{"id":179,"date":"2025-10-12T11:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=179"},"modified":"2025-10-12T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:15:55","slug":"rwandan-youth-innovators-receive-rwf-10-million-each-through-iaccelerator-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan Youth Innovators Receive Rwf 10 Million Each Through iAccelerator Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fifteen innovative youth projects in Rwanda have been recognized for excellence in the <strong>sixth cohort of the iAccelerator program<\/strong>, a flagship initiative by <strong>Imbuto Foundation<\/strong> designed to promote youth-led innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, held on <strong>October 10, 2025<\/strong>, showcased the progress of the top 15 projects and explored employment opportunities for young innovators. Out of 40 shortlisted projects, 10 received <strong>Rwf 10 million in funding<\/strong> and <strong>six months of training<\/strong> to help refine their solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rrrr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rrrr.jpg 800w, https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rrrr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rrrr-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Impanuro Girls Initiative<\/strong> founder, <strong>Marie Ange Raissa Uwamungu<\/strong>, urged beneficiaries not to waste the opportunity, emphasizing that access to funding at an early stage is rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C\u00e9line Diana Bizimungu<\/strong>, co-founder of <strong>Kozzy Wellness<\/strong>, said her team used the grant to promote mental health awareness through youth workshops and community programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Imbuto Foundation CEO, \u00c9lodie Shami<\/strong>, noted that iAccelerator is more than a competition \u2014 it\u2019s a movement to empower young Rwandans to become solution-oriented innovators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brave Ngabo<\/strong>, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Youth, praised the partnership, highlighting how it creates jobs and reduces unemployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in <strong>2016<\/strong>, iAccelerator has supported dozens of youth-led startups, offering funding, mentorship, and access to investors to help scale their impact across Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen innovative youth projects in Rwanda have been recognized for excellence in the sixth cohort of the iAccelerator program, a flagship initiative by Imbuto Foundation designed to promote youth-led innovation and entrepreneurship. The event, held on October 10, 2025, showcased the progress of the top 15 projects and explored employment opportunities for young innovators. Out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burimunsi.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}