{"id":24947,"date":"2026-05-15T07:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=24947"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:14:36","slug":"rdb-seals-10-year-national-lottery-deal-with-moja-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/rdb-seals-10-year-national-lottery-deal-with-moja-rwanda","title":{"rendered":"RDB seals 10-year National Lottery deal with Moja Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signing ceremony formalises Moja Rwanda Ltd.\u2019s 10-year mandate to operate Rwanda\u2019s National Lottery after months of regulatory uncertainty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda.- Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has officially signed a 10-year agreement with <strong>Moja Rwanda Ltd.<\/strong> to operate the country\u2019s National Lottery, marking a major new chapter for the regulated lottery sector after months without an operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement was signed in Kigali on May 12, formally finalising the <strong>long-term operating arrangement <\/strong>between the two parties and confirming Moja Rwanda Ltd. as the country\u2019s National Lottery operator under the RDB. In a statement shared across its official social media channels, RDB said: \u201cToday, RDB CEO Jean-Guy Afrika and Georges Boukazi, managing director of Moja Group Inc., signed a 10-year Operating Agreement to operate Rwanda\u2019s National Lottery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RDB said the agreement forms part of efforts to strengthen the country\u2019s regulated lottery sector. \u201cMoja Group Inc., through its subsidiary Moja Rwanda Ltd., will operate the National Lottery in line with <strong>international standards<\/strong>, with revenues supporting public-interest programmes that benefit communities across the country,\u201d added the RDB. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RWANDA1-1-473x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RWANDA1-1-473x600.jpg 473w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/RWANDA1-1.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jean-Guy Afrika and Georges Boukazi during the signing of the 10-year Rwanda National Lottery operating agreement between RDB and Moja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement follows months of uncertainty surrounding Rwanda\u2019s National Lottery operations after authorities terminated former operator Carousel Ltd\u2019s Inzozi Lotto licence in October 2025 over failure to meet contractual and regulatory obligations. Authorities later launched a competitive <strong>selection process <\/strong>to identify a new National Lottery operator after the National Lottery was left without an operator in late 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s Cabinet <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/rwandas-new-national-lottery-operator-announced-as-moja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved the agreement<\/a> with Moja Rwanda Ltd. on April 2, after the company was announced as the country\u2019s new National Lottery operator, paving the way for the latest signing ceremony and the formal start of the company\u2019s <strong>long-term operational mandate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proceeds generated through Rwanda\u2019s National Lottery are channelled to the <strong>Ministry of Sports<\/strong> under the country\u2019s Sports Development Policy while also supporting wider community and public-interest initiatives. Rwanda launched its National Lottery in 2021 as part of broader efforts to create sustainable funding channels for sports and national development programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/08\/singapore-pools-reassume-retail-and-lottery-900x600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/brightstar-lands-major-mauritius-lottery-tech-upgrade-deal-with-lottotech'>Brightstar expands Mauritius lottery tech agreement with Lottotech<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signing ceremony formalises Moja Rwanda Ltd.\u2019s 10-year mandate to operate Rwanda\u2019s National Lottery after months of regulatory uncertainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":7148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Moja Rwanda Ltd. has formally secured a 10-year agreement with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to operate Rwanda's National Lottery, resolving months of regulatory uncertainty following the previous operator's license termination. 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