The Human Edge
The human edge is Kigali's premier event for powerful interactions and conversations that elevate leadership consciousness and competencies in individuals. Attendees are the focus of these gatherings and advancing their vision, leadership and impact is what the meetings are built on.
Worth an evening you don't get back.
85% of professional success is attributed to people skills — communication, leadership, the ability to build trust under pressure. Almost none of it gets taught after school. This is where that gap actually closes.
Not a folder of slides you'll never reopen. Every session ends with a single, concrete practice you can apply in your next hard conversation — the next morning, not someday.
You don't just hear about communication under pressure — you practice it live, with people watching. That's the only version of the lesson that actually sticks.
30+ managers, founders, and senior professionals in one room. The conversation after the session is often worth more than the session itself.
Our speakers aren't professional presenters — they're practitioners who've led, failed, and rebuilt. They stay in the room afterward, and they answer real questions.
Not built for everyone. That's the point.
If the left column describes you, we've been waiting for you. If the right one does, this isn't the room yet — and that's alright.
A single evening, structured on purpose.
No hour of mingling before anything useful happens. Here's exactly how the evening runs.
Arrive, settle in, meet a few people before anything formal starts.
A short, sharp framing of why tonight's topic matters — and what you should be listening for.
The core talk or facilitated discussion — one theme, explored with depth, not a highlight reel of tips.
A structured activity where you apply the idea in the room — not just hear about it and hope it sticks later.
Real questions, real pushback. No polished PR answers — that's not what this room is for.
Structured enough that you're not left standing alone holding a drink.
You leave with one idea, one practice, and a few new people worth knowing.
August Edition
How leaders find their voice in high-stakes conversations — with boards, with peers, with difficult teams. The skill most needed and least practiced.
Kizito Nyuytiymbiy
Kizito is the Founder of Leader Upp and one of Kigali's most distinctive voices on leadership and human skills development. He built this series because he believes the most important skills a leader can develop are also the most consistently neglected.
He draws on a background in engineering, technology, and organizational leadership — and years of watching brilliant, capable people limit themselves because no one ever helped them develop the human side of their craft.
A few questions people ask.
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30+ seats. One evening. One focused theme.