Our Work
Bridge2Rwanda creates opportunities for people to lend their talent to Rwanda. We are dedicated to (1) building Rwanda’s network of friends, (2) connecting, facilitating and encouraging those called to Rwanda, and (3) mobilizing “borrowed talent”.
- Center for Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
- Mobilizing Borrowed Talent
- Rwanda Presidential Scholars Program
- Early Projects: Sonrise School – Urwego Opportunity Bank – Muhabura University
Center for Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
“Entrepreneurship is the surest way for a nation to meet its goals and to develop prosperity for
the greatest number of people”. – President Paul Kagame
The Bridge2Rwanda Center for Enterprise Solutions to Poverty engages in the following:
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Research – We support the development of a “think tank” to
encourage and facilitate research and advocacy for enterprise solutions to
poverty in Africa. Universities, corporations, nonprofits and others will be
invited to conduct research and publish results and case studies. -
Development Office – We invite and facilitate U.S. universities
(especially business and engineering schools), corporations, nonprofits and
others to design innovative products, prepare comprehensive business plans and
launch new enterprises in Rwanda and Africa. We connect and encourage
partnerships with Rwandan universities and local African entrepreneurs to
incubate and further develop the most promising enterprises. Rice University
has developed an innovative learning experience for MBA students…Read more…
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Training Programs – We are establishing training programs to
teach promising young Rwandans to communicate using English and computers, to
think and act like entrepreneurs and to lead like servants modeled after
Jesus. Our goal is to expand the training programs we offer by partnering with
more Rwandan universities, high schools, government agencies, private
companies, trade groups and NGO’s. Sonrise High School offers English
language, TOEFL test preparation and computer training…Read more…
