Activity Description:

Rwanda, a tiny East African country recently rent by a famously savage civil war, has found hope in that most colonial of crops: coffee. By riding booming demand in the developed world for specialty brews — and, to a certain extent, by turning its own challenges to its advantage — Rwanda has made premium coffee-growing a national priority. That has not only brought in a trickle of money to a country with little else to trade, but provided a stage on which one-time blood enemies can reconcile their terrible history.

Activity Description: The Kigali Center for Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization in Rwanda that helps budding entrepreneurs develop business ideas and obtain funding. In addition to providing these free services, the Center also provides more advanced services, such as help with writing business plans and conducting feasibility studies, for a fee.
The Kigali Center for Entrepreneurs was co-founded by Antoine Bigirimana, who also heads the Thousand Hills Venture Fund (THVF). After the Kigali Center helps refine an entrepreneurial business idea, THVF frequently invests