Dr. Elie Buconyori, is the rector

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 of Hope Africa University

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 and Free Methodist bishop

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 in Burundi

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.

Buconyori received his PhD

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 in Educational Studies with High Honors from Trinity International University

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 in Chicago, Illinois, United States

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. Bishop Buconyori serves also as the Vice-President of the Free Methodist World Conference.

He is married to Joy Butoyi Buconyori, who was the former Coordinator of Child Care International in Nairobi

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, Kenya

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. Together they have four children.