Background

Vision Youth Group was established in 2009 by John Bosco Birungi with a main aim of supporting and empowering under privileged children in Rwanda through talent development, education and other activities.

VYG intends to run through setting up of academies focused on developing various talents; Vision Football Academy, Vision Table Tennis Academy were the flagship ones and others are to follow with time.

The academies recruit members in the age groups of 9-15 years and then provide professional coaching and other services to them including mentoring to achieve required discipline, talent development and career guidance.

About the Founder

John Birungi was inspired by his love for sports and his childhood encounter with very talented children whose potential was never exploited and dreams shattered because lack of resources. He is a sports enthusiast who is an active player of football and table tennis having started the playing the two sports at a very early age and amidst several life challenges.

Johns football career was short lived having sustained a double fracture on his left forearm in his freshman year in college. After healing, he resorted to coaching but also later went back to playing competitive table tennis since his right arm was not affected by the injury.

John is a finance and investments professional with experience in the US banking industry and a track record of having managed successful companies in Africa. He is the founder of Arrow Capital Ltd, an Africa focused investment and advisory firm established in 2014. He previously worked investment banking with Bank of America in New York and was the CEO of Crystal Ventures, one of the largest investment companies in Rwanda. He also serves of the Boards of KCB Bank Rwanda, Old Mutual Insurance Rwanda, ONE54 Holdings UK and JUBU Corp USA.

John holds an MBA in Finance from Brandeis University in Boston,Massachusetts and a BSc in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University, Uganda. He has also been the President of Rwanda Table Tennis Federation (RTTF) since 2017.

Mission & Core values

The basic values and underlying principles of Vision Youth Group are “Sportsmanship, Discipline and Education”. To be a good sports man,discipline is required and to have a meaningful career whether sports or other, education is an essential ingredient.

Mission
To empower under privileged youth in Rwanda through sports,education and various extra circular activities.

Vision
To create a self-sustaining organization that runs various academies aimed at developing youth talent among under privileged communities in Rwanda.

Core values
Sportsmanship, Discipline and Education.

Governance & Management

- Faustin MBUNDU, Chairman
- John Bosco BIRUNGI, President and Founder
- Volkan Kazova, Vice President
- Africa RAMBA, Secretary General
- Raymond KARANGWA, Treasurer VYG (MD, Kigali Ceramica)
- Yves NDIZEYE, General Manager VYG/Vision Table Tennis Club
- Lonzen RUGIRA PHD, Career Mentor (Professor of Public Policy, National University of Rwanda)
- Abdallah Bangambiki, General Manager, Vision Football Club/Academy