About Us

About KBL

A selective founder community in Rwanda for builders aged 18-35. Online first, events when we plan them.

Why we exist

Founders often have the product but not capital or warm investor intros. Backers want tech exposure but lack a trusted pipeline of builders.

KBL is one selective community for both: an online forum, mentors, and in-person events when we schedule them.

See the Blueprint

Tech founders

Multiple cohorts and bootcamps run fully remote, live teachings, case clinics, and mentor sessions on scalability, technology, AI, and reading what is coming in the market.

Investors & backers

A trusted circle of startup founders aged 18-35, building ventures that can scale, with technology involved and openness to AI.

Where they meet

Forum, mentors, and events where founders and investors meet with context.

Meet the founder

Rémy-Jean HIRWA

Founder, Keynus Blueprint Launch

  • Software engineer · Europe & Rwanda
  • Founder

I spent years in corporate as a software engineer, in Europe and in Rwanda, building products across borders, stacks, and business models. I attended many tech events and meetups along the way. What stayed constant is this: the hardest part was never the code. It was finding founders who would tell me the truth about my numbers and still cheer when I shipped.

Keynus Blueprint Launch is the community I wanted at 22. A selective place for AI and tech founders first, and for operators in agriculture, ecommerce, and trade who are serious about building infrastructure-level businesses that will run on systems and AI, not spreadsheets forever.

I started Keynus to combine what works online (founder forum, peer accountability, mentor access) with what only happens in person (retreats, dinners, trips worth travelling for). Not another seminar circuit, a network that shows up.

Community values

Trust

The foundation everything else is built on.

Ambition

We cheer each other's goals and growth.

Practical learning

Lessons you can use on Monday morning.

Confidentiality

What is shared in the room stays in the room.

Honest feedback

Direct, kind, and always in service of growth.

Generosity

Give first, introductions, knowledge, time.

Responsible growth

Compliant, ethical, and built to last.

Local relevance

Rooted in Rwanda's real business environment.

Future-aware building

We watch technology and market shifts early, learning from waves like AI, so we adjust plans before disruption, not after.