🇷🇼🇺🇬RWF → UGX corridor
Send money from Rwanda to Uganda.
The short answer
Rwandans and Ugandans cross this border for school, work and family more than almost any other pair on the continent, and their money follows: francs from MTN or Airtel Rwanda become shillings on MTN MoMo or Airtel Uganda in about a minute, no bank at either end, RWF to UGX figure agreed first.
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You send
FRw
🇷🇼RWF
1 RWF = 2.528 UGXLIVE
fees included · updated in the last 30 min
Recipient gets
125,375
🇺🇬UGX
fee USh 1,000deducted, shown before you send
125,375 UGX more than a typical bank transfer would deliver
Arrives in about a minutemedian 1.1 min, last 90 days
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1 RWF = 2.528 UGXUpdated in the last 30 min
The rate refreshes every 30 minutes. The recipient amount you see already includes our commission: what you see is what they get.
Delivery times
How fast money arrives in Uganda.
Delivery depends on how the recipient is paid. These are measured times, not promises.
Mobile money~1 min
~1 min
81% land within 5 minutes
To their MTN MoMo or Airtel Money wallet, day or night.
Bank account~3 min
~3 min
72% land within 5 minutes
Direct deposit to any major bank in Uganda.
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Instant
Lands the moment you send
If they have Eversend, the money is theirs the second you confirm.
Medians measured over the last 90 days of real transfers. A first transfer may need a one-time verification.
Send RWF to Uganda in 3 steps.
01
Create your account
Download Eversend and verify your identity once. It takes a few minutes.
02
Add francs from your wallet
Top up from MTN Mobile Money or Airtel Money in Rwanda. No bank account needed on your side either.
03
Send across the border
Pick Uganda, the amount, and how they are paid. The rate and fee show before you confirm.
Where the money lands
Payout methods in Uganda.
Mobile money
Instant payout to the wallets Ugandans use every day.
MTN MoMoAirtel Money
Banks
Direct deposit to any major Ugandan bank.
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RWF → UGX, compared
A typical bank
Eversend
Rate you see
Hidden until it lands
Shown before you send
Transfer fee
Wire fees at both ends
USh 1,000 to mobile money, wallet free
Money arrives
2 to 5 business days
About a minute
Mobile money payout
Not supported
MTN MoMo, Airtel Money
RWF → UGX, compared
Rate you see
A typical bank
Hidden until it lands
Eversend
Shown before you send
Transfer fee
A typical bank
Wire fees at both ends
Eversend
USh 1,000 to mobile money, wallet free
Money arrives
A typical bank
2 to 5 business days
Eversend
About a minute
Mobile money payout
A typical bank
Not supported
Eversend
MTN MoMo, Airtel Money
More ways to send to Uganda
RWF → UGX questions.
Download Eversend, verify once, and top up from MTN Mobile Money or Airtel Money in Rwanda. Then pick Uganda, enter the amount, and the shillings land in their wallet or bank account.
The neighbourly corridor.
Francs to shillings, wallet to wallet, figure agreed first.
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