Blandine Umuziranenge

Blandine Umuziranenge is the Founder and CEO of Kosmotive since 2014, a social enterprise with a mission to improve reproductive, maternal and child health in Rwanda and eventually across Africa, with better access to health services for mothers and children and access to sustainable feminine hygiene products. Early in her career, she worked at Rwanda Broadcasting Agency and Contact FM radio. Her 13 years of experience combine Information Technology, Publishing, Photojournalism, Social Entrepreneurship and Circular Business Modeling.

She is a multi-award-winner including the Youth Connekt Africa 2019 Girls in Innovation Award, the Invest2Impact Africa 2019 Women’s Empowerment Award, the Top 50 Africa Business Hero 2021, the 2021 & 2022 Waislitz Global Citizen Award finalist, the 2022 WE Empower UN SDG finalist, the 2022 Accenture’s Gender Mainstreaming Awards Fearless Thinker Finalist, the 2023 Accenture’s Gender Mainstreaming Award Winner for Investing in Young Women, the 2023 Meaningful Business 100, and the 2024 Bayer Women Empowerment Award. Blandine’s ambition is paving menstrual freedom for girls and women in Africa.

Pursuing an MBA at The European School of Management and Technology, she holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Social Innovation Management from Amani Institute, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information and Communication Technology from Mount Kenya University and an Advanced Diploma in Information Technology from Integrated Polytechnic Regional College – IPRC Tumba.