Registration for the 3rd edition of
Wavumbuzi is now open.
Once registered, you’ll be able to log into your Student Portal and Teacher Portal.
Be innovative, think creatively, challenge the status quo, and complete as many challenges as you can to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, earn points and win prizes!
The Wavumbuzi Entrepreneurship Challenge focuses on developing ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETS and beliefs, which are key drivers of behaviour change. The Rwanda Curriculum have been contextualized to be PERSONALLY RELEVANT and alight with the daily context of local learners. Each weekly challenge is linked to community, country and GLOBAL THEMES in alignment with the Competency Based Curriculum for 21st century learning.
Focusing on entrepreneurship (as a widely recognised countermeasure to unemployment), Wavumbuzi is designed to identify talent early, and provide the necessary coaching and support required to prepare learners to enter the workforce (or pursue entrepreneurial ventures), thinking in an innovative way.
The world is changing. By 2030, experts predict that between 20-30% of jobs globally will be ‘displaced’ as technology, automation and artificial intelligence transforms the way we work, the way we think, and the way we learn.
Those predicted to be most affected by this sweeping global trend is our country’s youth, who will enter a labour market that will look radically different to the one we see today.
The focus of entrepreneurship education has recently seen a significant shift from task-oriented business skills training (business plan generation, basic marketing strategy or understanding financial statements) to the development
of an entrepreneurial way of framing all interactions with the world; a mindset.
Without the impervious mindsets, skills, and attitudes required for success in a dynamic global market, our young people are at risk of being left behind.
– Secondary school learners (S1 to S6) in Rwanda
– Schools that want to inspire their learners to embrace entrepreneurship
– Teachers, parents, and alumni who want to support a spirit of entrepreneurship in their school.
Learners across Rwanda compete against each other by completing weekly challenges, which tackle some of the country’s most important problems. Each challenge requires learners to apply new concepts in real-world situations and submit their experiences for review.
Points earned place learners, teachers and their schools on live leaderboards, with the top performers being rewarded with weekly incentives and a selection of exciting grand prizes.
