Acts Of Gratitude

What Acts Of Gratitude does

Acts Of Gratitude (AOG INGENZI) is a Rwanda-based non-governmental organization and social enterprise founded in 2011 by 13 young social entrepreneurs and formally registered with the Rwanda Governance Board in 2014. Since 2015, AOG has focused exclusively on social enterprise development, operating a two-arm structure: an impact arm comprising the Ingenzi Social Enterprise Programme (a 12-session training for youth aged 16-30 producing business plans, business model canvases, elevator pitches, PowerPoint decks, and theory-of-change documents, with RWF 1,000,000 in seed funding for cohort winners) and the Social Enterprise Academy Rwanda Hub (offering Impact Measurement and Journey to Social Enterprise curricula to NGOs and traditional businesses). The viability arm generates earned revenue through a co-working facility in Kigali's Gasabo/Kimironko district (private offices at Rwf 120,000/month, hot tables, lockers, board rooms, conference halls, event space), 21st-century Skills Development training (typing, public speaking, advanced Excel), and Consultancy Services (grant and scholarship applications, business plans). Distribution is hybrid: a physical single-location co-working site in Kigali complemented by online programme applications and direct outreach through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, newsletter, and donor dashboards. Customers are predominantly individual youth entrepreneurs, women, and micro-SMB tenants; corporate-style anchor contracts are absent. The organization's founder/CEO Jean d'Amour Mutoni received the 2015 Queen's Leader's Award, lending reputational weight, and international partnerships extend to children's-welfare NGOs in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, and Cameroon. AOG has publicly committed to supporting 10,000 social entrepreneurs in Rwanda by 2030, with cumulative reported impact including 151,295 people served and 637 youth jobs created across cohorts.

Name

Acts Of Gratitude

Legal name

Acts Of Gratitude

Website

https://actsofgratitude.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Acts Of Gratitude (AOG INGENZI) is a Rwanda-based NGO and social enterprise founded in 2011 that trains youth (16-30) and women through its Ingenzi Social Enterprise Programme and Social Enterprise Academy, and operates a Kigali co-working space and consultancy services as revenue-generating viability arms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Enterprise Development Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Cooperation, Capacity Building & Policy Advisory Programs (BPADABAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Economic Growth, Trade & Private Sector Development Programs (BPADABAF), Education, Skills & Workforce Development Aid Programs (BPADABAE)

Keywords

• Social enterprise training
• Youth entrepreneurship programs
• Co-working space services
• Business consultancy services
• Women empowerment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Kigali

HQ country

Rwanda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Co-working Space: Affordable, quality private offices and shared working spaces for social entrepreneurs. Offers conference rooms hosting 50 participants, board rooms for executive meetings, hot-table areas, event space, and mailing address services.
2. Skills Development: Offers 21st-century skills training including touch/master typing, public speaking, and advanced Excel training.
3. Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy services including grant and scholarship applications, business plan development, and other tools for social entrepreneurs and business people.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Acts Of Gratitude operates a social enterprise development hub in Kigali, Rwanda. Its impact arm delivers the Ingenzi Social Enterprise Programme (12-session training for youth aged 16–30) and the Social Enterprise Academy Rwanda Hub (impact measurement and Journey to Social Enterprise programs). Its viability arm provides affordable co-working space (private offices, hot-tables, board room, conference hall, event space), 21st-century skills training (typing, public speaking, Excel), and professional consultancy on grants, scholarships, and business plans.

Product overview

Acts Of Gratitude (AOG INGENZI) is a Rwanda-based social enterprise offering a portfolio of programs and co-working space services. The core offerings consist of the Ingenzi Social Enterprise Programme (a 12-session training for youth entrepreneurs) and the Social Enterprise Academy Rwanda Hub (learning programs including Impact Measurement and Journey to Social Enterprise). Revenue-generating viability services include a Co-working Space with multiple membership tiers (private offices, hot-table, board room, conference hall, and event space), Skills Development training (typing, public speaking, Excel), and Consultancy Services (grants, scholarships, business plans). The products are integrated through a holistic approach where the training programs feed into the co-working space ecosystem, and consultancy services support program graduates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ingenzi Social Enterprise Programme A 12-session practical training program for youth aged 16-30 in Rwanda that helps them turn ideas into social enterprises ready for funding and implementation. Graduates leave with five business communication tools (Business Plan, Business Model Canvas, Elevator Pitch, PowerPoint presentation, Theory of Change) and can compete for seed funding of RWF 1,000,000. Application fee is RWF 10,000 with fully funded tuition.
• Social Enterprise Academy Rwanda Hub Learning programs for individuals and organizations interested in starting or strengthening social enterprises for sustainable development. Includes Impact Measurement and Journey to Social Enterprise programs tailored to traditional businesses and NGOs seeking to transition to social enterprise models.
• Co-working Space Affordable physical co-working space for social entrepreneurs in Kigali featuring private offices, board room, conference hall (capacity 50), event space, hot-table area, and lockers. Available as private office membership (RWF 120,000/month), co-working office (RWF 100,000/month), hot-table + locker (RWF 65,000/month), locker (RWF 15,000/month), with day-rate rentals for board room (RWF 20,000), conference hall (RWF 40,000), and event space (RWF 50,000).
• Skills Development Twenty-first-century skills training covering touch/master typing, public speaking, and advanced Excel, aimed at helping participants compete in a rapidly changing world.
• Consultancy Services Professional consultancy services for social entrepreneurs and business people covering grant and scholarship applications, business plan development, and other business tools.

Quantifiable outcome

• 222 Social enterprises supported
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Children Care FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner from Brazil | Rio de Janeiro. Organization focused on children's welfare and community transformation.
• All Children FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner from Burkina Faso | Banfora. Organization dedicated to children's welfare and community development.
• The Children's FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner from Benin | Cotonou. Organization focused on children's welfare and community support.
• Where Children Come FirstminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner from Burundi | Bujumbura. Organization dedicated to children's welfare.
• Nobody's Children FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner from Cameroon | Douala. Organization focused on supporting vulnerable children.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Sinapis: Faith-based social enterprise accelerator headquartered in the US with operations in Kenya, South Africa, India, and Peru. Closely comparable to AOG because it runs cohort-based social enterprise training programs aimed at entrepreneurs in emerging markets, serving an overlapping customer persona.
• Strathmore University @iLab Africa: Kenya-based innovation and entrepreneurship center inside Strathmore University running SME incubators, co-working, and capacity-building programs. Directly comparable operating model to AOG — university-anchored hub providing workspace, training, and consultancy to East African entrepreneurs.
• GrowthAfrica: Kenya-based accelerator running cohort programs and consultancy for SMEs and social enterprises across East Africa. Directly comparable to AOG as an East-Africa-rooted entrepreneurship support organization combining training, workspace, and advisory services.

Direct peers

• Yunus Social Business: Berlin-based organization funding and supporting social businesses, with active East African operations. Runs accelerator programs and seed funding rounds for social enterprises targeting SDGs, closely mirroring AOG's Ingenzi + seed-funding offering.
• Reach for Change: Sweden-founded social enterprise incubator with active programs in Ghana, DR Congo, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia. Runs selection-based incubators for child-impact social enterprises — same direct model of training cohorts, providing seed funding, and building alumni networks across Africa.

Broad incumbents

• Ashoka: Global organization operating in 70+ countries that identifies and supports leading social entrepreneurs through fellowships, networks, and convenings. Closely analogous to AOG's mission of developing social entrepreneurs, but at global incumbent scale and footprint.
• African Leadership University (ALU): Pan-African university with campuses in Mauritius and Rwanda, combining higher education with a workforce-development mission. A broader-scale analog of AOG's mission to develop young African leaders and entrepreneurs in Rwanda specifically.
• Impact Hub Network: Global network of social-impact co-working spaces and accelerator programs. Operates the same combination of co-working, training, and community programming that AOG runs in Kigali, but across 100+ cities worldwide, making it the broad incumbent in AOG's exact category.
• Echoing Green: US-headquartered global fellowship and seed-funding organization that backs emerging social entrepreneurs. Comparable mechanism (fellowship + seed funding + alumni network) for the same social-enterprise founder persona AOG targets.
• Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF): Largest pan-African entrepreneurship program by funding scale, running annual cohorts of African entrepreneurs with seed funding, training, and mentorship. Operates a much larger and broader version of the same training + seed-funding model AOG delivers through the Ingenzi programme.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aogrwanda
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC6HnF3hRhvohAA-sB58N6pQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/AOG.Rwanda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acts-of-gratitude
• Instagraminstagram.com/aogrwanda

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Acts Of Gratitude