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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the world largest celebration of the innovators and job creators that fuel economic development and expand human welfare. Over the last two years nearly 20,000 people have participated in GEW/Rwanda. The campaign has inspired people across the the country to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams while also connecting them to valuable support systems and networks. Read through the pages of the impact report and learn more about how entrepreneurship is opening a new chapter for Rwanda.
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About BREC BREC was formed in 2010 through a unique partnership between Babson College in Welleseley, Mass.(USA) and the Rwandan Private Sector Federation(PSF).
Since its inception, BREC has enguaged in a number of activities aimed at advancing entrepreunurship in Rwanda, including research, trainning, networking, business plan development, coaching and consulting services.
BREC works intimately with experts from both Babson College and PSF to develop and deliver valuable services to a wide spectrum of stakeholders in Rwanda’s entrepreunurship ecosystem, including students,business leaders, government agencies, universities and not-for profit organizations. The center is staffed by Babson employees and housed within the PSF headquaters in kigali, Rwanda. For more information, email [email protected]
Editor/copyright Info Designed by GW Creators Rwanda in partnership with Global Entreprenureship Week Rwanda. Copyright 2012 Babson Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center (BREC) Disclaimer : Some information is self-reported by event hosts
Local Contact Babson Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center (National Host) Rayshawn Whitford Haya Alzaid [email protected] [email protected] (+250)787147518 (+250)787147516
Global contact/spokespeople Global Entrepreneurship Week (HQ) Kau�man Foundation Spokesperson: Jonathan Ortmans Spokesperson: Carl Schramm, President President, Gew & CEO, Kauffman Foundation Contact: Mark Marich Contact: Barbara Pruitt [email protected] [email protected] +1 202 467 2776 +1 816 932 1288
Table of Contents
About GEWpg3 Power of Entrepreneurship EssayContestpg28
Message from National hostpg4 Social Entrepreneurship Safaripg29GEW Rwanda at a glancepg5 The Real Business Acceleratorpg31National Hosts, Strategic Partners &National Sponsorspg6 ReachUp! Training Programpg33GEW/Rwanda Opening Ceremonypg7 Rwanda Young Entrepreneurspg34Bigger Future Program Presentationpg9 Women Entrepreneurs Awardspg35
Business Leadership Panel Discussionpg10 Sensitizing SACCOs on
Entrepreneurshippg37Campus Entrepreneurship Club Workshopspg11 Tigo-Reach for Change Social
Entrepreneurship Competition Semi-Finals
pg38Career Business Panelpg13 Social Entrepreneurship Role-Playpg39Arne Forstenberg’s Presentationspg14 Ashoka @ The Officepg40Graduation and Job Fairpg15 Strengthening University Student
Entrepreneurs to Empower Society
pg41Entrepreneurship Talk!pg17 #TEDxTuesdays @ The Officepg42Entrepreneurship Weekpg18 The Economic Symposiumpg43Meet the Lionspg19 Women’s Entrepreneurs Panelpg44Financing your EntrepreneurialDreampg21 Youth Open Housepg45Finding Business Opportunitiespg22 GEW/Rwanda Closing Ceremonypg47Gisagara Rulindo Trainingpg23 Get Involved!pg54Interactive Live Painting Projectpg24
Global Sponsorspg572013 Partnerspg55
Ready 4 Finance Workshopspg25Social Mediapg56National Women Entrepreneurs
Celebrationpg27
Inspire:GEW introduces the notion of entrepreneurial activity to those who have never considered it while motivating aspiring entrepreneurs to launch new startups.
Connect:GEW facilitates connections to help build and expand networks across nationalboundaries-unleashing new ideas at the intersection of cultures and disciplines.
Mentor:GEW creates an environment conducive to the sharing of ideas and experiences
that are invaluable in moving from ideation to launch.
Engage:GEW provides a platform for thought leaders to work together in
fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem-examining research, publicpolicies and successful approaches to promoting growth.
Campaign growth over the years
* As Global Entrepreneurship Week focuses increasingly on impact, the qualifying partner and event criteria were adjusted, resulting in some �uctuation in overall reporting in comparison to previous years.
Year Countries Activities Partners Participants
2008 77 25,022 8,892 3 million
2009 88 32,861 18,277 7.6 million
2010 104 37,561 23,952 7.3 million
2011 123 33,846 24,008 7.4 million
2012 131 19,649 7,906 7.5 million
About GEW
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Since 2008, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) has connected over 20 million people
through local, national and global activities designed to help them expand their innovative
potential. In 2012, more than 24,000 partner organizationshosted nearly 40,000 activities that
were held in 130 countries, making this the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship.
In Rwanda, our campaign has grown from 22 partners hosting 26 events to 45 partners
hosting 50 events bringing close to 20,000 participants together. Local, national and global
activities helped participants to form important connections to unleash new, bold ideas, and
to shine a light on all of the people and organizations working year-round to support
entrepreneurs in country.
GEW acts as an incubator, providing a platform for these organizations to come together to
work on common goals. The partnerships and relationships that are formed during the week
begin to extend throughout the year as we learn more about one another’s strengths. Adding
to our success, Rwanda will be sending our first Globally Featured contest winner to the Meet
the Lions pitch competition in South Africa this May 2013. In the following pages, you will get
a glimpse of the successes experienced over the course of the week.
We are thankful to have an incredible support system of entrepreneurship-focused
organizations working hard alongside us to make the Rwanda campaign a success. Together,
we are working to contribute to a more entrepreneurial Rwanda. Our energetic partners and
sponsors help motivate us to continue to expand our work to become one of the prominent
campaigns in Africa.
Rayshawn Whitford Country Director Babson Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center
Haya Alzaid Country Director Babson Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center
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42 partners | 50 events | 7,000+ participantsGEW-Rwanda at a glance
Vision:
To be the leading African nation participating
in GEW based on the size, scope, VIP involment
and innovativeness of our campaign.
Mission:
To create a groundswell of activities that inspire and
advance entrepreneurship in Rwanda while demonstrating
to the world how innovation and private enterprise are
transforming the country for better.
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National Sponsors
National Hosts
Strategic Partners
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EVENTGEW/Rwanda Opening CeremonyHost: Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center
The Opening Celebration marked the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week/Rwanda and set the tone for the week’s activities. It provided an opportunity to create awareness about the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in developing Rwanda’s economy and put a spotlight on some of the many activities and events organized all over the country. To blend the ceremonial purpose with additional value creation, the Opening Celebration also provided a platform to inspire the business community in Rwanda through talks from engaging international and local speakers including Randall Kempner, Executive Director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, Rica Rwigamba, the head of Tourism and Conservation Department at RDB, Hannington Namara, CEO of the Private Sector Federation, and the Minister of Youth and ICT.
12thNovember
Kimisagara Youth Center
400 Participants
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Armour ArtsMYICT
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Bigger Future Program PresentationHost: Global Relief and Development Partners Bigger Future
The mission of GRDP is to inspire and strengthen promising entrepreneurs in emerging countries.We help high-potential entrepreneurial leaders accelerate their growth by giving them direct access to experienced entrepreneurs in North America, enabling them to tap into world-class leadership, professional, technical, and financial resources.GRDP offers a platform for intellectual capital, social capital, and financial capital.GRDP’s Bigger Future Program matches successful North American entrepreneurs with emerging and high growth entrepreneurs in Rwanda and the region. We offer a unique opportunity for a select group of experienced entrepreneurs who are ready to apply their expertise and wisdom to the unique challenges of doing business in East Africa.
We organized a three month workshop with the Year Ones and Masters participants graduation being held during GEW/Rwanda. TheYear Ones are a group of Entrepreneurs who are in the program for one year and the Masters group are senior Bigger Future members with more than one year membership.
12thNovember
Lemigo Hotel,Kigali
36 Participants
“This workshop is a day away from my business, to
work on my business.”
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12thNovember
Business Leadership Panel DiscussionHost: U.S. Embassy and American Corners
Rwandan Alumni of U.S. Department of State exchange programs joined American entrepreneurs working in Rwanda to speak at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali on the importance of entrepreneurship to a growing economy and the skills necessary to build a strong entrepreneurial climate. A parallel program at the American Corner in Gisenyi featured an alumna from a U.S. Department of State exchange program who spoke to youth about entrepreneurship and the challenges young entrepreneurs, especially women and girls, face in the current business climate.
14thNovember
Kigali and Gisenyi
87 Participants
“Although a business idea is needed, the execution of
that idea is paramount. Skills development leads to business
success.” -Tom Allen
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Campus Entrepreneurship Club WorkshopsHost: RDB
Entrepreneurship development is one of the core strategies that Rwanda Development Board (RDB), through its Human Capital and Institutional Development, uses to fast track economic development in Rwanda by enabling private sector growth. RDB’s approach to entrepreneurship development includes both instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in the population and training them with the unique set of skills required by entrepreneurs to set up and succeed in their ventures. Regarding GEW, Last year (2011), RDB visited Higher Institutions of Learning speaking to students about creating awareness of enterprise and self-employment as a career option. Since then students from their respective institutions have formed Entrepreneurship Clubs to continue driving this agenda forward. In an effort to continue supporting these students and to build on the above success, this year, RDB conducted one day entrepreneurship capacity building workshop to members of these entrepreneurship clubs. The workshops are organized under the theme “Strengthening Entrepreneurship Clubs in Higher Learning Institutions for Productivity.”
“Don’t wait to be successful in the big city- Kigali- start your successful enterprise where you are!”- Elisabeth Mwangi, Adviser of HCID
12th-16thNovember
Kigali, Butare,Musanze, Rubavu
120 Participants
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“Originality is important in entrepreneurship, try something different! You were born an original… don’t die as aphotocopy!” -Elisabeth Mwangi, Adviser for HCID
Armour ArtsMYICT
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Career Business PanelHost: EDC AkaziKanozi
Approximately 60 AkaziKanoze youth in Nyaruguru district, southern province, celebrated Global Entrepreneurship Week. The youth, primary school graduates and secondary school drop outs, are enrolled in the AkaziKanoze program with
Health Poverty Action, an implementing partner. The youth following their AkaziKanoze training are encouraged to join business cooperatives for
self-employment. During the career business workshop, three business owners who are AkaziKanoze Work Readiness graduates delivered their testimonies about
challenges and opportunities in operating a small business. Following the event, participants were able to further network with guest speakers.
13thNovember
Nyaruguru
60 Participants
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13thNovember
Arne Forstenberg’s PresentationsHost: Educat
Andreas Norlem Christiansen CEO and Founder of Educat will give a lecture on “The benefits of ICT in entrepreneurship.” Arne Forstenberg Founder of GlobalFocus and visionary entrepreneur will give a lecture
on “21 business opportunities for the 21th century.” These lectures provided university students with the opportunity to listen to two
presentations from experienced entrepreneurs and then engage in a question and answer session.
12th - 17thNovember
1050 Participants
KigaliButare
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EVENTGraduation and Job FairHost: Technoserve
Rwandese young men and women from 4 districts in the rural areas of Rwanda graduated after a 3-month intensive TechnoServe - STRYDE (Strengthening Rural Youth Development through Enterprise) training on personal effectiveness and en-terprise development. The TechnoServe STRYDE program is a four-year partnership with MasterCard Foundation that seeks to enable a successful transition for rural unemployed youth to economically independent adulthood through training, oppor-tunity identification, linkages and advisory support through mentorship. The 3 month empowerment journey not only gave the youth an opportunity to speak about their changed mindset by sharing a few of their amazing success stories but also gave them a rare chance to publically declare in front of top district authorities the accom-plishments acquired through STRYDE trainings and normative approaches towards business ideas. After the graduation, there was a job fair enabling the graduates with access to a selection of potential employers that they could directly reach out to.
13th-16thNovember
Gakenke, Nyanza, Ruhango, Musanze
851 Participants
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Entrepreneurship Talk!Host: Schools Entrepreneurship Network
During GEW 2012, SEN organized an “Entrepreneurship Talk” Debate &Competition bringing together Kagarama Secondary School and College Saint
Andre entrepreneurship clubs in a colorful event. This event aims to develop stu-dents’ entrepreneurial mindset, help them to acquire public speaking skills,
and sharpen their brain as they become open to the world.
13thNovember
Centre PastoralDe Saint Paul, Kigali
52 Participants
“We have now understood our role in building the
country’s sustainable future” Cedric (a S5 student)
commented.
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13thNovember
Entrepreneurship WeekHost: AVCAO
Global Entrepreneurship Week greatly helped contribute to understanding change within youth and women in Rwanda. During this week, we were able to reach 156 beneficiaries through an entrepreneurship training that progressed that
facilitated advanced understanding of how entrepreneurship can be the true source of integrating human development and
creating efficient production.
13thNovember
Nyamugali
156 Participants
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EVENTMeet the Lions
Meet the Lions, a competition aimed at recognizing pioneering entrepreneurs in Africa. As the winner of Rwanda’s Meet the Lions Competition, TetaIsibo will be representing Rwanda in May’s Pan African Meet the Lions Competition in South Africa. The goal of the competition is to recognize new companies that have developed real-world solutions through their revolutionary businesses, while also exhibiting the potential to spur economic growth that is both sustainable and scalable. Participation entrepreneurs had to meet the following criteria: new companies that have been around at least a year but not more than 3 years, companies founded by people from Africa in Africa, and can represent startups in any industry.
16thNovember
Ishyo Arts, Kigali
270 Participants
Host: Educat
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Financing your Entrepreneurial DreamHost: EDC AkaziKanozi
In partnership with Youth Savings and Credit Cooperative (COOJAD), AkaziKanoze organized a workshop for 20 youth business owners who are interested in
expanding their business ventures. The youth participants who are predominantly orphans and vulnerable children had the opportunity to learn about best practices on accessing business loans from COOJAD. The seminar served as the perfect
forum for participants to present their business plans to a COOJAD representative
12thNovember
Centre PastoralDe Saint Paul, Kigali
25 Participants
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Centre PastoralDe Saint Paul, Kigali
Finding Business OpportunitiesHost: Generation Rwanda
The Generation Rwanda Entrepreneurship Club arranged for twoGeneration Rwanda alumni who have started their own businesses to speak to our current students about what they have learned. Both alumni gave engaging talks that challenged students to find business
solutions to the issues their communities face and how to measure the market feasibility of their ideas.
17thNovember
Kigali
25 Participants
“I heard that opportunities are all around when you
keep open eyes” - Happy Olivier Twiringire
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Gisagara Rulindo Training Host: Rwanda Development Board
RDB brought together women aged 20 and above for a valuable businesstraining. These women were able to gain beneficial skills as well as discover that enterprises can be a way of life for men and women of all ages with as many or as limited resources.
12-th - 17thNovember
Gisagara
300 Participants
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12-th - 17thNovember
Gisagara
Interactive Live Painting ProjectHost: Armour Arts
The live painter Artist– Tibirusya Rolands, Armour Arts, Kigali, in partnership with GEW/Rwanda intends to paint and share a souvenir piece of canvas art. It will be one painting depicting thepassion and the impression of this historical event, which all participants will contribute towards. This will be an on location live painting, which is interactive in nature, bearing expressions in color, writings and signatures. Its involved the participation of all people: students,cooperative owners,men, women and children.
12th - 18thNovember
Kigali
190 Participants
“Think global, act local.”
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EVENTReady 4 Finance WorkshopsHost: JCI
Accessing finance is one of the critical tasks entrepreneurs have to face in order to grow their businesses. BiD Network’s Advisory Service has developed and deployed the Ready4Finance modular training curriculum to develop entrepreneurs’ access to finance in emerging markets. The exercises are designed for both starting and more experienced entrepreneurs, providing the possibility to share experiences andknowledge. At the same time the training includes more advanced modules such as valuation and negotiation for entrepreneurs. The Ready4Finance training program provides local SMEs with the knowledge and skills to go “the last mile”. Benefits include developing the entrepreneur’s creativity in finding solutions to business and financial issues, enhancing entrepreneurs’ insight into investor needs and negotiation skills, and becoming more confident in the ability to access to finance.
12th & 16thNovember
HuyeNyagatare
62 Participants
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EVENT FEATURED
EVENT
National Women EntrepreneursCelebration
Host: Women for Women International
WfWI held competitions for the top women entrepreneurs across fourdistricts where the organization works. The end of the week culminatedin a national women entrepreneur’s celebration to select one final winner ofall the districts’ business ideas. The celebration involved showcasing someof the businesses, crafts, and services of the individual entrepreneurs ortheir cooperatives.
16thNovember
Papyrus Restaurant, Kigali
285 Participants
“If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk with others.” –
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MIGEPROF
FEATURED
EVENT FEATURED
EVENT
16thNovember
285 Participants
Power of Entrepreneurship EssayContestHost: Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center
The Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center (BREC) invited all Rwandan students enrolled in secondary school to submit an essay about the “Power of Entrepreneurship.” Students were asked to provide their thoughts on how entrepreneurship can transform their own lives, their communities, and their country. All essays were judged by a panel of experts from BREC. The top three national winners were awarded cash prizes for themselves and the schools they represented at the GEW/Rwanda Closing Ceremony.
17thNovember
KIST Auditorium, Muhabura Block
33 Participants
“A dynamic society is successful only if it encourages and rewards the
entrepreneurial activities that are the determinants of prosperity. By
supporting entrepreneurship, a country moves closer to developing,
strengthening and stabilizing their economy and society.” –Jean Kagame,
Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, Second Place Essay
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EVENTSocial Entrepreneurship SafariHost: Ashoka East Africa
Ashoka started its work in Rwanda in 2011, and has since identified fourtransformational social entrepreneurs with sustainable ideas for social change—two of whom have already joined the global network of Ashoka Fellows. The SocialEntrepreneurship Safari comprised of site visits to each of these four projects of current and potential Ashoka Fellows whose ideas are transforming four important fields in Rwanda—agriculture, women’s empowerment, health and nutrition, and dairy quality assurance. The safari aimed to create an opportunity for people and institutions interested in social entrepreneurship to see great examples in action as well as to meet, interact with and learn from Rwanda’s most inspiring and visionary systems-changing social entrepreneurs.
13th - 17thNovember
Ndera Masaka Rusororo Rusiga
80 Participants
Julie Carnay, Gardens for Health: Gardens for Health, is transforming healthcare centers so that they are able to provide agricultural extension services and psychosocial support to mothers affected by malnutrition, in addition to medicalservices.
Nov 13th: Ndera
David Mupenzi, Dairy Quality Assurance Laboratory: Dairy Quality Assurance Limited, has a lab based in Kigali that is providing milk testing services for collection centers and farmers at an incredibly low price that is less than 10% of the going market rate.
Nov 14th: Masaka
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Nicholas Hitimana, Ikirezi Natural Products & Village of Hope: Nicholas has introduced a new, though indigenous, type of cash crop to com-mercial farming in Rwanda—essential oils, such as geranium, patch-ouli and lemon grass. These generate more revenue and are less ex-pensive to transport than colonial cash crops. Since 2006, Ikirezi has worked with 300 farmers and plans to work with an additional 1,200 in the next three to five years.
Nov 15th: Rusororo
FelicitéRwemarika, Association of Kigali Women in Sports:Engaging women in Rwanda in the typically male-dominated sport of football enables them to gain full social and economic citizenship. Through her organization, Association of Kigali Women in Sports (AKWOS), Felicite has influenced policy and structural reform in government to further entrench sports for women and girls in and outside of formal education institutions.
Nov 16th: Rusiga
“Meet, interact with and learn from Rwanda’s most inspiring
and visionary systems-changing social entrepreneurs.”
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EVENTThe Real Business AcceleratorHost: Educat
The Real Business Accelerator (RBA) is an intense weeklong opportunity for 10 high potential Rwandan entrepreneurs to convert a brilliant idea into action and kick-start
their business. Educat and partners will facilitate a professional framework throughout the week, offering various training sessions, coaching, legal advice,
budget support, ICT support etc.It will culminate at the official GEW closingceremony where the “Accelerators” will pitch the businesses to a jury and the winner will receive a cash price, 3-5 month professional mentorship and office space at the
REAL Centre-incubator.
“To grow my business requires me to grow myself. What someone learns is very important but who you learn it from is much more important, having an opportunity to participate in RBA shaped my entrepreneurship DNA; it made
me more confident, I realized that innovation is not about new things that did not exist but having a privilege to meet with other business accelerators
and exchange skills.” ~ Martial Batangana,Osca Connect ltd
12th-18thNovember
The Office & NewTimes building
10 Participants
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EVENT
“Educat is an amazing organization of entrepreneurial training. Working with them for a week boosted my
business confidence and has given me a nationwide exposure. A thing unthinkable only a week before I met
them.” ~ Eric Gatera, El Puente Ltd.
“Through discussions and networking with different experts,
mentors and fellow entrepreneurs, the program prompted me to view my
start-up from many different perspectives and this helped me
re-align my vision for my company and realize all the different possibilities for growing my
business.” -Teta Isibo Winner of the REAL Business Accelerator 2012.
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ReachUp! Training ProgramHost: DOT Rwanda
DOT Rwanda’s ReachUp! program provides community participants with the tools and training to help them advance their economic status and build successful, sustainable livelihoods. As the name suggests, the program drives participants to “reach up” and out to new entrepreneurial opportunities.One of the essential elements of DOT’s ReachUp! program is coaching. Beneficiaries of the ReachUp! program undergo a one month training in business and technology skills. Thereafter, beneficiaries set personal development and business goals. DOT Coaches then coach the beneficiaries in achieving their goals. These trainings were delivered in Musanze, Muhanga, and Kigali.
12th - 14thNovember
BDC Musanze,IPRC Kigali, ACJ Karama
102 Participants
“I appreciated this training because it will help us to accomplish some tasks professionally by incorporating Technology in our daily activities.”
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12th - 14thNovember
BDC Musanze,IPRC Kigali, ACJ Karama
Rwanda Young EntrepreneursHost: AIESEC Rwanda
During this year’s event, AIESEC Rwanda held a one day seminar at ISAE-Busogo. The event was attended by about 150 young people eager to challenge their world view and come up with entrepreneurial ideas of solving societal problems. The students had a chance to listen to different speakers who discussed issues around entrepreneurship and the impact that young people can have on the society. As part of the day’s activities, the delegates participated in group discussions where they identified challenges and problems in different sectors. They then presented their ideas on how these problems can be solved while creating a business opportunity for young people. Two young entrepreneurs also shared their business stories with the delegates, highlighting what challenges they faced while starting-up and how they managed to succeed. This allowed the students to see young people like them who had taken the first step of starting up, and hence see that it is possible to start up their own ventures at this age.
10thNovember
ISAE-Busogo
150 Participants
“I am very happy that I at-tended the training today,
and I will go back and tell my friends how educative it was. I would like to ask you to come back another day and to give us more knowledge.” Said
John, a student from ISAE-Busogo.
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EVENT
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Women Entrepreneurs AwardsHost: Women for Women International
WfWI held competitions for the top women entrepreneurs across four districts where the organization works. Open to both individual entrepreneurs and group enterprises formed by program graduates, women competed on levels of business creativity, impact and innovation. An average of 450 women per district competed for cash prizes, with businesses across sectors ranging from agriculture and food processing to handcrafts, trade and services. The panel of judges included representatives from the district, the Private Sector Federation, National Women’s Council and Girl Hub. Site visits were conducted with semi-finalists to verify business records and activities prior to announcing the winner/s in district ceremonies.
12th & 15thNovember
2100 Participants
GasaboKayonzaMuhangaRwamagana
“Women bussiness expension will boost the economic activity in our district” -Yvonne Mutakwasuku, Mayor of Muhanga
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When women are economically empowered, the family is economically empowered,” says Gisele Uwizeye,
Kayonza District’s point person on gender.
“This competition is important because it makes us visible,”
-Khadidja Nibabyare
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Sensitizing SACCOs on EntrepreneurshipHost: BDF
BDF met with local SACCOs and encouraged them to promote entrepreneurship for the benefit of all our institutions and the country as a whole.The SACCOs were shown the benefit they could receive from promoting entrepreneurship and the available opportunities for the MSMEs who will develop projects.BDF collaborated with the Rwanda Cooperative Agency, a regulatory board that controls Saccos, and had the privilege of welcoming Ms.Francisca Mukakarangwa of the RCA and Ms. Rosemary Mbabazi, the PS of the Ministry of Youth and ICT, who spoke to the SACCOs about the importance of entrepreneurship
16thNovember
Muhima, Kigali
74 Participants
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16thNovember
Muhima, Kigali
Tigo-Reach for Change Social Entrepreneurship Competition Semi-FinalsHost: Reach for Change Foundation
Reach for Change identifies and supports social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to improve the lives of children. It is a non-profit organization founded by the Kinnevik Group, in 2010, with operations in Africa, Asia and Europe. Reach for Change is collaborating with Tigo, the senior corporate partner in Africa.Reach for Change wants to be a strong voice for children’s rights. By utilizing the strength of our social entrepreneurs and our partners and network, we promote debate on how to make children’s rights a reality on a global scale as well as on a local and individual level. We work through and with many different forums; from business partners to UN Global Compact, to NGO’s, colleagues, parents and, of course, the children themselves.In Rwanda, the program has attracted about 600 applications this year! The applications are currently being reviewed. Two social entrepreneurs will be selected at the end of November. They will benefit from our Incubator Program – a three-year support program for early stage social entrepreneurs, who receive salary funding and support from our partners in the business sector and our extensive global network.
9th - 18thNovember
Rwanda
588 Participants
“It is a great honor to be part of a movement focusing on transforming the lives of children in the long run as opposed
to unmeasured donations”. -Nina-Claudia Ndabaneze, Corporate Social Responsibility Officer for Tigo
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Social Entrepreneurship Role-PlayHost: Solid’Africa
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, SOLID’AFRICA organized a role play targeting students, with the aim of putting them in situations where they have to interact efficiently with stakeholders might they want to be social entrepreneurs. The study case of the day was Solid’Africa dealing with the lack of food in public hospitals in Rwanda. They had to convince four groups of stakeholders (government, local donors, volunteers and beneficiaries) to subscribe and contribute to their project in 10 minutes. Some members of SOLID’AFRICA first explained the goal of the NGO and briefly presented problems they face and solutions they have managed to come up with since its inception.
16thNovember
Lemigo Hotel,Kigali
50 Participants
“Do something , take action in your community, don’t wait for others to come and do it
for you”
SOLIDAFRICA
FORVULNERABLE PATIENTSIN PUBLIC HOSPITALS
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16thNovember
Lemigo Hotel,Kigali
Ashoka @ The OfficeHost: Educat
Educat organized a lecture by Nassir Katuramu, the venture program manager for Ashoka East Africa, at The Office.
The title for the session was “Innovating for systems change” and it helped participants acquire a new lens through which to view problems and solutions so that as they innovate, they can envision themselves
as systems changing innovators or problem solvers as opposed to just creative entrepreneurs. This way of thinking has proven through the
work of 3000+ Ashoka Fellows around the world that it is the most high impact and sustainable way of creating societal transformation.
15thNovember
The Office RW
30 Participants
“Find something that you enjoy doing and develop that into your business idea rather than working at a job where you get little
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Strengthening University Student Entrepreneurs to Empower SocietyHost: KIST Entrepreneurship Club
University students learned about the general concept of Entrepreneurship, particularly about how to generate and develop a business idea and
understanding different tools used to become successful entrepreneurs. Speakers included Mr. Emile Murekezi, the Co-founder & CFO, Marketing
and branding executive of Igihe Company, Mr. Roland Ruhumuriza, the Research Executive and Business development Officer at Media Systems Group, Mr. Regis Dusabimana, The founder and CEO of
MENDEL Ltd.
14thNovember
KIST Conference Room, Muhabura Block
105 Participants
“The more people tell you about business, the more self-confident you become
about doing it.”
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14thNovember
KIST Conference Room, Muhabura Block
#TEDxTuesdays @ The OfficeHost: The Office RW
The Office’s weekly #TEDxTuesdays event featured “entrepreneurship” as its theme in honor of Global Entrepreneurship
Week. The event engendered reflection around social entrepreneurship and value creation and social benefit of starting a business. It also offered a warm, social space for people to discuss
important issues surrounding start-up culture in Rwanda.
6thNovember
The Office RW
17 Participants
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The Economic SymposiumHost: Kigali Institute of Management (KIM)
The theme of the symposium is:Entrepreneurship & Cooperatives as a catalyst for job creation and economic
Development.This symposium is being organized in the wake of the increasing challenges on entrepreneurial skills faced by
cooperatives in Rwanda.The overall objective of the symposium is therefore to generate ideas on the way forward on strengthening
and equipping the cooperatives with entrepreneurship skills. The event was a high level symposium targetingsenior Cooperatives union officials, The National cooperatives confederation of Rwanda officials, political leaders,
private sector leaders, development partners and the media. The symposium will target about 150 participantsdrawn from the various stakeholders. The symposium will take place at the Kigali Institute of Management.
16thNovember
Kigali Institute of Management
150 Participants
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16thNovember
Kigali Institute of Management
Women’s Entrepreneurs PanelHost: EDC AkaziKanozi
AkaziKanoze hosted a panel discussion for young AkaziKanoze girl graduates hoping to start their own businesses. The workshop enabled
participants to network and learned best business practices with two women entrepreneurs; a jewelry vendor and a Forever Living agent.
25 young girls between the ages of 14-24 years old participated in the event which took place at Saint Pastoral, Kigali city. Adelphine
Mukeshema, guest speaker, advised the girls to be confident and innovative in their business ventures. She further recommended that the
girls keep improving their skills to experience business growth and success.
14thNovember
Centre Pastoral De Saint Paul, Kigali
30 Participants
“Try to visit other entrepre-neurs, learn new ideas from them and try to learn their strategies,” --Adelphine
Mukeshema
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Youth Open HouseHost: The Office
The Office is partnering with School Entrepeneurship Network (SEN) to host an open house at The Office for a select group of high school students
to meet our members and other contacts in the business community.The event will be an opportunity for the students from Kagarama Secondary
School, College St. Andre, Lycee de Kigali, College Misericorde, and SOS Technical School to meet with interesting professionals
and entrepreneurs.
15thNovember
The Office RW
50 Participants
“Baho buri munsi nkaho ari uwanyuma.” - Olivier Iryamukuru,
Student at College St. Andres
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15thNovember
FEATURED
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GEW/Rwanda Closing CeremonyHost: Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship Center
Closing Ceremony marked the end of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Rwanda. It involved a packed schedule of speakers and awards. The week’s theme of “Empowering Youth and Women for Productivity” was truly embodied as representatives from Women for Women International gave testimonies of the stories of the businesses and their involvement in the WFWI program. The finals for GEW’s globally featured event, Meet The Lions, also took place during the event where the three finalists pitched their ideas one last time as a panel of judges determined who would represent Rwanda in South Africa in May 2013. We also awarded the winner of the Babson-Rwanda Entrepreneurship essay contest to the three finalists. Other speakers at the event included the PS of the Ministry of Youth and ICT, Arne Forstenberg, Apollo Munanura, and Antonina Kayitesi. The main objective of the event was to bring all partners and participants together one last time to celebrate the week’s achievements.
17thNovember
KIST Auditorium, Muhabura Block
200 Participants
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- Center for International Private Enterprise
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