Rwanda FDA Shuts Down Eight Alcohol Factories.
The Rwanda Food and Drug Administration (Rwanda FDA) announced this week that it has closed eight factories that were producing 38 types of alcoholic beverages.
The agency's statement indicates that the closure of these industries and the revocation of their license to operate in Rwanda were carried out based on an inspection and assessment conducted.
The list attached to the announcement released by the Rwanda FDA shows that the factories that were closed are Ingufu jin Ltd, NBG LTD, Sky Drop Industries Ltd, Africana Buffalo Ltd, Nopa Company Ltd, Roots Investment Group Ltd, Rugali Agro-Processing Company and Zhonglu Industrial Liability Company Ltd.
The directives contained in the notice indicate that these industries must immediately stop producing and distributing their beverages from the date of the notice, and that retailers selling beverages produced by these industries across the country must also immediately return them to the industries and stop selling them to the public. Rwandans are also asked to immediately stop buying and drinking beverages produced by these industries.
These factories were also asked to submit a report on the collection of their produced beverages within three working days after the announcement of the decision, in order to monitor their market performance.
Rwanda FDA concluded by stating that the review and inspection of alcoholic beverage factories is ongoing, meaning that at any time, the list of factories producing substandard beverages may include other factories.
The closure of all eight factories follows a long-standing problem of drugs and substandard alcohol across the country, with the latest figures released by the Minister of Local Government, Habimana Dominique, on July 29, 2026, showing that since the beginning of this year, about 50 Rwandans have died after drinking illicit and substandard alcohol.
