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Helping Rwandan businesses and entrepreneurs take immediate action to protect their businesses during uncertain times.
AMI Rwanda
Helping Rwandan businesses and entrepreneurs take immediate action to protect their businesses during uncertain times.
AMI Rwanda
With offices located in the Central Business District, AMI Rwanda is focused on supporting small and medium sized businesses across the country. In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, AMI is focused on supporting businesses in the hospitality and tourism industry.
AMI Rwanda Team
Gloria Uwera
Partnerships Associate
Aurore Irangeneye
Programme Manager
Nancy Sibo
Programme Manager
Allen Ingabire
Partnerships and Sourcing Manager
Elysee Confiance
Digital Marketing Specialist
Jean Rene Hakizimana
Product Associate - Content
Isabelle Sindayirwanya
Marketing and Sourcing Manager
Clementine Mukamana
Sourcing Representative Rwanda
Malik Shaffy
Country Manager
Paul Kato
Senior Programme Manager
Programmes for Rwandan Businesses
Hanga Ahazaza (Hospitality & Tourism)
Hanga Ahazaza, meaning ‘create the future’ in Kinyarwanda, is a new initiative designed to increase employment opportunities for 30,000 Rwandan youth over the next five years. The initiative, from the Mastercard Foundation, is focused on the Hospitality and Tourism sector.
Hanga Ahazaza is supported by a collection of partners from the education, development, and private sectors. Working together, the partners will support small businesses and entrepreneurs in the tourism and hospitality sector through increased access to financial services, training and by providing young people with tools to develop the skills needed to be successful employees.
- Survive to Thrive
- Inspiring Managers
Ubutaha Campaign
Developed to support businesses survive and look beyond the Covid-19 crisis, the Ubutaha campaign was launched in September 2020 to grow
- Survive & Innovate Bootcamps open to all small and medium-sized businesses in Rwanda, consist of a 2 hour virtual (webinar) session during which we explain important ways businesses can survive the current crisis / prepare for the future. Businesses that complete the initial Bootcamp receive access to AMI’s learning platform and app that provides them with further tools that they can use in their business
- Survive to Thrive is a 6 month fully virtual programme aimed at providing in depth support tools on how to survive and improve your business
Latest AMI Rwanda News
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