to explore the new city with a buddy who knows the region. That will help you understand the distances, the neighborhoods, medical, sports and leisure facilities, schools and kindergartens, markets and everything you might need to know right from the start. That knowledge might make your choice of a future neighborhood easier. You will get a taste of the traffic in the city, culture, main areas, parks etc.
• We will take you back to the airport and make sure your visit was pleasant and our mission is accomplished.

Pre-Relocation Consultation Call

We designed this pre-relocation consultation call to help people better plan their visit or relocation to Rwanda/ Kigali. 
​This is a one-hour Zoom, Google Meet or Whatsapp call where a relocation buddy answers all your questions and gives you useful information you need to plan your visit or relocation to Rwanda. 

Customers' Reviews

Justin's services have been invaluable from finding me airport transport that would accommodate all my luggage (which included a 50 inch trampoline). The Airbnb I'd rented for the first month proved bad and Justin responded to my need for a new place by scheduling time with a Realtor Jon and within a matter of hours I'd found my long term apartment, a brand new complex that fits all my requirements. In addition to his assistance with finding the apartment he assisted in negotiating my apartment lease. Justin's efforts resulted in a savings of $1200.00 over the course of my one year lease.

​The definition of a "Buddy" is a good friend and I can honestly say Justin Ngoga has been a good friend over the course of my transition to living in Rwanda. He has assisted with mundane tasks as well as those critical for transitioning abroad. He's assisted with getting my SIM card, opening up a Bank account, educating me on the culture of bargaining in Rwanda. When one is moving to a new country with a different culture, language, money etc. many times one does not know what you don't know. Justin's "Buddy" service was critical to my feeling as at home as I do in my new country. I highly recommend his services. He will make your transition like room temperature butter.
 Mentha

When we made the decision to move to Rwanda, from England, we were extremely aware that we may lack the practical and cultural knowledge needed to achieve our vision. Filling this knowledge gap quickly was extremely important for us mainly because we have five young children and so we where where mindful that they have a smooth transition once we moved.
That’s why we were extremely relived to discover that Justin provided a service that was thorough and flexible enough to cater for our various needs. He created a bespoke passage that allowed for us to secure & furnish a family home, set up all the necessary utilities and purchase a reliable car, all within a month of our arrival.
​ Alan & Tandi Francis 

My family and I are relocating to Rwanda from the US. We hired Justin Ngoga to give us a city tour around Kigali in order to narrow down potential neighborhoods where we could live. We were expecting a basic tour of Kigali but what we received far exceeded our expectations. Justin provided so much insight into the different neighborhoods and gave us so much more to consider.
He was very patient with us and didn’t mind stopping if we wanted to get out of the car and take pictures or get a closer look at the neighborhood. He was also very thorough in answering all of our questions that we had along the way. I also have to highlight how warm and friendly Justin was. He even invited me and my family to his home for dinner, which is an experience we won’t ever forget.

We were blown away by his kindness and generosity. I would strongly recommend his services to anyone looking to relocate from abroad and wanting a more personal touch. My family and I received a ton of useful information from Justin and are looking forward to working with him in the future.
 Will & Renata Sostand