Christian Niyongabo

Christian Niyongabo is a dedicated, results driven, professional young Burundian with over four years’ experience in the public sector, capacity building, program management, and public policy. Christian currently works as a consultant-technical advisor for management consulting firm, MESEA (Management and Engineering Services Excellence in Africa) – specifically for the capacity-building project component of the Energy Institutional Reforms of REGIDESO (Burundian National Power and Water Utility). Christian Niyongabo is also a member and policy analyst of PARCEM, a civil society organization and think-tank which analyses, monitors, and evaluates the Burundian government’s economic policies. His academic background includes Public Policy and Human Development for his Master’s studies from Maastricht University, United Nations University, and Political science and Human Resource Management for his Bachelor’s degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Christian plans to advocate and focus more on public administration reforms and to strengthen the impact of civil society’s work within the policy process.