The Karisimbi Summit

Lakeside Fish Farm in Rwanda will be the largest, most technologically advanced and environmentally sensitive fish farm in the region. Just this week Karisimbi Partners secured additional funding from a US investor for the continued development of Lakeside Fish Farm in Rwanda. … Continue reading »

Karisimbi Partners engages Western investors and Africa-based funds including the Tony Elumelu Foundation, referenced in this article, in order to support businesses in the region. Follow the link to read the article: Tycoons put a professional veneer on business of giving.

Carnegie Mellon is ranked one of the top 20 universities in the world, and some claim it offers the world’s best computer science degree.  As such, you can imagine the surprise when Carnegie Mellon announced that they would launch a … Continue reading »

Karisimbi Partners was recently invited to participate in the Daedalus Experiment, a recognized webzine focused on raising visibility, dialog and debate on affecting change in the developing world. The Daedalus Experiment describes itself as “an effort to integrate the essay and interview … Continue reading »

Something special happened today that I’m not quite able to define. I was about fifteen minutes into a forty minute run this morning when a Rwandan man in his late 50s (15 to 20 years my senior) started to pass … Continue reading »

We have made the point before: the biggest hurdle standing between the present reality on the ground in Rwanda and the bold ambitions of its leadership is a lack of qualified people. Bold ambitions infuse this place with hope. Better … Continue reading »

It has been more than two years living and working in Rwanda, yet it is still evident that we will never entirely “blend in” or “go native” here. The fact is, we were all born and learned about management in … Continue reading »

From rural electrification to food security, the Government of Rwanda regularly considers various investment opportunities. Allow me to suggest the Government of Rwanda may be wise to approach such deliberations from the perspective of a private business. For a business … Continue reading »

A 14 February 2011 article in The East African (a regional business newspaper) titled Low Capacity the Reason Africa is Still Poor highlights the need for business management capacity building. As readers of this blog know, Karisimbi Business Partners is … Continue reading »

In naming our organization we had a two part objective: first, as a local socially-motivated business, intent on demonstrating our commitment to the needs of Rwandan businesses and entrepreneurs, we wanted a name that was clearly Rwandan – unmistakable in … Continue reading »