
13 Trained, 7 Hired: Building a Tour-Guiding Team from Scratch
54% placement rate
Lakeside needed guides with real customer skills. We recruited from the community, trained thirteen, and seven were hired at 150,000 RWF a month.
Real cohorts, real placements, real salaries — and the learners who got there.

54% placement rate
Lakeside needed guides with real customer skills. We recruited from the community, trained thirteen, and seven were hired at 150,000 RWF a month.

Rukoma Construction
Eight learners trained on the employer's own record-keeping workflow; four hired at 170,000 RWF a month.
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Claudine Mukamana · Meridian Foundation
Two years of self-teaching on YouTube, no way to prove any of it. A verified assessment changed how employers replied.
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Eric Habimana · Solaris Group
An evening Open Learning course in AI tools and automation, and a role that grew to match it.
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Grace Uwase · Bluepeak Partners
Grace applied on a Friday and started work six weeks later.
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Jean-Paul Niyonzima · Northwind Trust
He scored well but the employer only had two openings. Three months later a similar role opened and he was already qualified.
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