Finance · Youth leadership · Burundi
Au-delà de la finance, vers l’impact.
I’m Nella Mugisha, a finance professional from Burundi. One question runs through my work: does the money reach the people it is meant for? I ask it about goods crossing from Asia to Africa, about small businesses in Bujumbura, and about young people, who most budgets are written for and too few are written with.
Abidjan · 5 Nov 2026What drives my work
At an international supply company since 2024, I work on the finance and administration that moves goods from Asia to markets in Africa. An internship at Burundi’s central bank showed me how the rules behind that money are set.
My MBA research at an international university studied retail businesses in Bujumbura. Mobile money was strongly associated with higher profits, and the business environment mattered. Talent is rarely the gap. Access is.
Since 2023 I have sat on youth advisory bodies for international partners in Burundi, and chaired one of them for two years, carrying young people’s priorities to the people who set budgets. With Lions Clubs International since 2022, I serve where those decisions land.
Next: panelist, A Partnership for Demographic Resilience, Demographic Futures Dialogue, Abidjan, 5 November 2026.
“I learned finance by following the numbers. I learned leadership by following the people the numbers were about.”
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On 5 November I join Panel 6, A Partnership for Demographic Resilience, convened by UNFPA, the African Union Commission and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.
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