NAME: Bonita Mwunvaneza COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Sugar & Spice (cookie bakery) Bonita, 41 years old, owns a newly opened cookie bakery called Sugar and Spice. Bonita’s business is a combination of her two passions: creating desserts and the Rwandan people. The idea behind Sugar and Spice was not only to create and sell sweets, but
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NAME: Clementine Mukimbili COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Cool Kids (children’s clothing) Clementine, 40 years old, co-owns and operates Cook Kids, a children’s clothing and baby accessory store. Starting out in her home, Clementine was soon able to move the business to a storefront. Clementine hopes to expand the business and server her clients better. By attending
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NAME: Micheline Muhimpundu COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Alpha Foods (ketchup, juice and jam production) Micheline, 29 years old, started her food processing business, Alpha Foods, in 2009. After earning her degree in food science and technology, Micheline wanted to open her own business. She began saving money and making plans, but after starting a family, Micheline
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NAME: Honorine Mugorewase COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Eden Apartment (apartment complex) Honorine, 34 years old, has owned Eden Apartment for two years. The complex is made up of 12 rooms, with a self-contained sauna massage, hair salon and bar room for tenants only. Honorine currently has 15 employees. Over the next five years, her business goals
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NAME: Grease Mpinganzima COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Neja Cosmetics Grease, 50 years old, took over the family business, Neja Cosmetics, about two years ago. However, the business has been in operation since 1994. Neja Cosmetics imports and sells cosmetics, such as skin care products, soaps, hair products and fragrances. Grease sells her supplies to both individuals
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NAME: Hortense Mazimpaka COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Moriah Hill Resort (resort) Hortense, 35 years old, co-owns Moriah Hill Resort, a beautiful get-away in Rwanda. Hortense and her husband owned a small part of land on the shore of Lake Kivu. After building two small apartments on the land, they were able to secure a loan from
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NAME: Berthe Kitenge COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Intergraphic & Sport Style (sports equipment distributor) Berthe, 50 years old, owns Intergraphic and Sport Style, a company that distributes sports equipment. Berthe started working in a printing manufactory in 1996, but she was always thinking about what she could do with a business. So, in 2005, she opened
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NAME: Joy Kayitesi COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Honest General Enterprise Limited (import/export) Joy, 47 years old, co-owns Honest General Enterprise Limited, an import/export company. Joy’s business originally stared as a retail shop in 1991. Six years later, the shop grew to a whole sale enterprise. Then in 2001, the business became a fully functional import/export company.
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NAME: Molly Kayitesi COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: Hallo Phone Store/Rwanda Heritage Tours & Travel Company Molly, 35 years old, co-owns two businesses: mobile phone company and a tourism company, which offers transportation, hotel and ticket booking services. Molly wanted to be a part of developing her country, as a citizen and as a woman. Currently, Molly
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NAME: Ariane Karegire COUNTRY: Rwanda BUSINESS: EVENT.ORG (event planning) Ariane, 30 years old, owns EVENT.ORG, which specializes in event management, specifically wedding planning. She started her business when she realized that she wanted to have more freedom in what she did professionally, and she wanted to do something she was passionate about. Ariane noticed that
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