How Much Money Do Rwandans Make Per Month?

In order to answer this question, you need to understand UBUDEHE, Rwandan history, and the current financial infrastructure.
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[@coachremmy]

I love how you do your research to lay the foundation

[@gervaisharerimana3668]

Thank you so much for that compilation Theo. I am a Rwandan living in the USA at the moment, and I agree with those statistics because I worked in Rwanda for 6 years before moving to the USA. Comparing and contrasting life in the USA and Rwanda has helped me mature, and appreciate what it is like to live in financial scarcity and abundance. The is so much to learn from both countries, they are both rich and poor in their own ways.

[@theoisback]

yes indeed

[@Jnell432]

Yes indeed

[@DOPEFURNITURE]

Great video, who else is watching this video in 2023? I agree with everything you said as a Rwandan who's been living and working here for the last 10 years, and it is still the case even now. You earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@ruzimabonieck6908]

I too, am watching this in 2023

[@R1M1r1m1]

This video is very informative and shows me a different perspective than other people who vlog about Rwanda. It brings more depth and knowledge about the Rwandan society. I like how the people in the areas outside of Kigali don't really use that much cash because cash has no intrinsic value. If the powers that be deem the value worthless then you can't do anything with it, maybe use it as toilet paper. We should all keep this in mind. Don't depend fully on cash. Go back to basics and try to be self sufficient. Grow your own food, own your own land, harvest energy from the sun, and obtain your own water supply.

[@theoisback]

indeed, well said

[@blossomjohnson2713]

👍🏼 that’s Godly wisdom, this content open my eyes to Rwanda culture and people. I totally understand, can’t wait to get there.

[@okitikitiwilson7752]

@@theoisback please i really need your help because i want to come to visit rwanda 🇷🇼 please how can I meet u please

[@josephbrown1573]

Very well researched and informative !

[@motowninvestor]

Thank you, this is very informative.

[@x4rol]

Informative content, looking forward to more. I Appreciate Your work, thank You.

[@jenniferjemison636]

Good job. Thorough and very informative. Best of luck getting back on your feet after this Covid mess.

[@XRP747E]

Excellent information. Thank you.

[@goblack2africa54]

Awesome informative video!

[@eddietee6305]

Very informative clip. Good works.

[@ContactMakeda]

So informative! Thanks for doing this research and sharing!

[@theoisback]

my pleasure !

[@sifasanigowon]

This is great info, Theo. Good job on the research.

[@theoisback]

Hey, thanks!

[@cnwonye4932]

Thank you for this video. The information is very helpful.

[@theoisback]

You are welcome!

[@blossomjohnson2713]

Theo we are very happy you are back in Rwanda.👍🏼❤️🇯🇲💕

[@samuelhester6042]

So interesting. Thank you Theo!

[@theoisback]

My pleasure!

[@Jjsjsh]

This is great thanks for this content

[@theoisback]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@BeninMamiWata]

Thanks for sharing this very personal information. It's great to know for perspective.

[@theoisback]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@siyandamahali6909]

Excellent video. Thank you so much! And don't worry - something amazing will show up for you and your business.

[@theoisback]

I hope soo🙏🏾

[@mauricem5232]

This is a thorough research brother!

[@theoisback]

thanks!

[@leslysaint-louis4405]

Thank Theoisback this video is very informative and interesting. Great job 👍🏽

[@theoisback]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dranthonyojo]

Wonderful. You are great! Very informative

[@theoisback]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johnthomas9158]

Very, very informative. Nice job.

[@theoisback]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@estherbirr5370]

Amazing! I am coming to visit soon

[@ddadeola]

Please keep it up. You're simply incredible.

[@mukamasteven9658]

U went really deep. Smashed the like button

[@m.a.karakawe7713]

Very informative video. Thank you. I just subscribed to your channel.

[@theoisback]

Awesome, welcome to the club. thank you!

[@muraliseshadri]

Thanks for the excellent information bro...

[@theoisback]

you are welcome

[@erifreeone8083]

Good presentation, thanks

[@theoisback]

Glad you liked it!

[@m.o.1761]

Always very informative, humble and honest. Have to meet u soon when I come

[@theoisback]

Always welcome

[@mecartz]

Very educative and well researched

[@theoisback]

thnx!

[@rochjohnson01]

Great information thanks

[@theoisback]

Glad it was helpful!

[@msaylonna]

Considering relocating to Rwanda, Thank you so much for sharing this informational video. I have a lot to think about now.

[@theoisback]

good luck with your decision making

[@TheKingKevinR]

Hey Theo thank you for the information it is very instructive ! I’m a Rwandese who was born in Congo and grew up in canada. I do not know the language neither but I plan to come in 2024 and reconnect with my roots. God bless you

[@kIGALI_UtopiA]

You are so smart ! Courage ! I'm glad to see good informative contents as opposed to comedy and entertainment or fake news contents full on Rwandan KZbinrs channels nowadays!

[@Haileambesa]

Amazing video, well done. I'm getting inlove of Rwanda more and more 😅

[@theoisback]

yeah🌟

[@loshiptv3222]

Man you are great informative I like your topics you pic about Rwanda, I may make a move one day to Rwanda you helping me a lot to clarify my vision about the country. Thanks alot boss

[@theoisback]

you are welcome

[@davidvavra9113]

Well done, thank you. I was especially curious about people in the tourist business, the people I'd be interacting with.

[@creekyknee]

Thanks Theo for your excellent, well researched breakdown on the subject matter. I have subscribed as I've seen lots of your other wonderful videos and continue to learn from them/you. You deserve a lot of respect and kudos for what you are doing. I hope that you are still safe and hopefully your gym business can survive this pandemic. It really is a phenomenal sacrifice to up-root from a stable "normal" job in Europe and do what you are doing so I truly wish you all the success in Rwanda. If our plans over the next year or so come to fruition then I'd love to meet you in Kigali for a chat. I'm an Athletics coach and its one of the things that I would like to perhaps pursue in Rwanda (lekker, lekker !).

[@theoisback]

thank you. I hope to make it to that level as well 🙏🏾

[@segunadeyemi2494]

hey theo, first time commenting, but not first time on this channel. i just wanna thank you for everything and being ur authentic self. even from ur videos i could see u re a good guy, plain, easy. hopefully one day, i meet you. bless u brother

[@theoisback]

I appreciate that! thank you for your comment

[@michaelflowers6744]

Excellent very well done. Thank you

[@theoisback]

Glad you liked it!

[@michaelflowers6744]

@@theoisback Greetings very impressed with your material and I want to be upfront with you and let you know I intend to come to the continent I’m a business guy and it’s too early to talk about what my total needs are but I’m confident we can put something together prior to my coming there.I will be looking to invest in land and potential businesses I’m confident you can be a great help in that process I will follow up with you in October let’s have a conversation I’m sure your Patreon will allow that and we can move forward continue prosperity and safety to you and yours, Michael

[@Jnell432]

Yes thank you so kindly for this I will look you up for my personal trainer when I come in April on real estate business

[@theoisback]

yes, you are most welcome

[@simphiwer8970]

Quite informative.

[@theoisback]

yeah

[@AJENKINS1920]

I can't wait to visit

[@Sammagoose]

I'm really beginning to adore Rwandan's, I really mean that. This is valuable information and basically is a portal to helping people truly understand what they need to know and you totally get it. I really hope that tourism and business in Rwanda thrives. Thank you Theo.

[@theoisback]

I hope so too. thnx!

[@kindungo2]

Goed gedaan Theo

[@theoisback]

dank je!

[@babacarndour9263]

Thank you Bro. Rwanda is a great country 👏👏👏👏

[@HenriqueNevesdaCosta]

Perfect!

[@nouchinouchi6219]

Thanks for this video...i've Been in rwanda twice

[@ralphmartin4217]

I like the way you speak about liveing in Rwanda I think of visiting Soon,as I Jamaica I hope when I come I can the Loving people of Rwanda?

[@blossomjohnson2713]

Hello yaady 🇯🇲 will be visiting Rwanda soon see you there.👍🏼 🇯🇲.

[@markjakker2091]

Another Jamaican checking in right here

[@glaszlo9694]

You are a fantastic guy, thank you for this informative and well organized summary! Hope now the business goes better. Is there a community, a website, group etc. for business possibilities in Rwanda?

[@ernadbabu]

i like your new information i'm very much interested to visit your country

[@theoisback]

Always welcome

[@moorfortune901]

Much RESPECT. U very transparent

[@theoisback]

glad you liked it

[@delmman]

Well done Theo

[@theoisback]

thank youu

[@kf7018]

Yes it looks so good👍🌈

[@rogerbrugger]

Great assessment. Coming from accounting I have seen local salaries etc and can fully support your research and presentation. Of course there are always exceptions as well. Love your comment at the end :) Before taxes!

[@theoisback]

haha, I appreciate that!

[@pochokat6443]

Real talk from 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@jackjackson4412]

Thanks for information. Hopefully next i will visit Rwanda. Within 24 mos I will be retiring from the USA and will be considering Rwanda. Your videos are helpful in that process. Thanks

[@theoisback]

Great, see you when you get here than. cheers

[@NB-gz7ei]

Thank you

[@theoisback]

You're welcome

[@Footballchannel29]

Subscribed for you man, will hope to visit Rwanda and contact you if possible once things gets back to normal.

[@theoisback]

yeahh no problem

[@khaleelrahman3888]

Congratulations...

[@MrsLollie411]

I’m from the USA. I love learning about other country’s cultures!

[@theoisback]

welcomee

[@plastichouselady]

Your videos are always so thoughtful and informative. Thank you!

[@theoisback]

thank you

[@licorice71]

This is great.. very eye opening ...makes me wonder how people can afford the rents I see on other KZbin real estate videos

[@ujwaba7411]

They just absolutely can't!! It is not made for rwandans.. 😕

[@miamori13]

My thoughts precisely, but I understand the logic behind such pricing. The housing I've seen marketed online in Kigali, is even more expensive than housing in the Diaspora. However, one has to keep in mind, when considering relocation, the cost of housing in Rwanda, in relations to what we're used to paying in the diaspora, includes lifestyle upgrade, security, accessibility, proximity, opulence, and more. So in essence, when you rent a thousand dollar home in Kigali, you're not only paying for a place to sleep and simply call home; rather, you're paying for a lifestyle of 'Status, Dominance and Affiliation.' If this is not what one is after, you can certainly find much cheaper accommodations, if your 'ego' allows it 😉 😅👏🏿

[@theoisback]

those houses are generally unfordable for the majority of Rwandans

[@theoisback]

well said ❤️❤️❤️

[@rogerbrugger]

Correct - those real estate videos are unrealistic :)

[@miamori13]

Such valuable information. Thank you, very much. Your content is informative and well appreciated for someone such as me; I'm looking to invest in Rwanda by opening a service-based business in the following year, God willing. I currently live in North America, and I am conducting my own research on what to expect, economically, once I'm in Rwanda. This video was helpful as it gave me perspective from within. As far as the wealth aggregating metrics is concerned, I applaud the government of Rwanda for implementing such a simple, but worthy system. It is good for the people, it is good for businesses, both national and foreign investments. It truly is valuable market research.

[@theoisback]

oohh nice. good luck the work ahead, exciting times

[@sundayizu6985]

Nice video

[@theoisback]

Thanks!

[@josephdoss1014]

Appreciate

[@jzk2020]

Have a Rwandaful day my friend.

[@theoisback]

thank you very much

[@mfg1mfg14]

well done theo, this is really good information, can you please do a video on income tax, how the government tax working forks especially people from the diaspora who have registered a business or a company in the country?

[@theoisback]

Sure, I will look into it

[@abdullahe3674]

Cool video bro Request to make a full detailed video on taxes in Ruwanda Kind regards

[@theoisback]

Sure 👍 I will think about it

[@cynsochic]

Lol! Great video! Theo, I'll be visiting Rwanda next week for two weeks. I'll be coming in from the virgin islands. Any opportunity to meet up? Love the channel!

[@TheDtfamu89]

V.I Massive!!! 🇻🇮

[@theoisback]

sure , im available

[@mudasiru250]

Courage bro bizacamo kubera Imana

[@theoisback]

mercii

[@coscorrodrift]

Great video, that part in the beginning is very insightful. I'm a big fan of your process for getting the information, cost of living videos in general are decent but going mentioning UBUDEHE and the informal economy side of Rwanda is something that I doubt others have done and it's information that for someone else could be very difficult to find out. I'm reading a book called Seeing Like A State by James Scott right now that talks about this process of the state formalizing all that information that we (in western/"first world" countries) basically have interiorized and assume default, like names, land divisions and land registry, or currency, but that pre- big state centralization attempts in the modern age (1700s onwards) weren't as universal as they are now, and it does mention how there's this vision that he calls "High modernism" that wants to make everything legible (in order to collect taxes, basically, but also because of this vision of scientific order) that collides with the inherent illegibility that is rural/premodern society, where agreements such as the ones you mention are much more common. For example, working land and getting paid in food, but also other types of agreements such as co-ownership of land by several families that coordinate in exploitation based on rules that they know, like seasonal or based on natural parameters, but that cannot be reflected in systems such as "land registries". And these kinds of agreements, and this illegibility have been lost , and they were systems that worked well for those inside, but high modernist visions/urbanization and in some countries (like Rwanda), colonization imposed by force other foreign systems that are legible and work scientifically for the purposes of the state, but that don't capture how they were previously organized, leaving gaps in society

[@theoisback]

ooh wow, thank you for your comment. That sounds like an interesting read.

[@Jhud72]

@Theo, Love The Channel Bruh, I love Seeing The MotherLand, Mother Africa & Look Forward to coming there one day & Meet My African Brothers & Sisters Ya Dig? 100

[@theoisback]

thank youuu

[@Jhud72]

@@theoisback Im In Los Angeles, Have you ever been to the State's?

[@theoisback]

@@Jhud72 No, never been there before!

[@irisroyal2764]

Thank you for this good information. I would like to learn more the base of Rwanda ' developement. Could you suggest some book to read. Planning to participate on our local election in my hometown.

[@theoisback]

good luck, i don't have any book suggestion at this point

[@burtisaac1000]

Thanks for sharing. Very necessary when you talk about the repatriation diaspora.

[@bebisterling6571]

Very valuable information based on facts. Other diasporans are telling just a part of the story!

[@salomonchantelose3040]

good video you are the best !!! i am french but i understand all you say

[@KIZAPictures]

I like how you hide lav mic brother!!😀😀

[@theoisback]

whahah

[@Ibrahimbarber]

Thank you for great video you should tell the people what kind of business can we do in rwanda I am living in England but originally from Turkey thank you for videos man 🙏

[@theoisback]

you can do anything you want

[@lydian5762]

@@theoisback good answer lol

[@jeanbaptistetuyishime648]

Great content Mr Theo👍👍👍

[@theoisback]

thank you

[@andreiaramos1189]

One thing I dont understand is how can someone have no land at all in they own country ? I Bealive we can do better than that and make this social ecomonic balance fiarly ,cz come on live in Rwanda with 65k per month is basically living with nothing. And I dont bealive that living here is cheap at all for the range of wage Im seeing now. But we still have a long way to go,and the leadership it's going well,so we can make it better with continuous hard work and adjustment.Great ved again.Thanks!

[@kele2nv4u]

Hi Theo, I would like to meet you when I visit Rwanda. We are still not allowed to leave Australia at the moment but hopefully it wont be long before we can travel freely. Cheers mate.

[@theoisback]

ooh really. yes, you are welcome

[@blossomjohnson2713]

Hi Theo, your info is always on point, thank you so so much.We are planning to visit early next year. Could you get some info on shipping ( all categories, vehicle (all types) house hold stuff etc ) just in case we decide to retire in Rwanda. Thank you in advance. Am learning the language, you are a very good teacher.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 🇯🇲/USA semi retired nurse. We can’t wait to meet with you for counseling.

[@lydian5762]

Why would you ship all that stuff to retire in Rwanda? go and visit and see for yourself. All you need is your car but if you can afford to buy another locally it is even better although a bit more expensive. Also, make sure you OWN your home when you move to Rwanda with a small land for your own food. You will save a ton.

[@neversettle4714]

@@lydian5762 do you have a you tube channel?? Because your info is fire and on point! Thanks a million 💖👍

[@bonganimkwanazi4683]

Bongani hear from South Africa, I'm enjoying your channel. Tell me how do people afford these expensive fashion brands when they not making a lot of money

[@theoisback]

haha, no idea

[@mfg1mfg14]

consistency is key to growing your channel, with such great content i can not believe that you can spend three weeks withought a new video.

[@theoisback]

I appreciate that!, yeah, nieuw coming soon

[@pubatheoriginal]

Yes please brother. Keep up this amazing content. God bless you and your family young king. 🙏🏽💪🏽👑

[@westcoastmediasolutions]

Thank you very detailed. I’m watching this in June 2023. How are things going for you more with your gym? Have you or would you consider taking on a partner?

[@EvodeN]

This is very interesting, we should be seeing much more investment into the country seeing there is such low cost of labour .

[@micheni734]

I agree. Manufacturers will flock the country.

[@theoisback]

indeed, it's happening already

[@tesh8176]

Am your subscriber from Kenya.My boyfriend is rwandese

[@theoisback]

aah lovely! Welcome

[@andreiaramos1189]

😂lol,u look nice though. Thanks for the vedio.👏

[@theoisback]

Thanks for watching

[@pmb7927]

Dang, I'm poor in America but I would be well off in Rwanda. I make about $3000 a month in the US which is dirt water mud poor in America.

[@freta08]

Thank you so much it is a eyes open for me because I make 11,600 a month after taxes I bring about 8,00 home but I still complain don’t make a lot of money

[@theoisback]

yeah, puts things in perspective

[@samantha6670]

Umusatsi mwiza cyane ( very nice hair)💙💚💛

[@theoisback]

urakoze cyane

[@tswej]

If you haven't can you do an update to this video?

[@burundishallsmile1day109]

To attract subscribers 😁 ✊🏾🇧🇮

[@Guy__2.03]

Nice video but alot have change 2years ago ,it needs an update

[@user-qt7wz5ro3v]

Hi dear brother i am a Guinean how are you doing?

[@jemelajiminez1736]

So people prefer to be paid in cash? Franc or USD? Daily, weekly, bi-weekly? Love this video.

[@theoisback]

they prefer to be paid As Soon As Possible.. but in reality, it's more coming weekly or monthly

[@kf7018]

What is your name ? I have just come across yr video now and I can se that it is from 2yrs ago. Have you made some new ?

[@earnestgildon2704]

I didn't know -0 was a number. ;D

[@theoisback]

LoL 🤣