REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
RWANDA UTILITIES REGULATORYAGENCY
KEY STATISTICS IN ROAD TRANSPORT
Prepared by: Economic and Market Analysis Section
CONTENTS
TRANSPORT OF PERSONS IN GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 3
NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES ................................................................................................................ 5
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES ................................................................................................... 8
TAXI CABS .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1: LICENSED OPERATORS PER CATEGORY IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR, JUNE 2012 .................................. 3
TABLE 2: NUMBER OF CARS USED IN THE TRANPORTATION OF PERSONS BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS AS
OF JUNE 2012 ................................................................................................................................................. 3
TABLE 3: LIST OF TRANSPORT OF PERSONS COMPANIES AS OF JUNE 2012 .......................................................... 4
TABLE 4: TAXI CABS COMPANIES AND THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT THEY HAVE AS OF JUNE 2012 ................... 13
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1: INDIVIDUAL LICENSES AS OF JUNE 2012 ................................................................................................ 5
FIGURE 2: TOTAL TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY BY COMPANIES (IN TERMS OF PERSONS) AS OF JUNE 2012 ....... 6
FIGURE 3: CAPACITY MARKET SHARE BY NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES IN THE TRANSPORT OF PERSONS
AS OF JUNE 2012 ............................................................................................................................................ 7
FIGURE 4 : CAPACITY MARKET SHARE BY INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AS OF JUNE 2012 ................................... 8
FIGURE 5: MARKET SHARE PER TYPE OF CARS USED BY INDIVIDUALS VS. COMPANY CARS AS OF JUNE 2012 ..... 8
FIGURE 6: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE MINIBUSES ONLY AS OF JUNE 2012 ............................................. 9
FIGURE 7: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE COASTERS ONLY AS OF JUNE 2012 ............................................ 10
FIGURE 8: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE MINIBUSES AND COASTERS AS OF, JUNE 2012 .......................... 11
FIGURE 9: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE COASTERS AND BUSES AS OF JUNE 2012 ................................... 12
FIGURE 10: MARKET SHARE BY TAXI CABS AS OF JUNE 2012 ............................................................................... 14
FIGURE 11: TREND IN INDIVIDUAL LICENSES AS OF JUNE 2012 ........................................................................... 15
KEY STATISTICS INFORMATION IN ROAD TRANSPORT SUB- SECTOR REPORT AS OF JUNE 2012
TRANSPORT OF PERSONS IN GENERAL
This report is comprised of four parts, part one is about transportation in general, part two
is about National transportation companies, part three is about international transportation
companies and part four is about the taxi cabs companies. It is from April to June 2012.
TABLE 1: LICENSED OPERATORS PER CATEGORY IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR, JUNE 2012
TABLE 2: NUMBER OF CARS USED IN THE TRANPORTATION OF PERSONS BY COMPANIES
AND INDIVIDUALS AS OF JUNE 2012
MINIBUS COASTER BUS
COMPANIES 177 390 63
INDIVIDUALS 3083 223 6
3260 613 69
Cars were classified depending on their transportation capacity as follows;
1. Cars with a capacity of transporting 15-20 persons was considered to be a Minibus
2. Cars with capacity of transporting 20-35 persons was considered to be a Coaster and
3. All cars with a capacity of transporting more than 35 persons were considered to be
buses
CATEGORY NUMBER
DRIVING SCHOOLS 50
PUBLIC TRANSPORT OF PERSONS COMPANIES 28
TAXI CABS COMPANIES 18
INDIVIDUAL TAX CABS 612
INDIVIDUAL MOTOBIKES 18502
INDIVIDUAL VELO-MOTEUR 1973
TABLE 3: LIST OF TRANSPORT OF PERSONS COMPANIES AS OF JUNE 2012
1 AFRICAN TOURS EXPRESS
2 BELVEDERE LINES
3 CAMEL TRAVEL AND TOURS EXPRESS
4 CAPITAL TOURS EXPRESS
5 EXCELL TOURS
6 IMPALA TRAVEL AGENCY
7 INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS LTD
8 KBS
9 KIGALI SAFARIS
10 MATUNDA EXPRESS
11 OMEGA
12 PRINCE EXPRESS
13 ROYAL
14 RUGALI TRAVEL AGENCY
15 RWINYANA EXPRESS
16 SOTRA TOURS
17 STELLA EXPRESS
18 VIRUNGA EXPRESS
19 VOLCANO EXPRESS
20 HORIZON
21 YAHOO CAR EXPRESS
22 COOPERATIVE URUGENDO RWIZA
23 NYAGATARE TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
24 REMERA TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
25 NYABUGOGO TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
26 CITY CENTER TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
27 NGOMA TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
28 KAYONZA TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
29 RUBAVU TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
30 RUSIZI TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
31 MUHANGA TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
32 GICUMBI TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
33 AKAMBA
34 KAMPALA COACHES
35 GAAGA ENTERPRISES LTD
36 YAHOO CAR EXPRESS
37 RUSUMO EXPRESS LTD
38 JAKOBU ENTERPRISES LTD
There are 38 registered transport companies in the transportation of persons (eleven
cooperatives above are in Rwanda Federation Transport Cooperative), 6 companies of which
are engaged in international transport (i.e. they go to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, DRC and
Burundi).
NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES
FIGURE 1: INDIVIDUAL LICENSES AS OF JUNE 2012
MOTOBIKES
88%
VELO-MOTEUR
9%
INDIVIDUAL TAXI
CABS
3%
FIGURE 2: TOTAL TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY BY COMPANIES (IN TERMS OF PERSONS) AS
OF JUNE 2012
0 500 1000 1500 2000
AFRICAN TOURS EXPRESS
BELVEDERE LINES
CAMEL TRAVEL AND TOURS…
CAPITAL TOURS EXPRESS
EXCELL TOURS
IMPALA TRAVEL AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS LTD
KBS
KIGALI SAFARIS
MATUNDA EXPRESS
OMEGA
PRINCE EXPRESS
ROYAL
RUGALI TRAVEL AGENCY
RWINYANA EXPRESS
SOTRA TOURS
STELLA EXPRESS
VIRUNGA EXPRESS
VOLCANO EXPRESS
HORIZON
YAHOO CAR EXPRESS
COOPERATIVE URUGENDO RWIZA
NYAGATARE TRANSPORT…
REMERA TRANSPORT…
NYABUGOGO TRANSPORT…
CITY CENTER TRANSPORT…
NGOMA TRANSPORT…
KAYONZA TRANSPORT…
RUBAVU TRANSPORT…
RUSIZI TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
MUHANGA TRANSPORT…
GICUMBI TRANSPORT…
304
502
178
357
547
419
960
1941
754
245
485
257
253
238
155
408
653
1501
779
1084
352
367
126
270
162
126
162
144
216
162
144
126
TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY BY TRANSPORT
COMPANIES
All transport companies have
a total capacity of
transporting 143,377
persons.
FIGURE 3: CAPACITY MARKET SHARE BY NATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES IN THE
TRANSPORT OF PERSONS AS OF JUNE 2012
KBS is the first with high capacity of 13.5% market share followed by Virunga that has 10.4%
market share.
0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0
AFRICAN TOURS EXPRESS
BELVEDERE LINES
CAMEL TRAVEL AND TOURS…
CAPITAL TOURS EXPRESS
EXCELL TOURS
IMPALA TRAVEL AGENCY
INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS LTD
KBS
KIGALI SAFARIS
MATUNDA EXPRESS
OMEGA
PRINCE EXPRESS
ROYAL
RUGALI TRAVEL AGENCY
RWINYANA EXPRESS
SOTRA TOURS
STELLA EXPRESS
VIRUNGA EXPRESS
VOLCANO EXPRESS
HORIZON
YAHOO CAR EXPRESS
COOPERATIVE URUGENDO RWIZA
NYAGATARE TRANSPORT…
REMERA TRANSPORT…
NYABUGOGO TRANSPORT…
CITY CENTER TRANSPORT…
NGOMA TRANSPORT…
KAYONZA TRANSPORT…
RUBAVU TRANSPORT…
RUSIZI TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE
MUHANGA TRANSPORT…
2.1%
3.5%
1.2%
2.5%
3.8%
2.9%
6.7%
13.5%
5.2%
1.7%
3.4%
1.8
1.8%
1.7%
1.1%
2.8%
4.5%
10.4
5.4%
7.5%
2.4%
2.6%
0.9%
1.9%
1.1%
0.9%
1.1%
1.0%
1.5%
1.1%
1.0%
CAPACITY SHARE BY TRANSPORT COMPANIES
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT COMPANIES
FIGURE 4 : CAPACITY MARKET SHARE BY INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AS OF JUNE 2012
All the international companies have the total capacity of 2,494 seats.
FIGURE 5: MARKET SHARE PER TYPE OF CARS USED BY INDIVIDUALS VS. COMPANY CARS
AS OF JUNE 2012
From the above we can observe that the number of minibuses used in the transport by
companies increased from2.7% to 5.4% this is attributed to the formation of transport
cooperatives of individuals that were formerly working on their own.
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0 31.2%
11.5%
8.1% 12.5%
3.5%
33.2%
% MARKET SHARE BY INTERNATIONAL
COMPANIES
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0
MINIBUS COASTER BUS
5.4
%
63
.6%
91
.3%
94.6%
36.4%
8.7%
MARKET SHARE PER TYPE OF CARS USED
INDIVIDUALS
COMPANIES
JAKOBU
Enterprises
dominates the
market with
33.2% market
share.
FIGURE 6: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE MINIBUSES ONLY AS OF JUNE 2012
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
7
15
9
7
9
8
12
9
8
7
TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE MINIBUSES
ONLY
FIGURE 7: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE COASTERS ONLY AS OF JUNE 2012
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
53
50
40
17
9 9
15
34
17
6
13
TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE ONLY
COASTERS
FIGURE 8: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE MINIBUSES AND COASTERS AS OF, JUNE
2012
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
3
11
8
6 6 7
3
19
4
19
10
13
22
5 5
1
38
11 11
1
TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE
MINUBUSES AND COASTERS
MINUBUS COASTER
FIGURE 9: TRANSPORT COMPANIES THAT USE COASTERS AND BUSES AS OF JUNE 2012
In the National transportation companies it is only KBS that uses coasters and buses.
0
5
10
15
20
25
COASTERS BUSES
10
21
THE TYPES OF CARS USED BY KBS
COASTERS BUSES
KBS is the only
tranport company
that uses buses in
National transport
TAXI CABS
TABLE 4: TAXI CABS COMPANIES AND THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT THEY HAVE AS OF JUNE
2012
CAMPANIES NUMBER OF CARS
1 ATAK 21
2 CO.T.V.K 29
3 COCTAKI 14
4 CODACE 12
5 COKITA 15
6 CONDOR 10
7 COOPERATIVE UMUBANO 9
8 COTAHAMA 15
9 COTAVOKA 8
10 COTAVONYA 32
11 EJO HACU HEZA 10
12 INTUMWA TRANSPORT COMPANY 7
13 K.T.S 9
14 K.T.V.CO 15
15 NYARUGENGE TRAVEL COMPANY 13
16 NYUNGWE CHIMPS TRAVEL AGENCY 15
17 QUICK TAXI SERVICES Ltd 13
18 ZETRACO 10
FIGURE 10: MARKET SHARE BY TAXI CABS AS OF JUNE 2012
ATAK
8% CO.T.V.K
11%
COCTAKI
5%
CODACE
5%
COKITA
6%
CONDOR
4% COOPERATIVE
UMUBANO
4%
COTAHAMA
6% COTAVOKA
3%
COTAVONYA
12% EJO HACU HEZA
4%
INTUMWA
TRANSPORT
COMPANY
3%
K.T.S
4%
K.T.V.CO
6%
NYARUGENGE
TRAVEL COMPANY
5%
NYUNGWE CHIMPS
TRAVEL AGENCY
6%
QUICK TAXI
SERVICES Ltd
5%
ZETRACO
4%
MARKET SHARE OF TAXI CABS FROM APRIL TO
JUNE 2012
FIGURE 11: TREND IN INDIVIDUAL LICENSES AS OF JUNE 2012
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
2009 2010 2011 March 2012 Jun-12
21
11
46
43
13
36
0
16
02
2
18
50
2
78
7
10
98
18
49
18
79
19
73
11
4
26
7
54
4
57
3
61
2
11
9
30
6
18
9
20
3
22
3
Trend in Individual Licenses
MOTOBIKES VELO-MOTEUR INDIVIDUAL TAXI CABS COASTER