East Africa 2024: Rwanda and/or Tanzania
Entrepreneurship, sustainable development and/or safari experience: Visiting start-up founders, exchanging with sustainable development experts and/or learning about Africa’s culture and wildlife
African start-up industry, sustainable development and culture as well as wilderness combined? Yes! Visit entrepreneurs in the Kigali area, meet sustainable development experts, exchange with like-minded executives and experience Africa’s wildlife with your partner / children exploring the unique Serengeti national park in Tanzania including the Ngorongoro Crater (extinct volcano). Home to the largest herds on earth and with Africa’s “Big Five” on show, the Serengeti is one of those rare places that exceeds your expectations.
Program overview (subject to change)
Rwanda experience: August 11-15, 2024
(rollout with 10 or more participants, registration deadline October 31, 2023)
Package includes 5 Days / 4 Nights (Heaven Boutique Hotel or similar)
CHF 2’990 on sharing basis or CHF 3’490 based on single occupancyEarly arrivals: Respective individual packages can be provided
Sunday, August 11, 2024: Individual arrival and welcome dinner to get-to-know-each-other
Monday, August 12, 2024: Breakfast at hotel, Kigali city tour, lunch and BPN workshop followed by joint dinner
Tuesday, August 13, 2024: Breakfast at hotel, BPN company visits including lunch followed by joint dinner with Jibu representatives
Wednesday, August 14, 2024: Breakfast at hotel, all day Komera visit including lunch followed by joint dinner
Thursday, August 15, 2024: Breakfast at hotel, BPN company visits including lunch followed by individual evening flights (different airlines leave around 8pm for Switzerland)
Extensions: Should you be eager to explore Rwanda or its surroundings further, we are happy to link you with our travel agent
Tanzania safari: August 16-24, 2024
(trip confirmed: 4 seats left)
Package includes 9 Days / 8 Nights
CHF 3990 on sharing basis or CHF 4790 based on single occupancy
Serengeti safari outline and accommodation details hereRwanda and Tanzania in combination: August 11-24, 2024
If you join both parts, we extend your booking in Kigali for another night and arrange your flights from Rwanda to Tanzania (current timing: 11.35-15.05 Kigali to Dar es Salaam / 15.45-16.55 Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro)
Kevine, Rwanda, Shoemaker in Kigali
“Thanks to the BPN sponsorship, I profited from support in personnel management during my business expansion!” (Source)
Local partners in Rwanda
We are currently in touch with the following organisations to arrange respective exchanges:
To learn about their sustainable success model supporting long-term prospects and entrepreneurship in developing countries
To visit several of the SMEs they coached in the last years
Jibu: To get insights into their business model of capitalizing, equipping, and training emerging market entrepreneurs to launch and grow essential service franchises, with drinking water as anchor product.
Komera: To hear about their three-pillar approach uniting education, community and health to develop future female leaders of Rwanda.
BPN about Rwanda
Accelerated progress despite dark clouds in the past: Rwanda is a small country in the heart of Africa frequently referred to as the Switzerland of Arica as both countries are known to be clean and safe. Nothing characterizes the Rwandan culture more than its warm hospitality.
Paradine, Furniture workshop in Rwanda
Paradine has always had a flair for furniture. But turn your hobby into your profession? She couldn’t really imagine that. At some point, however, the young woman had to set the course for her future – and finally decided to set up a furniture workshop. «BPN has always accompanied me on this personal and business journey, for which I am very grateful,» she says.
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Rwanda is still recovering from the 1994 genocide that destroyed the country in which the Hutu attempted to eradicate the country of the entire Tutsi population. Rwandans were quick to come to terms with this tragedy and worked incredibly hard to reestablish the society and economy. They also practice exemplary environmental awareness: polythene bags have been banned and waste is conscientiously sorted. All the same, more than 60% of the population live below the poverty line. Rwanda has a total area of only 26,338 km² (Switzerland, in comparison, 41’285 km²) but is home to more than 12 million people. Rwanda is called ‘The Land of a Thousand Hills’ due to its highlands and plateaus. The average elevation is 1,500m above sea level with the highest point at Mount Karisimbi (4,507 meters above sea level) only slightly lower than the highest Swiss mountain peak. The climate is mild but humid and the flora is fertile with its own variety of fauna and biodiversity. It is ‘Africa’ in the smallest dimensions.
BPN team in Rwanda
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The group will be accompanied by an English and German-speaking Explorer Circle representative (Nadine Heuberger). Family and friends are kindly invited to join. Interested? For the BPN part there are limited seats, contact welcome@explorer-circle.com now to put your name tentatively on the list - or fill out below form:
