From Rwf30,000, Uwimbabazi now earns Rwf120m

It does not matter how many times one falls, but how they get back up again and weather the storm, goes an old adage. For Joan Uwimbabazi, a graduate of accounting, it couldn’t have been worse. Uwimbabazi received baptism of fire in her early working life when she quit a well-paying job to start a business that collapsed just months later.
Uwimbabazi in one of her laundry enterprises. Her fighting spirit has seen her build a business empire from a small canteen. The New Times / Peterson Tumwebaze
Uwimbabazi in one of her laundry enterprises. Her fighting spirit has seen her build a business empire from a small canteen. The New Times / Peterson Tumwebaze
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