Rwanda: Remittance Fees Cost Rwandans Billions

29 January 2013

Rwandans living abroad could be sending more money back home if remittance fees were not too high, the World Bank says in a report.

The report indicates that African migrants could save up to $4b (Rwf2.5 trillion) annually only on remittance charges.

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