Portfolio

Corporate Career
  • Africa Program Director, OSCARS Olympiads (November 2023- Now)

  • Business Development Manager, INKOMOKO (January 2022 – October 2023)

  • COO Africa, Envisage Incubators (March 2021 – December 2021)

  • East Africa Program Manager, Wadhwani Foundation (January 2020 – March 2021)

  • National Capacity Building Manager, Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture/ Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum – RYAF (May 2018 – December 2019)

  • Country Operations Director, Rwanda Business Development Center (April 2015 – April 2018)

  • Executive Director, Schools Entrepreneurship Network (September 2010 – April 2015)

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gray concrete wall inside building
Entrepreneurship
  • Co-founder, Global Skills Factory, Global, based in Finland, since Jan 2024

  • Co-Founder, Business Development Center Benin (BDC Benin), December 2021

  • Co-founder, Segen International Group Ltd, Rwanda, November 2020

  • Co-founder, Envisage Incubators, Finland & Africa, 2019

  • Partner, Woodbury Business Group Ltd, United States & Africa, 2016

  • Licensee, Rwanda Business Development Center (BDC Rwanda), 2015

  • Co-founder, Schools Entrepreneurship Network (SEN Rwanda), 2012

  • Founder, Youth Action for Community Development, 2009

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Consulting (Organisations Served)
  • FAO/HASTEN Project, Adelphi, Germany (Expert, Training and Incubation)

  • SOS Children’s Villages, Nyamagabe-Rwanda (Curriculum Design and Training Delivery on Entrepreneurship)

  • Toyota Rwanda (Staff Training – Curriculum design and training delivery coordination)

  • Society of Jesus / Jesuit Urumuri Center, Rwanda-Burundi (Curriculum Design, ToT, and Trainind Delivery Coordination)

  • Save the Children, Kigali-Rwanda (Translation English-Kinyarwanda)

  • Wateraid (Organizational Change)

  • SURF Rwanda (Staff training)

  • Wadhwani Foundation, Southern Africa (Program facilitator, Ignite Africa)

  • Deutshe Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany (Expert roles, various assignments)

  • Grow Movement UK (Project Management, Entrepreneur Mentorship)

  • BPN Rwanda (Training delivery coordination for beneficiaries)

  • Plan International /Girls Get Equal Program (Curriculum design)

  • Global Communities - formerly CHF International (Research, M&E/Data)

  • International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT (Research teams supervision)

  • Netherlands Food Partnership / YALTA (curriculum design, training delivery and supervision)

  • Quantum Business School, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria (Bootcamp training curriculum design and delivery, TOT, and supervision.

  • PECB Canada (ISO-Approved trainer, ISO 27005)

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Projects Managed/Facilitated
  • Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA)

  • Future is Green! By Plan International

  • Water and Energy for Food (WE4F)

  • IFAD-funded Projects: PASP, RDDP and R-YES

  • Endev / Cooking Energy Business Growth Fund (CEBGF)

  • Invest4Jobs / Enhancing the Future of eCommerce in Rwanda

  • REALMS, SNV Netherlands

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Academia, Teaching and Research

a. Teaching

  • Lecturer, Catholic University of Rwanda

  • Lecturer, University of Lay Adventists of Kigali

  • Lecturer, University of Rwanda

  • Lecturer, Revealed Word University

  • Lecturer, University of Rwanda

b. Funded Research Projects

  • Analysing the resilience of primary and secondary education systems to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in Rwanda, funded by the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST)

  • Bridging the gap between university curricula and workplace needs, by the Directorate of Research, University of Rwanda

  • Impact of COVID-19 on the transport industry in Rwanda, by the Directorate of Research, University of Rwanda

  • Research Supervisor - Nutrition, Gender and Markets (multi-donor funded project)

c. Conferences Presentations

  • Virginia Beach, USA

  • Mehsana, India

  • San Diego, USA

  • Istanbul Turkey

  • Helsinki, Finland

  • Kigali, Rwanda

d. Publications

  • More than 15 publications in peer reviewed journals (Check profile on: Researchgate profile, ORCID, Academia)

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Leadership & Community Service

a. Board Membership & High-Level Appointment

  • Executive President - Center for Peace, Democratic Governance and Development (CPDG), since 2022

  • Vice-President – East Africa Career Development Association, since 2021

  • President of the Board – Lifting People in Poverty Initiative (LPPI Rwanda), since 2017

  • Board Member - Africa Startup Ecosystem Builders Alliance (ASEB), since 2024

  • Member of Advisory Group, UNDP Youth Financing Facility for Africa (timbuktoo) since 2021

  • Board Member - Aflatus Africa since 2021

  • Ambassador, African Tourism Board (ATB) since 2020

b. Volunteer Assignments

  • International Expert, Organizational Development - Action pour l’Education et la Promotion de la Femme (AEPF-Tchad)

  • Retained expert for Career and Employability Programs, University of Rwanda – College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UR-CAVM)

  • Expert Mentor, UR Busogo Agribusiness Incubator, Musanze-Rwanda

  • Mentor, kLab Rwanda, Kigali – Rwanda

  • Startups Coach, UAC Startup Valley, Abomey-Calavi – Benin Republic

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Events & Convenings of Impact
  • Lead Organizer, 2nd Pan African OSCARS Olympiads, Cotonou – Benin (November 2025)

  • Speaker, Africa Skills and Apprenticeships Conference, Mombasa – Kenya, May 2025

  • Lead Organizer, National OSCARS Innovation Olympiads in 33 African countries, November 2024

  • Organizer, OSCARS Olympiads 1st Panafrican Edition (Nairobi, Kenya November 2023)

  • Convener, Rwanda Investment Conference & Expo, 4 editions: 2015 - 2018

  • Co-Organizer, Rwanda Career Week 2022

  • Co-Organizer, UR-CAVM Entrepreneurship Week 2020

  • Events Organizer, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from 2012-2017 and 2024

  • Judge, Youth Connect Young Innovators Competition, Ministry of Youth, Kigali – Rwanda, 2016-2018

  • Judge, Grow Pitch Competition, Makerere University, Kampala - Uganda

  • Judge, Digital Skills for an Innovative East Africa, Kampala, Uganda

  • July Member, Student Innovators Competition,

  • Judge, Mombasa Governors’ Innovation Competiton

  • Judge, University Students Innovation Competitions, University of Rwanda – Colleges: CST, CAVM

  • Guest Speaker on Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Kingdom Business, and Employability: 100+ events in Rwanda, Kenya, Chad, Benin, Israel, India Finland United States,

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Professional Memberships.
  • Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Rwanda (AmCham) – Kigali, Rwanda

  • Member, International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) – Orebro, Sweden

  • Member, International Economics and Development Research Center (IEDRC) – Hong Kong, China

  • Member, Rwanda Organization of Professional Consultants (ROPC) – Kigali, Rwanda

  • Member, National SME Forum – Ministry of Trade and Industry (2015-2017)

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