The first post office opened its doors on 18th September 1922 in Kigali. At that time, the Postal Administration of Rwanda was merged to the Belgian Congo one and the Headquarters was in LEOPOLDVILLE, capital city of the Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa , the Democratic Republic of the Congo Capital City). This situation remained the same until the period of independence of Rwanda, which ushered in the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunications on 26th October 1961.