Muhire Louis Antoine, 32, has outperformed ten contestants at the international competition of young entrepreneurs held in Zurich, Switzerland earning him Rwf 19 million as the fist contestant.
Muhire, the CEO of Market Merger Ltd, made an IT application dubbed MERGIMS which helps Rwandans living abroad to pay bills for services to relatives in Rwanda like electricity ,technology tools ,airtime and school fees using a mobile phone technology.
The award handed to Muhire yesterday followed a two-day retreat held in Zurich, Switzerland that brought together young entrepreneurs from across the World.
The company of Muhire ‘Mergins’ was in competition with ten others; Veezoo, James, CrowdProcess), Sureify, Gatechain, ZOA, Lenditapp, Nivaura (vormals Crowdaura), Surong 360 and BreadWallet belonging to entrepreneurs from across the world.
Participants in the competition received various business tips from experts in economy and investment, senior teachers and experts in the development of industries.
The outstanding perfomance accorded Muhire a chance to participate in the competition of World’s potential entrepreneurs dubbed Kickstart Accelerator that will be held in Zurich,Switzerland on 22nd August,2016 to be concluded with an exhibition of various projects to be attended by investors ,big sponsors and the media.
Muhire Antoine was born in Bugesera district. At age 12, he went to Canada where he attended secondary school.
From 2005 to 2008 he studied at Otawa University where he got a diploma in arts and technology and later obtained two PhD degrees from the same university in 2011 in economics and publicity.
After completing his studies, Louis-Antoine Muhire stayed in Canada where he worked in the department of police spokesperson in Montréal for three years.
He returned to Rwanda in 2014 to launch Market Merger Ltd Company.
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