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AMEBE is a non-governmental organization founded in 2016 by Jean Berchmans Siboniyo, a 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship, and a Humphrey fellow. AMEBE is a multidisciplinary team of women, men, and youths with innovative curricula and innovative strategies to teach women and youth to become economically resilient through social entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership.

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by John
May 4, 2023

Within only a few months, Vastine Nimfasha is ready to give back the loan contracted from AMEBEโˆ™

AMEBE in partnership with CARITAS GRAZ made early Decemberย  2022 , the disbursement of credits for […]
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by Evariste NDIKUMUGONGO
March 5, 2026

KOPEKA Cooperative: Empowering Youth and Protecting the Environment through Modern Stoves.

KOPEKA Cooperative is dedicated to producing modern stoves in Ruyaga. This initiative aims to empower young […]
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by Siboniyo Jean Berchmans
November 28, 2025

Supporting COOJMP Cooperative in Poultry Feed Production

On this Wednesday November 26, 2025, the field officer of AMEBE conducted a follow-up visit to […]
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by Siboniyo Jean Berchmans
September 29, 2025

“You donโ€™t need to wait for the customer to find you , a true entrepreneur creates value and builds the market.”

From September 23rd to 24th, 2025, members of the cooperatives COOPAMI and COOPEKA took part in […]
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by Siboniyo Jean Berchmans
September 4, 2025

Concentrated Poultry ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž

On August 29, the organization AMEBE – Association of Mentors for Business and Entrepreneurship visited the […]
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by Siboniyo Jean Berchmans
August 28, 2025

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐„๐œ๐จ-๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฒ๐š๐ ๐š

COOPEKA, a local cooperative based in the Ruyaga zone, is receiving support from the AMEBE organization. […]
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by Siboniyo Jean Berchmans
August 14, 2025

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ฒ ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž. ๐‚๐Ž๐Ž๐๐€๐Œ๐ˆ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฒ๐š๐ ๐š ๐™๐จ๐ง๐ž: ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐œ๐จ-๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

COOPAMI is a cooperative based in Ruyaga Zone that manufactures improved stoves using advanced techniques. It […]
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by Evariste NDIKUMUGONGO
July 9, 2025

Strengthening Entrepreneurial Capacities: AMEBE Conducts Refresher Training for COOPEKA and COOPAMI Cooperatives in Kanyosha

Kanyosha, July 2โ€“3, 2025ย โ€“ As part of DSACC-project,ย AMEBE organized aย refresher trainingย onย basic entrepreneurship skillsย for members ofย COOPEKAย andย COOPAMIย cooperatives. This […]
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by Evariste NDIKUMUGONGO
May 28, 2025

AMEBE Field Visit to COOPEKA Cooperative: Advancing Eco-Friendly Charcoal Production

Kanyosha, Friday, May 23, 2025 โ€“ As part of ongoing follow-up activities within the DSACC project, […]
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by Evariste NDIKUMUGONGO
May 21, 2025

AMEBE Field Visit Highlights Progress of COOJMP Cooperative in Rubirizi

Recently, the AMEBE team has conducted a series of monitoring visits in Rubirizi to assess the […]
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by Evariste NDIKUMUGONGO
December 31, 2024

TRAINING ON METAL SHEET CLADDING PROCESS FOR IMPROVED COOKS-STOVES

On Friday, December 27, 2024, AMEBE launched a five-day training program on the metal sheet cladding […]
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