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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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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,
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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