Hermine E’Gairma is a FIBA-certified international basketball referee, a physical education teacher at a private, international school, and the president of the Women and Sports Commission for the Rwandan Olympic Committee. In 2017, she was elected to the position of advisor for the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee. Hermine served alongside the committee’s first vice president, Felicite Rwemalika, whose platform revolves around developing women’s sports. She considers herself an “all-sport athlete” and continues to play a number of sports, including tennis, basketball, handball, swimming, and volleyball on a regular basis. Because of her role as a physical educator and avid athlete, Hermine is highly regarded in her community as an expert on health, fitness, exercise, and sport. 

As president of the Women and Sports Commission, Hermine used her position to increase sporting opportunities for girls at the junior national level. According to her, the Rwandan government is very supportive of gender balance throughout society including sports, so by using government resources to build capacity for junior national programs, more Rwandan women can represent their country in future Olympic Games.