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Becoming Nala unites female entrepreneurs around the world to empower their dreams.

At Becoming Nala, sisterhood is our driving force. We partner with The ABURY Foundation and The Happyness to empower women to be independent entrepreneurs. Our incubator program, hosted by the Decentralized Development Lab in Germany, provides support and guidance to budding entrepreneurs. We create a joyous, safe space for women to grow, learn, and thrive together. Becoming Nala unites women to help them realize their dreams.

OUR TEAM

Andrea Bury

Project Manager

Andrea is the CEO and Co-Funder, she is the soul of Becoming Nala. In addition to leading the vision of Becoming Nala, Andrea also oversees the organisation’s financial planning.

Clara Font

Project Manager

Clara is the Project Manager, an integral part of the Becoming Nala project since the very beginning, Clara coordinates the organisation’s German-Rwandan team and oversees all administrative duties.

Aline Uwase

Project Manager

Aline is the Project Lead in Rwanda, and Becoming Nala’s connector in Rwanda. She worked with women entrepreneurs before co-founding the organisation and has vast knowledge of Kigali’s business scene.

Sandra Ingabire

Sandra is the ‘StartUp Sisters’ Community Manager. She collaborates with women entrepreneurs who work in rural cooperatives, guiding them through digitalisation processed and with access to new markets

What means Sisterhood for us?

Sisterhood is about connecting women and encouraging support, ambition and empowerment. We provide a community of exchange where knowledge, introductions, solutions and advice are shared between generations and cultures, in the hope of triggering a ripple effect that shifts the status quo and amplifies voices. We believe intercultural exchange can blossom in an environment of transparency, mutual respect and open-mindedness.

We all sisters

Women share many challenges when it comes to becoming entrepreneurs, such as difficult access to financing or family reconciliation. But it is also true that (not all of us have the same journey or access to certain opportunities), which is why we define two different groups of sisters: rural-based ‘StartUp Sisters’ seeking initial access and support, to the more established, city-based ‘Big Sisters’ wanting to create positive change. Becoming Nala exists to encourage and inspire each other, whether we’re at the same point in our journeys or coming from a place of experience.

Be bold, be brave and love the world we live in.

OUR VALUES

TRUST

We have created a place in which women are encouraged to share both the hardships and success that come with starting a business. It’s crucial to us then, that this honesty is supported by a feeling of trust and a recognition of Becoming Nala as a safe space. For everyone in our sisterhood, trust underlines an assurance that everything shared amongst us is met with good intentions and a collective commitment to handle each story with care.

RESPONSIBILITY

At Becoming Nala, we like to think that we are not just responsible for ourselves, but also for each other. It is this spirit of duty that fuels our ethos of sisterhood, which extends beyond the realms of this project. We believe that a business cannot be successful unless it creates space for the wider community, so we strongly believe in the value of responsibility and its role in pushing us to support each other to create opportunities for all.

OPTIMISM

Optimism is an attitude that is characterized by hope and confidence. We believe that by bringing more sisters into entrepreneurship globally, we can make the world a better place. Key to our vision of the possibility of success and a bright future for all women is an attitude of positivity. This spirit is present in everything we do and fuels our support for each other — a true enthusiasm and belief that the best is possible for all of us!