World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on 14th July every year.

Under the Mastercard Foundation’s COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Programme, young entrepreneurs will be selected to join the Business Survival Bootcamp and gain skills on scenario planning, organisational risk assessment and cash flow forecasting. Additionally, participants who join the more intensive Survive to Thrive programme will learn how they can track and monitor their business finances using AMI tools and online resources. By the end of programmes, the participants will be able to strengthen their businesses by reducing expenses while increasing revenues, and identifying new opportunities.

“This partnership will equip young entrepreneurs with skills to keep their businesses operating and introduce them to useful tools to manage their finances. We look forward to working with young Rwandans on this journey and I encourage them to visit our website and apply for one of AMI’s programmes that best suits their business goals," said Malik Shaffy, AMI’s Rwanda Country Director.

Pacifique Uwineza, Executive Director at Rwanda Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs shared how their members will benefit from the partnership:

"We are excited to celebrate World Youth Skills Day by working with the Africa Management Institute to help young entrepreneurs leverage world-class business training to cope with the disruptions brought about by the pandemic. It will also create a common platform for knowledge sharing among startups led by young business leaders. This partnership has come at the right time where many businesses need access to tools and resources to revamp their business plans if they are to achieve growth. We are confident this strategic partnership will enhance our member’s ventures, growth prospects and create jobs."

African Management Institute programmes are fully covered and are designed to help businesses deal with the challenges brought by the pandemic.

Interested individuals can more and apply for Business Survival Bootcamp at www.africanmanagers.org/rwandabusinessbootcamp/ and Survive to Thrive programme at www.africanmanagers.org/S2Trwanda

African Management Institute (AMI)

AMI enables ambitious businesses across Africa to thrive, through practical tools and training. We equip entrepreneurs with tools to build their businesses, help companies train their teams and run work readiness programmes for young people starting their careers. AMI’s programmes combine online and mobile tools with in-person workshops and on-the-job practice and support. During the COVID-19 period, AMI is delivering fully virtual programming across the continent.

AMI has worked with a range of businesses and organisations to support entrepreneurs and managers build and grow their businesses across Africa including Uber, Nestle, Radisson Blu, Mastercard Foundation, USAID, Shell Foundation and Equity Bank. AMI has directly trained over 30,000 people in over 30 countries. AMI has offices in Nairobi, Kigali and Johannesburg. For more information, visit www.africanmanagers.org.

Rwanda Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (CYE)

Rwanda Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (CYE) is the chamber under PSF whose
mission is to transform Rwanda into a private sector-led economy through the
promotion of entrepreneurship, innovations, and advocacy among youth. The main objectives involve promoting entrepreneurship and employment creation, providing advocacy services to individual young entrepreneurs and youth-owned businesses as well as empowering Rwandan at all levels individual young entrepreneurs, youth-owned businesses and accommodating businesses with relevant knowledge and experiences targeting business. For more information and inquiries, visit www.cye.rw.

Belyne Imanizabaho, the founder of Hands Decorative Design, proudly marketing her products following the training at AMI.

Over 1,000 business tools have been used by entrepreneurs in Rwanda to support them in daily work.