Lydie Hakizimana

About Lydie Lydie Hakizimana is Rwandan business woman [] she is CEO of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and also the co-founder of Drakkar. Lydie Hakizimana is an education entrepreneur through and through. Before founding Happy Hearts, she started a publishing house two decades ago that became one of the biggest local publishers of textbooks in Rwanda. She was also the CEO of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Africa's first and biggest pan-African network of centers of excellence in mathematical sciences. Lydie holds a master's degree from Harvard Kennedy School and is a certified Montessori teacher. She's also a proud mom of three and started lifting weights at 40. [] Lydie Hakizimana As founder & CEO of Drakkar Ltd, a pioneering Rwandan educational publishing house, Lydie has over 10 years of experience in production and distribution of textbooks. Through her work at Drakkar, Lydie edited and published 16 Kinyarwanda titles and distributed over one million textbooks. Drakkar’s textbooks have been supplied to 3,800 primary and secondary schools, reaching three million children across Rwanda.[] Quotes Ultimately, literacy opens our souls, our minds and our hearts to knowledge to transform our lives, our communities and our country for the best. Lydie Hakizimana – The Story Of A Textbook Entrepreneur With An Incredible Vision For Improving Children’s Literacy In Rwanda, Duchess international magazine When you have the interests of the people at heart, you can do anything. Lydie Hakizimana – The Story Of A Textbook Entrepreneur With An Incredible Vision For Improving Children’s Literacy In Rwanda, Duchess international magazine There are still many problems (in Rwanda), but I now see them as opportunities where entrepreneurs like me can thrive and rebuild the country. Lydie Hakizimana – The Story Of A Textbook Entrepreneur With An Incredible Vision For Improving Children’s Literacy In Rwanda, Duchess international magazine Look at every problem as an opportunity to grow. [] “Reading skills build the foundation for all future learning, and it is proven that people who can read enjoy better health, make more money, and serve their communities more effectively.” https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2016/4/14/quote-of-the-day-lydie-hakizimana?utm_source “Corruption leads to a lot of missed opportunities, .... Corruption stops someone to think that he can be an entrepreneur. Corruption makes you fear to take the risk. When you have corruption in a country, people are just discouraged. There is no hope. They don’t see themselves successful in the long term. They just feel that they need to know a minister or the son of the minister to be successful in a country.” https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2015/11/27/quote-of-the-day?utm_source “Most of us will fear to start an income-generating activity because we think that for one to start a business they need a lot of money.” https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/lioness-lydie-hakizimana?utm_source “We need to support the younger entrepreneurs to, not only grow their business, but also contribute to national development.” https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/134848/News/psf-rewards-innovative-young-entrepreneurs/amp?utm_source “We need to support the younger entrepreneurs to, not only grow their business, but also contribute to national development.” https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/134848/News/psf-rewards-innovative-young-entrepreneurs/amp?utm_source Category:Living people Category:Articles with no corresponding English Wikipedia article