RWANDA

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE

Rwanda economy has been experiencing strong growth over the last decade – with an average of 7.2% a year over the decade to 2019 – and showed resilience during the Covid-19, before rebounding to 8.1% in 2021. As in many African countries, Entrepreneurship has been one of the key drivers behind those economic performances. 

Developing a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem will be key to achieve Rwanda’s development objectives. 

Hence the need to reflect on policies capable of strengthening the factors conditioning the future success of Rwandan entrepreneurs, in particular entrepreneurial education and training.

This is why the BETAF project team is organizing on May 25, 2023 in Kigali within the campus of AIMS Rwanda a conference entitled “What kind of entrepreneurial training programs can be used to boost Entrepreneurship in Rwanda”

The conference will analyse strategies to improve the success of Entrepreneurial education and Entrepreneurial training. The former occurs when students are attending academic institutions while the latter focuses on people out of the educational systems (working or unemployed people) looking forward to joining the entrepreneur world. 

Join our team of experienced panel members including entrepreneurs, representatives from public institutions, members of academia, training institutions and civil society ! 

PANELS & PANEL MEMBERS

The first panel will help participants learn and appreciate how entrepreneurship education is taught in institutions across the country, but also governmental and private strategies underlying that sector and reforms capable of transforming students into successful entrepreneurs. The second panel will focus on entrepreneurship training in Rwanda and the steps being taken to improve it across the country. 

Panel members: 

• Emmanuel Ekosse| Entreprenurship Facilitator, African Leadership University

• Pascal Nyiringango| Head of the Grid innovation and incubation Hub, University of Rwanda

• Fabien Habimana| Ministry of Education

• Prof. Jesse Thornburg | Professor of Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellony University

• Patient Beya | CEO and Registered Dietitian (RD), Kuishi Smart 

• Kone Ibrahim Serge | Manager-CEO, KS Transformation

• Yeetah Kamikazi | General Manager, K-Lab incubateur