Yankurije competes for the APR Athletics Club; prior to 2016, she competed at Nyamasheke Athletics Club. She started athletics at the age of 11. She debuted at the 2014 Kigali half marathon, finishing fifth, and later in the year, she competed at the 2014 African Cross Country Championships, finishing 35th. She came fourth in the half marathon event at the 2017 Kigali International Peace Marathon and won the event in Bugesera. Yankurije won the 10,000 metres event at the 2018 Rwandan National Championships. In the same year, she won the Rwandan national Cross-Country Championships, and came third in the half marathon event at the 2018 Kigali International Peace Marathon, and the Dar Marathon in Tanzania.