Bernardin.uzayisaba

Driving high-integrity carbon markets & climate finance @UNDP | Building the infrastructure for Article 6 & voluntary markets | @IDS_UK alum | Views my own

[UWASE Constantin @ConstantinUwase]

#UyuMunsiMuMateka
#21Kamena

Havutse @Kanyamupira , ni Umugabo mwiza, Imfura, Akunda abantu cyane byagera ku bana bikaba akarusho. Akunda igihugu kandi agikorera yivuye inyuma. Iyo ashatse aranasiga😅😅 Ntibagarure😃Tumwifurije kuramba.
Isabukuru nzizaaa Muvandimwe Aziz🎂

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

It was a great pleasure to participate in the Standing Committee on Finance under @UNFCCC as a member representing 54 countries of #Africa . Discussions focussed on the draft report of Biennial assessment of financial flows, report on mobilising 100B USD and SCF forums 2026/27.

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

#Abakeramurimo bari tayari! Mubanguke dufatanye ibi byishimo.

[Rwanda Environment Management Authority @REMA_Rwanda]

Mu biganiro ku mihindagurikire y'ibihe bibera i Bonn mu Budage, ibihugu byaganiriye ku buryo bwo gutanga amakuru binyuze muri raporo zitangwa buri myaka ibiri. Ku ruhande rw'u Rwanda, ibigananiro kuri iyi ngingo byakurikiwe na @david_ukwishaka

[Rwanda Environment Management Authority @REMA_Rwanda]

Ibiganiro bibera i Bonn ku mihindagurikire y'ibihe biri kugana ku musozo. Ingingo nyinshi zaganiriweho kandi zemeranywaho nk'uko bisobanurwa na @FaustinMUNYAZIK, Umuyobozi Mukuru wungirije wa @REMA_Rwanda.

[Bernardin.uzayisaba @uzabeni]

Couldn’t agree more, @GomeraM. Leg day is the one part of the gym I don’t enjoy. But it’s a must, at least once a week. No skipping it

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

Leg day. 😩

I hate it. Always have.

No glory. No shortcuts. No immediate reward.

Just repetition. Consistency. Showing up.

But maybe we all have one job:

Be better than yesterday.

Not perfect. Not the best.

Just better than yesterday.

Nobody likes leg day.

But some things are too important to skip. 💪🏾🌍

#GomeraNotes #BetterThanYesterday #LegDay

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

Back day. 💪🏾

One of the odd things about getting older is that you start paying attention to muscles you barely thought about when you were younger.

Lower back. Glutes. The entire posterior chain.

They’re not the muscles you admire in the mirror. They’re the muscles that quietly hold everything together.

Ignore them long enough and eventually your body sends you a strongly worded memo.

It struck me today that economies are not so different.

We spend a lot of time talking about the visible muscles: the unicorns, the mega-projects, the headline investments and the multinational giants.

Meanwhile SMEs are quietly doing the heavy lifting. Creating jobs. Generating income. Supporting families. Absorbing shocks. Holding communities together.

They’re the back muscles of the economy.

Not glamorous. Essential.

In finance, as in fitness, we sometimes overinvest in what is visible and underinvest in what is structural.

A strong frame is built from the centre outwards.

The same is true of economies. Train the back. Support SMEs. Invest in what holds the frame together.

Happy Sunday. 🌍🏋🏾‍♂️

[Bernardin.uzayisaba @uzabeni]

It has been a great pleasure to be part of this transformative Journey! Happy Anniversary @REMA_Rwanda and all friends of Environment @UNDP_Rwanda

[UNDP Rwanda @UNDP_Rwanda]

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we must keep turning up the volume on the urgent signals the Earth is sending.

But we also celebrate the champions answering the call!

This year marks 20 years of incredible, continuous impact by @REMA_Rwanda.

📷by REMA

[UNDP Rwanda @UNDP_Rwanda]

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we must keep turning up the volume on the urgent signals the Earth is sending.

But we also celebrate the champions answering the call!

This year marks 20 years of incredible, continuous impact by @REMA_Rwanda.

📷by REMA

[Bernardin.uzayisaba @uzabeni]

Isabukuru nziza @REMA_Rwanda

[UNDP Rwanda @UNDP_Rwanda]

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we must keep turning up the volume on the urgent signals the Earth is sending.

But we also celebrate the champions answering the call!

This year marks 20 years of incredible, continuous impact by @REMA_Rwanda.

📷by REMA

[UNDP Rwanda @UNDP_Rwanda]

🥂to 20 years of @REMA_Rwanda, two decades of building the laws and systems a green Rwanda now stands on.

For decades #REMA has worked toward a Rwanda where protecting the environment is everyone’s business.

Here’s part of that journey we walked together.
#WorldEnvironmentDay

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

Umuganda wo gutangiza #EnvironmentWeek wabereye mu karere ka @GisagaraDistr . Minisitiri w'@EnvironmentRw , @Dr_Arakwiye yasoje ikiciro cya mbere cy'umushinga wa #GreenAmayaga atangiza n'icya kabiri. Umushinga uzashyirwa mu bikorwa na @REMA_Rwanda ku bufatanye na @UNDP_Rwanda

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

Yesterday we began our audit differently.

Instead of executives presenting slides, we handed the microphone to staff.

7 people. 3 minutes each. No corporate language. Just stories. TED-talk style. “UNDPtalks” if you like.

This is #ClaraMathapole. In three minutes she explains something many reports struggle to capture: why so many young South Africans are frustrated.

Jobs. Or the absence of them.

But she also explains why she still believes there is hope.

Watch her. 👇🏾

#SouthAfrica #YouthEmployment #Hope #UNDP #GomeraNotes

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM TO THE #GOMERANATION: 📢
We are exactly 45 minutes away from history. Arsenal is 1-0 up against PSG at the break.

Per my authority as the founder of this nation, tomorrow Sunday 31st May is officially declared a public holiday. If your boss asks why you aren't at work, just send them a screenshot of the final score. 🔴⚪️🏆

(Please do not actually do this if you like your job, but definitely do it if we win).

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

What a game... @reg_rwanda VC na @Rwandapolice VC ! Ibiro birimo kuvuza ubuhuha twishimira ibikorwa byo kubungabunga ibidukikije byagezweho mu mayaga. #GreenAmayaga #AmayagaAtoshye #ClimateAction_VolleyballTournment

[Albert Munyabugingo @A_Munyabugingo]

Kwakundi ukwicaye inyuma akubwira ati icara urankingiriza igisobizo ni #FinaleNtakwicara 😎 ngaho tugure umwambaro wa @tigersbbc kuri @vubavubarw dufane kahave

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

"If nature would speak" . Thank you Emelyse ISHIMWE (Student at @Uni_Rwanda UR-CAFF) for a nice poem on the biodiversity day.

Happy #BiologicalDiversity Day to all of #Rwanda ns.

@REMA_Rwanda @EnvironmentRw @GreenFundRw @RwandaForestry @RwandaAgriBoard @RICA_Rwanda

[Maxwell Gomera @GomeraM]

Good news! @moodysratings has upgraded South Africa’s credit outlook to positive.

S&P upgraded the sovereign rating last year.

Two of the three major agencies are now signalling the same thing: South Africa’s reforms are beginning to register.

What that means practically:

• Lower borrowing costs
• Improved investor confidence
• More capital for infrastructure, energy and SMEs

This is the kind of environment many of us have been trying to build toward: blended finance, MSME guarantees, township economy platforms, stronger development finance systems.

South Africa is not there yet. Investment grade still lies ahead.

But direction matters. And right now, the direction is improving.

One more thing: ratings are ultimately about trust - in institutions, governance, fiscal management and data.

Africa also needs stronger data ecosystems, stronger analytical capability and stronger financial institutions that help us tell our own economic story with greater depth and confidence.

Making the invisible visible.
Making the informal priceable.

South Africa - keep building.

Further reading:
https://t.co/sJwjtGXrTC

#GomeraNotes #SouthAfrica

[Faustin Munyazikwiye @FaustinMUNYAZIK]

#GreenRwanda

[Bernardin.uzayisaba @uzabeni]

This’s the right pathway. Africa’s future will be built by those who hold both financial fluency and environmental literacy. Right capacity creates right capabilities and ultimately the right jobs and capital.
Proud to see this take shape in Rwanda. @UNDP_SDGFinance @UNDP_Rwanda

[UNDP Rwanda @UNDP_Rwanda]

Building Rwanda’s sustainable finance future requires more than capital, it requires a shared language between finance and environment. That is why, together with @Kigali_IFC and Biodiversity Finance we are partnering with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management to co-develop an Executive Sustainable Finance Masterclass designed to equip senior leaders with the strategic and practical tools needed to translate sustainable finance policies into action.