 He had some military training in the 1990s and played a noteworthy role in the 1994 liberation war of Rwanda when he fought alongside the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) before joining University in 1999.He has been his own boss over the years and has run businesses that include among others, "The Financial Times" newspaper (1999–2000), a Forex bureau (1999 to-date), a Radio Station in Rwanda, a law firm Mbidde & Co Advocates (2011 to-date), the Mbidde Foundation headquartered in Nagoya, Japan etc.He is friends with many Japanese and these have supported his programs for many years through the Mbidde Foundation.