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Patrice Habinshuti is an expert with 10+ years of experience in entrepreneurship and business development; specializing in entrepreneur training (experiential/action-learning programs), mentoring & coaching, incubation/acceleration, business connections and access to capital.

As a Partner at Woodbury, he coordinates the company's overall operations and oversees investments in Rwanda. Over the past decade, Patrice served leading organizations in entrepreneur development such as the Rwanda Business Development Centre (Director), Envisage Incubators (COO), Wadhwani Foundation (Entrepreneurship Program Manager for East Africa); as well as universities (Regent University Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Rwanda, Hanken School of Economics/Entrepreneurship Society). His ward-winning skills in business planning have earned him 6 awards and recognitions in the past 10 years.

Patrice has travelled and worked with entrepreneurial and startup ecosystems in the United States, Finland, Israel, Benin Republic, Kenya and Rwanda. In 2021, he was appointed member of the Ecosystem Advisory Group for the new UNDP Africa Startup Initiative (8 experts across Africa), and is also an appointed Ambassador of the African Tourism Board.

He holds a PhD in Business Management (CSJM University, India), an MBA in Entrepreneurship (Regent University, USA); a Certificate in Business Development & Entrepreneurship (Regent University, USA); a Certificate in Grant Writing (Dalhousie University, Canada) & Other World-class Certified Training The Start-Up Lab Certificate (The Do School - Berlin, Germany); Certificate in Leadership (BPN Business Academy), among others. Patrice has travelled and worked with entrepreneurial ecosystems in the United States, Finland, Israel, Benin Republic, Kenya and Rwanda.

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