About Siboniyo Jean Berchmas
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Industry Consultant
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Academic Level Master’s Degree
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About me
I am a devoted young professional, a project Manager, Business and Communication Consultant, a social entrepreneur, a mentor and a leader. Besides, the community identifies me as change-maker whose dream is always seeing African youths and women free of enslavement of poverty and ignorance, the main roots of most social conflicts and insecurity in Burundi. I currently work as the President and Founder of the Association of Mentors for Business and Entrepreneurship (AMEBE), a local NGO working for Youth and Women empowerment through economic resilience and connecting the world through English communication. Besides, I am the co-founder of Burundi Alumni Association, an organization that gathers all alumni of all exchange programs funded by the government of the United States of America. On the entrepreneurial side, As social entrepreneur, I am the Founder and CEO of SAMAKI Corporation Services (SACOR SERVICES), a social and multiservice enterprise with different solutions in the community including consultancies in Business communication, car rental and providing courteous drivers, Languages teaching and translation of documents, interpretation, producing audiovisual items, just to name a few
Education
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2021 - 2022
Cornell University |New York
Agricultural and Rural Development | Certificate of completion
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2019 - 2019
Sophia University| Italy| Training in Juja, Nairobi, Kenya
Certificate of completion/ Interdisplinary, Intercultural and Multi-perspective Training paths
Certificate of completion/ Interdisplinary, Intercultural and Multi-perspective Training paths for Global Citizen and New Leadership for Africa, Driven by Traditional and Modern Values of Universal Fraternity and Common Good
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2008 - 2009
University of Burundi
English Teaching
English Teaching: Licence Agrégée (Advanced Bachelor degree, Master’s Equivalent)
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2017 - 2017
Ohio University|Training in Pretoria
Certificate of completion in Leadership and Innovation for Social Change
Certificate of completion in Leadership and Innovation for Social Change, capacity building, mentorship and networking, Public relations, Nonprofit Management, Fundraising process, Teamwork Leadership, use of communication platforms, Effective use of social Medias, Human Resources management, etc
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2016 - 2016
The University of Iowa | Iowa City, USA
The University of Iowa | Iowa City, USA,
Certificate/Business and Entrepreneurship at TIPPIE College
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2015 - 2015
The University of Strathclyde| Glassgow, U.K,(Online)
Certificate of Completion / Introduction to Journalism
The University of Strathclyde| Glassgow, U.K, 2015 (Online)
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2015 - 2015
Université du Lac Tanganyika | Bujumbura
Certificate in Conflicts Management, Media and Sensitive Communication
Experience
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2019 - Present
AMEBE
Consultant
– Co-founder and Secretary General of Burundi Alumni Association
– Consultant at Search for Common Ground as a coach of entrepreneurs grantees of Search for Common Ground Burundi: 2023-2024
– President and CEO of SAMAKI CORPORATION Services Company: 2018
– Consultant at CARE International in social innovation and social entrepreneurship: 2020-2024
– National Coordinator of Together for a New Africa Project: 2018-2021
– Founder and President of AMEBE: 2016-2024
– Consultant at CARE International for rural economic resilience and cooperatives accompaniment:2020
– Consultant of CARITAS Burundi in shaping humanitarian actions into for profit ones for efficient economic resilience during pandemics and disasters: 2020
– Consultant facilitator of Search For Common Ground session on Youth entrepreneurship in Tuyage project: 2020
– Project Manager at PARJE and Focal Point of CARE International Burundi: 2017-2019
– Volunteer as Country Coordinator of Together for a New Africa: 2018-2020
– Consultant in Business and Communication, Services related to entrepreneurship development such as: Business model development training, Market studies – Business Plan development training – Counseling in Business creation – Leadership and Entrepreneurship training – Design thinking for social entrepreneurship: 2017-present

