Emile Uwezowamungu

Emile Uwezowamungu has over seven years’ experience in entrepreneurship and skills development for youth empowerment in particular. Nowadays, Emile Uwezowamungu works as an executive director for a nonprofit, youth-led organization where his focus is to plan, recruit, lead, supervise, control, administrate, and fundraise for projects. He is also a founder and lead consultant at Innova Group_The social Innovation Incubator, where he coaches and supports the youth in his community for research, advocacy campaigns and projects running from capacity building and partnership mobilization to African youth initiatives. Emile is an engineer from the University of Burundi, where he focused on Civil Engineering. He changed his career and became a consultant and community activist after realizing the highest need in Burundi involved supporting the youth in entrepreneurship and social innovation for job creation. After the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Emile plans to continue his work in social entrepreneurship, leadership, and organizational skills development.