Tuesday Innov: Building & Scaling Startups in Africa with Albert Munyabugingo (VubaVuba)

What happened

On November 11, 2025, AIS hosted a fireside chat with Albert Munyabugingo, CEO of VubaVuba, one of Rwanda's most prominent on-demand delivery startups. The session was facilitated by Prof. Jesse Thornburg and run as part of the Foundations of Entrepreneurship course at CMU-Africa.

What was covered

• The practical mechanics of building a venture from scratch in an African market
• Scaling lessons, when to invest in operations vs. growth
• The founder-operator transition and how Albert manages it at VubaVuba

Cross-pollination

Linking AIS programming to a foundational entrepreneurship course expanded the reach of the conversation beyond AIS's regulars, bringing students who don't normally attend club events into direct contact with a working African founder.