Sarah Sangara Buhoro

Sarah Sangara Buhoro is a computer scientist with more than five years of experience in private enterprise as well as in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). She currently works as an Information System Technician for MONUSCO. Sarah also runs a catering business, Saveur Divine, that she founded with the purpose of revolutionizing the catering industry and fighting poverty by offering temporary employment to the youth and illiterate women in her home town. A born leader with a strong character, Sarah never let her challenging environment or gender dictate her achievement. Sarah Sangara Buhoro studied bio-chemistry in high school and, despite the many stereotypes of women, she managed to pursue a degree in Computer Science at Kigali independent University (ULK). It gave her the opportunity to be the only national staff woman working in the information technology department in her region in the UN. Upon completion of Mandela Washington fellowship, Sarah endeavors to focus on agribusiness, especially in coffee, soy oil and mushroom production in order to continue to fight poverty and unemployment and ensure food safety in her region. Stayed in Africa.