Kwizera Arnold
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Kwizera Arnold (born 24 September 1993) is a Rwandan journalist, and radio and television personality. Arnold is the CEO of Patriots Basketball Club,[1] and of The K Financial, a financial media platform, where he is the host of Pivot and Profit, a podcast show including interviews with prominent African businesspeople.[2] He is the co-founder and CEO of ArCa Ventures Fund and Studio. Arnold was formerly a presenter for CNBC Africa, a pan-African business news channel, a co-host of Kigali In The Morning, a radio breakfast show on Royal FM, and a former sports anchor of Rise and Shine Rwanda, a morning news show on Rwanda Television.[3][4][5][6]
Arnold was born in Westville, South Africa on 24 September, 1993. At age 2, he moved to Uganda to live with his mother. His father worked as a disc jockey. During his childhood, Arnold DJ'd at his friends' birthday celebrations.
At age 9, Arnold won the Baruda U-10 national badminton championship. He became the captain of his school's cricket team and a member of the football team.
After joining St. Mary's College Kisubi for high school, Arnold developed an affinity for rugby, and eventually became the youngest member of its rugby team, known as the Smack Eagles, playing as a scrumhalf. He transferred to St. Lawrence Paris Palais High School and captained the school's rugby team (the Mad Rhinos) to their first ever title and was voted most promising player. Arnold was part of the Ugandan Fifteens U-19 rugby team.
After completing secondary education, Arnold joined the Pirates, a local rugby club, where he played in the national league before suffering a career-ending knee injury.
He returned to Durban in South Africa to pursue economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.[citation needed]
