Rwanda males’s volleyball nationwide workforce head coach Frédéric Guérin has travelled to Tunis, Tunisia, together with his last 14-man squad for the 2026 African Males’s Nations Volleyball Championship, scheduled for September 13–26.
The squad options 4 new faces—Santere Mugisha, Kenny Ntawiha, Munyinya Mugisha and Frank Shyaka—who will all be making their worldwide volleyball debut in Tunis as Guérin seeks to mix rising expertise with expertise.
The French tactician will probably be hoping to enhance on Rwanda’s sixth-place end on the 2023 version because the workforce returns to the continental stage.
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Occasions Sport seems on the 4 newcomers in a squad led by captain Wicklif Dusenge and that includes established stars corresponding to Yves Mutabazi.
Santere Mugisha
Place: Libero
Present membership: Rwanda Power Group (REG)
Mugisha is a libero for league champions Rwanda Power Group (REG) VC.
The 23-year-old has earned his first senior nationwide workforce call-up, alongside his REG teammate Simon Rwigema.
Mugisha was additionally a part of the REG squad that received bronze on the 2026 African Males’s Membership Volleyball Championship.
Kenny Ntawiha
Place: Reverse hitter
Present membership: APR VC
The 22-year-old is a product of Christ-Roi de Nyanza and was a part of the APR squad that received the 2024/25 Rwanda Volleyball League title.
Ntawiha additionally helped Rwanda’s representatives win gold on the 2025 CAVB Zone V Membership Championship.
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Munyinya Mugisha
Place: Exterior hitter
Present membership: Kirehe VC
At 19, Munyinya Mugisha is without doubt one of the youngest gamers within the squad and a expertise to observe.
Though he’s but to win a medal with Kirehe VC, his performances have attracted curiosity from a few of Rwanda’s high golf equipment, together with Police VC.
Through the low season, Mugisha performed for Police VC, serving to the membership win the 2026 Liberation Cup and declare bronze on the Genocide Memorial Match.
Frank Shyaka
Place: Center blocker
Present membership: Police VC
Shyaka earned his first senior nationwide workforce call-up in 2023 however missed out on the ultimate squad. Three years later, the 27-year-old has lastly secured his place on Rwanda’s continental championship roster.
He was named Greatest Center Blocker on the latest African Males’s Membership Championship and helped Police VC safe Rwanda’s first-ever silver medal within the competitors.
Shyaka can be a two-time Rwanda Volleyball League silver medallist with Police VC, making his long-awaited return to the nationwide workforce a reward for years of consistency and persistence.
