Gabriel Gahima
Douglasville, GA ****4
E-mail: ******@****************.***
Phone: 470-***-****
Objective: Seeking a challenging and dynamic role in a progressive organization where I can leverage my diverse skill set, experience, and adaptability to contribute to team success and achieve professional growth.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
May/2013- Present Inyamanza Travels
Owner/Operator
• Educational and community Based Tourism in Rwanda. (www.inyamanzatravels.com)
• Rwanda liaison Officer for University of Central Arkansas Study Abroad Program
• Prepare the itinerary and educational tours for the Gusangira project of study abroad, University of Central Arkansas.
• Maintain relations between Rwandan Institutes and University of Central Arkansas
• Manage all charity projects of the University of Central Arkansas in Rwanda.
• Translating between English and Kinyarwanda and English and Swahili in meetings and one on one conversations as well as translating documents that were either in Kinyarwanda or Swahili for my clients.
January/2012-May/2013: Eos Visions Rwanda.
Operations Manager
• Managing and supervising all the tours in Rwanda and Tanzania.
• Managing the Company’s Community based Tourism excursion in Rwanda.
• Manage all the logistics of Tours in Rwanda.
• Arrange for meetings of visiting delegations
• Translating between English and Kinyarwanda and English and Swahili in meetings and one on one conversations as well as translating documents that were either in Kinyarwanda or Swahili for my clients.
April/2011-January/2012: Eos Visions Rwanda.
Tour Guide/ Operation officer
• Guide Educational and Professional tours in Rwanda.
• Arrange meetings for visiting delegations in Rwanda.
• Translating between English and Kinyarwanda and English and Swahili in meetings and one on one conversations as well as translating documents that were either in Kinyarwanda or Swahili for my clients.
2011-2012: Global Expatriate Management
Consultant
Collect prices information twice a year for GEM as Rwanda contact. August/2008-November/2008: National Election Commission (Rwanda) Logistics Coordinator in Ngoma District
• Manage all the funds and electoral material in Ngoma District.
• Assisted in civics education for voters groups
• Supervised the electoral process for parliamentarians in 2008 January/2007-December/2007: Documentary Media Project 80 Percent Angel. Assistant and Translator
• Did long consecutive translations from Kinyarwanda and Swahili to English
• Assisted in organizing meetings and field visits of a film-making team
• Gathered background information for the project
• Planned routes and led the visitors in their visits in Rwandan towns and in the countryside
• Assisted with other tasks as requested
2006 Business Management – Rwamagana Cybercafe
Owner Operator
• Digital access to local community: established and operated first internet cafe in local town, providing affordable and reliable internet access to the community and businesses.
• Small Business development: Successfully launched and scaled the internet café, attracting a diverse clientele and growing the customer base through targeted marketing and community engagement
• skills and experience in: customer service, operational management, financial management, community engagement, Networking, Photography November/2001-July/2002 College APECOM-Gatsibo-Rwanda Adjunct Professor
• Responsible for teaching mathematics, Physics and chemistry to students of O-level
• Coached the School (Boys) Football team
• Class Master, senior 4, Arts
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Feb/2025-June 2025: Tripleten Online Bootcamp
Business Data Analyst (Advanced Spreadsheet, SQL, Tableau Public, Power Bi) 2006-2009: Adventist University of Central Africa. Faculty of Information Technology, (Networking and Communication Systems) 2002-2006: Kigali Institute of Science and Technology Faculty of Technology, (Mechanical Engineering)
Jun/2005-October/2005: Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, ICT Centre (Certificate in Computer Hardware Maintenance Engineering)
1996-2001: Kiziguro High School (High School Graduate with focus in Mathematics and Physics) COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE SKILLS
.MS WORD
.MS EXCELL
.MS ACCESS
.MS PUBLISHER
.POWERPOINT
.INTERNET EXPLORER
.SPSS
.COMPUTER HARDWARE MAINTENANCE
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
1. SWAHILI
2. KIRUNDI
3. KINYARWANDA
4. ENGLISH
5. French
REFERENCES
1. Prof, Leah Suzan Horton (Client)
University of Central Arkansas
E-mail: ******.*****@*****.***
Phone: 501-***-****
2. Nadege Nerette PA-C (Client)
Physician Assistant
Wellstar Douglas Medical Center
Email: ********@*****.***
Phone: 678-***-****
3. Dr Punam Sachdev
Emergency Physician
Kaiser Southwood Advanced Care Center
E-mail: *****.*******@**.***
Phone: 734-***-****