Rwanda FDA register · May 2026
Kigali City’s 3 districts hold more retail pharmacies than the other 27.
439 of 764 licensed retail pharmacies sit in Gasabo, Kicukiro, and Nyarugenge. 325 are spread across the other 27 districts.
439Kigali City · 3 districts · 57.5%
325Rest of Rwanda · 27 districts · 42.5%
Place
Retail pharmacies by district
Gasabo has 189. Rutsiro has 1. Outside Kigali City, the median district has 7.
- 1–7
- 8–20
- 21–50
- 51 or more
Retail pharmacies per district. Outlines adapted from geoBoundaries.
Renewal
When these licenses come due
Every license in this extract expires between 21 Jan 2030 and 25 May 2031. Aug 2030 and Sept 2030 alone account for 322 of 894 premises (36%).
- Jan 203017
- Feb 203038
- Mar 203084
- Apr 203024
- May 203093
- Jun 203058
- Jul 203097
- Aug 2030Peak181
- Sept 2030141
- Oct 203059
- Nov 203027
- Dec 203020
- Jan 203110
- Feb 203116
- Mar 203110
- Apr 203110
- May 20319
Retail, wholesale, hospital, and online licenses combined. Month is the expiry printed on the Rwanda FDA list, not a confirmed renewal.
Premises
Four kinds of license
On this list, every retail, hospital, and online pharmacy names a licensed technician. Every wholesale pharmacy names a licensed pharmacist. Wholesale is even more concentrated than retail: 111 of 124 are in Kigali City, and 67 of those are in Nyarugenge.
| License | Premises | Named on the license | In Kigali City |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | 764 | Licensed Technician | 439 (57.5%) |
| Wholesale | 124 | Licensed Pharmacist | 111 (89.5%) |
| Hospital | 3 | Licensed Technician | 2 (66.7%) |
| Online | 3 | Licensed Technician | 3 (100%) |
- Quest Healthcare Services/Wiwo Hospital LtdHospital · Nyarugenge, Kigali City
- Rwanda Charity Eye Hospital LtdHospital · Kamonyi, Southern
- Rwanda Military Referral Teaching Hospital(rmrth)Hospital · Kicukiro, Kigali City
- Axentt LimitedOnline · Kicukiro, Kigali City
- Harakameds LtdOnline · Kicukiro, Kigali City
- Kasha Rwanda LtdOnline · Nyarugenge, Kigali City
Source
Counts come from the four Rwanda FDA licensed-premises lists published May 2026, linked from the medicines inspection page. Expiry dates are printed as published. They are not a live check of whether a license is still in force.
Supported by Zoner, pharmacy software for Rwanda.