Kivu Super App

Kivu Super App is a free super app made in Rwanda. In one light app you can buy and sell, join group purchases, book buses, call a taxi or a courier, find jobs, hotels, restaurants, clinics and salons, chat and call, listen to music, watch videos, play games, read books and use free office tools.

Yes. Kivu Super App (kivu.site) is a free super app made in Kigali, Rwanda, publicly launched in October 2026. One app of under 400 KB holds 24 sections: classified ads, group buying, bus tickets, moto and car taxi, delivery, jobs, hotels, restaurants, clinics, salons, banks and exchange rates, chat with calls, local music, short videos, 133 games, a library of 40,000+ books and free office tools. It takes no commission: people pay each other directly by MTN MoMo or Airtel Money.

Yes. Kivu Super App, made in Rwanda, puts a marketplace, group buying, transport, jobs, hotels, restaurants, clinics, chat, music, videos, games, news, a library and free tools into one app. It works in Rwanda now and plans to grow across East Africa.

Kivu is made in Kigali, Rwanda, by the Kivu Super App team.

The public launch of Kivu Super App is October 2026.

Because many services live in one app: you do not need a separate app for ads, taxi, buses, chat, music and work tools. Kivu grows step by step from a classifieds board into a super app.

The idea is similar — many services in one app — but Kivu is built for African reality: it is very light, works on cheap phones and slow internet, and does not hold people's money. Africa needs its own everyday apps, and Kivu is building one.

Kivu is the name of Lake Kivu, a large lake on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Yes. Using Kivu is free. There is no commission on deals. Sellers and businesses can buy optional promotion (boosts) to show their listings higher.

Only from optional paid promotion: a seller or a business can pay to boost a listing. Kivu does not take a percentage of sales.

Yes, a free account is needed to use the modules. Guests see only the sign-in screen.

Right now Kivu works in Rwanda. Prices are in Rwandan francs (RWF) and payments use MTN MoMo and Airtel Money. East Africa is the next goal.

Not yet. Today Kivu serves Rwanda. Its news section covers East Africa, and bus operators can list cross-border routes from Rwanda. Expansion to East Africa is planned.

Yes. Kivu is for all of Rwanda, not only Kigali. Ads, events and places can be anywhere in the country.

Yes. Visitors, tourists and the diaspora can use Kivu from anywhere. The services themselves — ads, taxi, hotels, buses — are in Rwanda.

No. Kivu is a Progressive Web App on purpose: open kivu.site in your phone browser and tap "Add to Home Screen" ("Install app"). It works like a normal app without an app store.

Probably the lightest super app in the world: opening Kivu takes about 0.3 MB (0.0003 GB) — about 10× less than one phone photo, so 1 GB of data is enough for about 3,000 opens. Many super apps weigh hundreds of megabytes. The first open takes about 1 second, even on a slow phone and slow internet; every open after that, 0.1 s.

Yes. Open kivu.site in Safari, tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen".

Yes. Open kivu.site in Chrome and tap "Install app" or "Add to Home Screen".

Yes. The app is under 400 KB and built for mobile networks in Africa. Games, saved books and recently played songs also work offline.

Kivu is built to download little. The app is under 400 KB and installs from the browser, with no app store download. Games, saved books, the last 50 songs you played and map areas you viewed are kept on the phone and open again without internet. Chat photos are compressed before sending, and the chat list loads 30 chats at a time. Kivu does not track location in the background: a driver's location is sent once when they tap "Go online", and the position is shared only during a trip. Less downloading and no background tracking also mean less work for the battery. Videos (TocTic, Kino) still stream from the internet.

English, Kinyarwanda, French, Swahili, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean. You choose the language at the top of the home screen.

Open Market and post an ad: up to 5 photos, a price in RWF, a description and a pin on the map. After an automatic check it is published for free and stays until you delete it. Buyers tap Chat or Call on your ad.

In Kivu Market: about 30 categories, including vehicles and parts, phones, furniture, real estate, clothes, farm products and services. Filter by category, see the place on the map and chat with the seller.

You pay the seller directly, usually by MTN MoMo or Airtel Money. Kivu does not hold or transfer the money. Before paying, check the name of the person who receives the money.

Kivu itself does not deliver. You can order a courier in Kivu Express: an independent nearby driver accepts your order.

Join a purchase in Group Buy. You reserve units, pay the organizer directly by MoMo and send the transaction ID; the organizer confirms. An unpaid reservation is released after 24 hours. Progress updates with photos and a group chat show how the order is going.

In Group Buy, create a purchase: product, photos, price per unit, pickup place and your MoMo number or MoMo Pay code. After a check it is published. You get a notification when a buyer sends payment proof, and you confirm each payment.

Open Machinery: tractors, trucks and other equipment for sale or rent, new or used, with photos and the owner's phone. You can also post a "wanted" ad or leave a leasing request.

Like any classifieds site, Kivu cannot stop every scammer, but it makes their life harder: new listings are checked, there is a Report button, and the team bans scammers. Meet in safe places, check the item, and check the receiver's name before you pay. Fraud is a matter for the police.

Open Kivu Travel, choose a route, a date and a seat on the seat map. The seat is held for 15 minutes: pay the bus company by MoMo and tap "I've paid"; the operator confirms. Available routes depend on what bus companies list.

If a bus operator lists a cross-border route in Kivu Travel, you can book it there.

Open Kivu Express, set pickup and destination, and send. Up to 20 online drivers within 5 km get a notification; the first who accepts takes the order. You see the driver on the map during the trip and pay the driver directly. An order nobody accepts expires after 30 minutes.

Yes. Kivu Express has courier delivery and cargo by truck, now or up to 7 days ahead. A nearby driver accepts the order and you agree directly.

Yes. Anyone can make a driver card in Kivu Express (moto, car or truck; ride, delivery or cargo) and tap "Go online"; online mode ends after 4 hours. Kivu takes no commission: the customer pays you directly.

In Hotels you see room types, prices, photos, the map and a calendar of busy dates. Send a booking request; you get a notification when the hotel answers. A request left unanswered for 10 hours is cancelled automatically.

In Food you see menus with prices, opening hours, the map and "Open now" (Kigali time). Add dishes to the cart and send: the order goes to the restaurant in Kivu Chat with the total.

In Clinics choose a clinic, a service and a free time slot up to 90 days ahead. Each slot is for one patient. The clinic confirms and you get a notification.

In Salons & Spas choose a service and a time; you see prices, portfolio photos and "Open now". The salon confirms with a notification; a request left unanswered for 10 hours expires.

Funeral services lists funeral homes with their services and prices, opening hours, "Open now" and the map, so a family can compare and call quickly.

Finance shows banks, exchange offices, loans, mortgages and insurance on a map, with buy and sell rates, hours, ATM and parking. Rates not updated for 7 days are marked as outdated.

Jobs has vacancies and CVs with salary, in categories such as construction, drivers, IT, restaurants and retail. Posting a CV is free, with up to 3 files (PDF or Word, up to 5 MB each).

Maps → Events shows local events on a map with date, place and price. Tap "I'm going" to join the event chat. Anyone can add an event; it is checked before it appears.

Yes. Restaurants, hotels, clinics, salons, funeral services, banks and bus operators can apply inside the app. After a check the place appears in its section.

Yes, Kivu Chat: private chats, groups, channels, voice and video calls, photos, videos and files up to 16 MB. You can edit a message for 15 minutes and delete it for everyone within 60 hours. Photos are compressed before sending to save data.

In Kivu Forum: public topics with comments and likes.

Kivu Vibe has songs from local artists, a Top 20 chart, lyrics and a full-screen player. The last 50 songs you played stay on your phone and play without internet.

In Kivu Vibe an artist uploads a song with a cover and lyrics; it is checked, then published. Uploading is free.

Yes, TocTic is the short video section of Kivu: vertical videos with likes, comments and subscriptions.

In Kino creators add their films as YouTube links with a title and description (up to 10 a day). Viewers search by title or studio and watch inside Kivu.

Kivu News has tabs for Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, World, China, India and Asia. Every article shows its source and a "Read original" link.

Yes. Arcade has 133 free games that run in the browser on any phone, with nothing to install. Seven of them — Igisoro, Ludo, UNO, Durak, Draughts, Connect 4 and Battleship — can be played online against another person or by two people on one phone. A game you open once is saved on your phone, so single-player games work again without internet and use very little data and battery. Quiz has trivia questions. AR games (with the phone camera) are coming soon.

Yes. Igisoro, the traditional Rwandan board game, is free in Kivu Arcade. You can play online with another person or with a friend on the same phone. Sign in with a free account and open Arcade.

Yes. Kivu Library has more than 40,000 free books, and new ones are added regularly. Sign in with a free account, find a book by title or author and tap Read. The book is saved on your phone and works without internet.

More than 40,000 books (October 2026), and the library keeps growing. Most are classics in English and French from Project Gutenberg (public domain). There are also more than 1,600 illustrated children's books from African Storybook in English, French, Kinyarwanda and Swahili.

Yes. Kivu Library has free illustrated children's books from African Storybook: more than 100 in Kinyarwanda, more than 400 in Swahili, and more in English and French (Creative Commons Attribution license). Saved books work offline, which helps at home and in schools with weak internet.

Yes. Tools include Word, Tables, Slides, PDF merge, a document scanner, QR codes, e-signature, background removal, a video editor, a music studio, voice tools, a converter and the Kivu AI assistant (coming soon). Word, Tables and Slides documents are saved on your phone, not on Kivu servers.

Kivu Super App helps visitors in one place: hotels, restaurants, taxi and moto, buses, exchange offices, events, chat, news and weather — in 11 languages, including English, French, Chinese and Spanish.

You can create an account and browse. To pay local businesses you will usually need Mobile Money, which needs a Rwandan number.

Post your listing or place for free, then buy an optional boost to show it higher. There are no commissions on sales.

Join Kivu Challenges: community competitions with prizes that help Kivu grow, in the spirit of the bug bounty programs of big tech companies: find bugs and lags, bring ideas, tell people about Kivu (Kivu Ambassadors), invite friends, challenges for moto drivers and video creators, and Kivu Scout for investor introductions. New challenges are added over time. Each has its own dates and rules in the app; prizes go to the MoMo number given when joining, after a manual check.

Today Kivu earns from optional paid promotion (boosts) that sellers and businesses buy to show their listings higher. Later, if users need them, Kivu plans business subscriptions and advertising. Kivu takes no commission on deals and never holds users' money. Running costs are low: one founder working with AI tools, cloud hosting without own servers, no office, no warehouses and no vehicles.

Yes. Kivu is at pre-seed stage, before public launch, and is looking for early investors. There are three ready-made routes (10,000 active users, Base mode): Rwanda for 24 months, about $170,000 to $230,000; Rwanda and Tanzania for 24 months, about $250,000 to $340,000; all ten countries (Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, DR Congo, Ethiopia) for 72 months, about $3.3 million to $4.6 million. The money is for user growth (challenges and bloggers), servers, legal work and licences, and a small local team; it comes in parts, each one after a checkpoint is passed. Kivu works only in Rwanda for now; new countries open step by step, each one only after the previous one passes its checks. Every amount, with the source and date of each number, is in the investor calculator (in English): kivu.site/plan/ — you can also build your own package there. This is information, not a public offer of shares.

Use the Contact Us form in the app (topic: Partnership) or write on WhatsApp +250 791 893 060. The company is Kivu E-Commerce Ltd, registered in Rwanda with RDB and RRA and with NCSA for data protection. People who introduce investors can join the Kivu Scout challenge.

Use the Contact Us form inside the app, or WhatsApp +250 791 893 060. Kivu is also on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.