Mireille Ineza Karera is the Group CEO at KORA Coaching Group Ltd, a Coaching & Consulting company based in Rwanda and South Africa. Mireille is the Faculty Lead Coach at KORA Coaching & Business Academy (KCA), which is a subsidiary of the Group. She is a Rwandan Businesswoman who recently returned to Africa after spending over 13 years working as a Top Performer in Sales, Business Development Strategy for Global Financial Services Providers such as Moody’s Investor Services, EBS Dealing Resources (now ICAP) and Thomson Reuters in London, Dubai,  Johannesburg and Nairobi.
As a leading Coach and Public Speaker, Mireille is a sought-after speaker for conferences on Business issues and Women Economic Empowerment.

Under her leadership, KORA Coaching Group Ltd. launched the very first Professional Coaching Academy in Rwanda. The recently created Coaching Academy’s mission is to create a solid Coaching industry in Rwanda by tackling the scarce supply of local Professional Coaches in Rwanda.

Mireille is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She is also a Certified Professional Coactive Coach (CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI).
Her mission is to empower a generation of World-Class Business Leaders who will transform Africa into an economic powerhouse.

In 2017, Mireille was handed an Award “Africa’s Top 25 Distinguished Women in Business Excellence” by Africa Leadership Magazine & Amazons Watch Magazine.
In 2020, Mireille was conferred an Award as ”101 Most Fabulous Global Coaching Leaders” at the World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India.

Emelyne is passionate about women, Africa’s development and the role of ICT in development.

Emelyne has developed and empowered many women in the Great Lakes region and in South Africa. She is a passionate and determined woman, who has a calling to unlock women’s potential. Her vision is to see the continent of Africa rise by equipping women in their respective callings. She has more than 12 years’ experience as a Life Coach and Motivational Speaker. Her work expands from empowering women in the Church to the secular world of the United Nations and International Organizations. I CAN International, an NGO she started in 2004, has made a positive impact in the lives of women who are discouraged, unsteady in their business activities and with low self-esteem, both in the Great Lakes region and in South Africa.

Emelyne holds a Masters Degree in Business Information Systems which equips her to use ICT for Development especially in her specialty field of women in business. She has a BA Honours Degree in International Relations from Wits University in South Africa.

In 2018, she graduated as a Certified Professional KORA Coach  from the 1st Cohort at KORA Coaching & Business Academy in Rwanda . Since 2011, she  is also a Certified Life Coach from Let’s-Live Coaching Training Institute in South Africa.

After 15 years working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), Emelyne joined KORA Coaching Group Ltd. in  Johannesburg, South Africa in  August 2017. Emelyne has relocated to Kigali, Rwanda where she is currently the Country Director for Rwanda.

Over the years Mulalo has had the opportunity to Coach teams and Mentor individuals as part of the article clerks training and development program, as part of her role in management roles, also as part of the student development programs run by various organisations. Mulalo Coached women who formed part of an incubator in 2017. Mulalo has also been Coaching Women in the Church environment and served as part of the leadership in her Home Church in South Africa. Mulalo leads a prayer group on WhatsApp where scripture is shared and various topics discussed.

Through the TIMFA qualification as a relationship Coach she has been able to support entrepreneurs when they face relationship issues that negatively impact them and as a result impact the performance of the business with positive results. This qualification provides her with a unique insight on how personalities can either hinder or propel an individual to the next level of development.

In her last role in a development institution in South Africa she contributed to the pipeline  generation of women owned and led businesses, for funding,  which ignited afresh her desire to help women grow and find their voice without giving up their feminine traits. She was involved in Business plan evaluation . She Managed Startup Nations South Africa a program within the Global Entrepreneurship Network.  This led to the creation of RM Overflow Consulting a company established to mentor and Coach women led and owned businesses. Further Mulalo Co-founded the Pan African Women Accelerator Launched in Rwanda aimed at doing what she is doing as RM Overflow on a larger scale.

Mulalo has also been involved in organising competitions for entrepreneurs as well as serving on various adjudication panels or entrepreneurship competitions. In these competitions Mulalo would evaluate business plans and provide feedback,  as well as, pitches done by entrepreneurs as if they are facing a potential funder and give the entrepreneurs guidance on how to pitch their business at the appropriate level.

Mulalo has moved to Rwanda where she serves as the Managing Director of KORA Coaching Group. Mulalo graduated as a Certified Professional KORA Coach from the 2nd Cohort at KORA Coaching & Business Academy in Rwanda in 2018. Mulalo is also an Executive Coach facilitating CEO level monthly meetings and Leadership coaching sessions as part of Breakfast Club Africa (BCA) Kigali Club.