BIENFAIT HAHOZI MUGENZA
DIRECTOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET
Phone:
+243 854 253 099
E-mail:
Date of Birth:
October 05, 1993
Occupation
Young social entrepreneur and investor, founder and director of Congo Dynamique Initiatives and Congo Peace Academy.
Biography
Bienfait Hahozi Mugenza is the founder and CEO of Congo Dynamique Initiatives (CDI), a thriving non-profit organization designed to give rural youth and women living in the conflict zones of eastern Congo access to education and financial services so they can become socially and economically resilient.
Prior to launching CDI and becoming CEO in June 2020, Bienfait co-founded and managed Peace Through Entrepreneurship in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a youth empowerment project designed to promote peace by giving young people the skills and resources they need. need in order to take advantage of legitimate economic opportunities to better themselves rather than join the rebels who are wreaking havoc across the east of the country. Bienfait was responsible for recruiting 40 participants (20 girls and 20 boys) and mobilizing training materials and mentors with all the resources necessary for their transformative training during the Summer Bootcamp 2018 in Goma.
Between September 2017 and December 2019, Bienfait was the student team leader for Up to Us at the University of Rochester, New York, USA. He organized regular events and coordinated campaigns to raise awareness of the consequences of soaring national debts and encouraged students to sign pledges advocating for a better fiscal and economic future for America.
Between January 2018 and May 2021, Bienfait was the student (intern) league organizer for Peace Action New York State at the University of Rochester. He organized events, coordinated actions and projects on peace issues. He raised awareness of the human and financial costs of war. Advocated for the abolition of nuclear weapons. He argued for prioritizing funding for human needs over militarism.
Between September 2017 and May 2020, Bienfait played a key role in the University of Rochester's Debate Union as a political debater and won valuable trophies for the school. He has advocated for or against resolutions that call for policy changes by the United States government. It analyzed the proposals for or against the implementation of the resolutions.
Bienfait obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with honors from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. He focused on politics, economics and development. He is a recipient of a scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation and the University of Rochester, where he was also a key member of the Pan African Students Association.
SKILLS
Her technical and interpersonal skills include leadership, advocacy, public speaking coaching and professional communication, event planning, strategic planning and consulting. His computer skills include Internet research, use of MS Office suite, Adobe suite and advanced typing. Bienfait is a multilingual person who learns quickly and adapts.
Why did you choose to join this political party, what are your motivations:
Having read and heard the vision and mission of the CCC political party according to its statutes, I am convinced that everything is in line with my good political ambitions. My vision is to see the Congo establish its socio-economic, industrial, political, military and cultural supremacy in Africa and in the world. My desire is to restore and promote the dignity and respect of the Congolese people who have been deprived of it for years. Thus, after having read the objectives of the party according to the statutes, I certify that they are satisfactory and confirm my ideal judgment of a strong, autonomous and prosperous Congo that I prefer to serve and in which I would like to live, me and all my offspring.
What are your personal reasons for being a politician (and not an athlete or a businessman):
1. The DRC today has a bad reputation in Africa and in the world because of the appalling governance of its leaders.
2. This country is outrageously rich but its people are the poorest in the world according to World Bank statistics. This funny paradox is totally unacceptable.
3. The country suffers from an acute lack of rule of law, identified with the world of shenanigans, the planet of the corrupt, the chaotic business atmosphere and, even worse, the capital of rape and insecurity socio-economic that torments the citizens. Totally unacceptable. 4. I found that the political class has maintained a parallel destination between citizens and selfish elected officials who serve only in defiance of citizen interests.
5. I have observed the lamentable incompetence of the current political class in the face of historic situations of crises of war and insecurity which are plunging the country into progressive socio-economic degradation, going from bad to worse.
6. Thus, I gave up being a simple spectator of the upheavals of the country and put my energy and my skills at the service of the said cause: to serve for the common good of all while fighting to restore and promote the dignity and respect for the Congolese people in Africa and in the world.
Who do you already work with? Like non-profit organizations, UNHCR or others). Describe your local network:
I have never joined a political party before because most of them had shaky foundations with a potentially selfish outlook and weak motivations. Instead, I collaborate with non-profit organizations like Congo Dynamique Initiatives and other peace activists like Congo Peace Academy, of which I am the founder.
Write a slogan that suits you best:
Progress at all costs, dignity assured.