Kigali · Rwanda · In development

Africa’s first art freeport, in development.

We’re building a secure, climate-controlled home for art in Kigali, planned to operate under bonded or free-zone status. Until it opens, we document, ship and store your works through vetted partners.

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The problem

The continent’s art leaves the continent to be kept safe.

No home of its own

Africa has no dedicated art freeport. Collectors, galleries and institutions ship to Geneva, Luxembourg, Dubai or Singapore for secure storage and favourable customs treatment.

Cost and distance

Every move adds crating, freight, insurance and paperwork, and puts distance between collections and the communities and markets they belong to.

Records in pieces

Provenance, invoices, condition reports and insurance documents sit in inboxes and folders. That makes lending, insuring and selling slower and riskier.

The solution

One trusted place to keep, document and move African art.

Today

Registry, logistics and partner storage

The Vault is a private digital registry for your collection. We coordinate crating, shipping and insurance, and arrange storage in vetted partner facilities.

Tomorrow

The Kigali vault

A purpose-built, high-security facility in Rwanda, planned to operate under free-zone or bonded status once licensed, with viewing rooms, conservation and a transparent compliance regime.

How it works

Why Rwanda

Headquartered in Kigali. Built for the whole continent.

Ease of business

Online company registration and a government focused on investment.

Free-zone framework

An existing legal framework for special economic zones, including in Kigali.

Air connectivity

A national carrier with growing long-haul routes and a new international airport under construction.

Security and order

A reputation for safety and low corruption, which matters when the assets are irreplaceable.

Why Kigali

Founding membership

Help build it, and be first through the door.

Vault Pro free for the first year
Priority allocation and locked founding rates in the future vault
A private advisory call on storing, shipping or documenting your collection
Your name on the founding wall (optional)

Limited to the first 100 members.

See founding membership

Transparency

The transparent freeport.

KYC and AML first

Identity, beneficial ownership and source of funds checks for every storage client.

Provenance first

No works without an adequate ownership history, screened against stolen-art databases.

Heritage respected

No looted or illicitly exported heritage objects. A partner to museums and restitution efforts, not a hiding place.

Read our compliance policy

Waitlist

Be the first to know.

Collectors, galleries, artists and institutions across Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Accra, Cairo, Casablanca, Kigali and the diaspora: tell us what you need and we’ll keep you posted as services open.