{"id":2582,"date":"2026-06-02T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/?page_id=2582"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:18:01","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jean de Dieu HABAGUHIRWA (Hirwa) Program Manager of Hiro Foundation<\/p>\n

Email: hirwa@hiro.rw
Phone: (+250) 782 236 800
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Educator | Creative Entrepreneur | Branding Professional | Youth Advocate | Founder of Hiro Foundation & Hiro Brand<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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“When young people are empowered, communities prosper. When talent is nurtured, nations advance.”<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Hirwa is a Rwandan educator, entrepreneur, creative professional, and youth advocate committed to empowering young people through education, skills development, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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He demonstrated strong academic performance throughout his early education before pursuing secondary studies, including Teacher Training College (TTC). He later specialized in IT, Graphic Design, Branding, Visual Communication, and E<\/b>ntrepreneurship, <\/b>with a passion for innovation and community development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hirwa has served as an Educator and as a Primary Six National Examination Marker<\/strong>\u00a0 Since 2022, contributing to Rwanda’s education system while gaining valuable insight into the opportunities and challenges facing young people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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In 2020<\/strong>, he founded Hiro Brand<\/strong>, a creative enterprise providing branding and communication solutions to institutions, organizations, and businesses across Rwanda. In 2024<\/strong>, he established Hiro Foundation<\/strong><\/a>, a youth-focused initiative dedicated to supporting talented students facing educational challenges through mentorship<\/strong>, educational support, and opportunity creation<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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He has participated in several leadership and entrepreneurship development programs, including:<\/p>

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    Driven by a passion for service and youth empowerment, Hirwa believes in leadership that listens, represents, and creates opportunities. His vision is to help build a generation of skilled, innovative, and engaged young people who contribute meaningfully to the development of their communities and Rwanda as a whole.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Jean de Dieu HABAGUHIRWA (Hirwa) Program Manager of Hiro Foundation Email: hirwa@hiro.rwPhone: (+250) 782 236 800            (+250) 732 236 800 Educator | Creative Entrepreneur | Branding Professional | Youth Advocate | Founder of Hiro Foundation & Hiro Brand “When young people are empowered, communities prosper. When talent is nurtured, nations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":112,"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2760,"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2582\/revisions\/2760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiro.rw\/brand\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}