Rwanda

Eva Lorraine Umwarihas over five years’ experience in various business fields. Currently, she is on the board of directors for Mubwiza and the owner of Eden Harvest,Rwanda. She is a business analyst for Heineken Opco, Bralirwa, a brewery and soft drink plant based in Kigali and Rubavu. Other than her professional work, Eva volunteers in… read more »

Merab Tawhirwa is a software product manager for Pivot Access, a software company based in Kigali. Besides her full-time job she’s a member of Girls’ In ICT Rwanda, a group that mentors and speaks to teenage girls to encourage them to consider ICT as a career and also help them understand the importance of developing… read more »

Yves Tuyishime is an economist with over five years of experience in renewable energy and climate change. Currently, he is the energy specialist for the Rwanda Development Board (RDB, www.rdb.rw), an independent and influential government institution whose mission is to fast-track economic development in Rwanda. At RDB, Yves is responsible for investment promotion in the… read more »

With eight years of experience in entrepreneurship, Emmanuel Tuyisenge is the vice chairperson of the chamber of young entrepreneurs chapter of the Private Sector Federation of Rwanda. He is also the founder and CEO of Temaco Builders, a Rwandan low-incorporated company specializing in producing prefab concrete products, constructing affordable, improved latrines for the bottom of… read more »

Daniel Turikumwe has over two years of experience in the community development sector and in poverty alleviation in particular. Currently, Daniel is a program coordinator of the Church and Community Mobilization Program (CCMP) in the Kibungo Diocese of the Anglican church, where he focuses on improving the lives of vulnerable families through bible study, capacity… read more »

Jacqueline Tumukunde is the founder and managing director of Jallyn Travels and has been working in the tourism sector for as long as she can remember. Early on in her professional career, Jacqueline Tumukunde built strong networks as an ardent travel blogger, a conference organizer, and a digital marketing executive based in Rwanda. Her extended… read more »

Clarisse Marie Claudine Simbi is a human-rights activist. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Mount Kenya University and has over five years’ experience in research. Since 2013, she has worked as statistics officer at the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG), a human-rights and peacebuilding organization. She is responsible for… read more »

Sylvie Sangwa has over five years’ experience in research, business and entrepreneurship, specifically focusing on sustainable agricultural production. Sylvie is currently working as the Managing Director of Sybash Ltd., a business she created that is engaged in sustainable agriculture. The first business of this kind in the country,Sylvie Sangwa is designing, guiding, and managing the… read more »

Isaac Rugamba is a Rwandan civil servant with a keen interest in international development. For the past two years, Isaac has worked on donor coordination in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning’s External Finance Division. Isaac sees his role as looking for innovative ways to finance Rwanda’s development agenda, steering Rwanda away from foreign… read more »

Jean Paulin Mutatsineza has two years’ experience in educational NGO management, and is both a project manager and board member of Rwanda Education Assistance Program (REAP), an NGO that is dedicated to enhancing educational and vocational opportunities for vulnerable youths in rural public schools in Rwanda. Amongst other responsibilities, he is in charge of pursuing… read more »

Jean Bosco Nzeyimana is the founder and chief executive officer Habona Ltd, a company that produces affordable and environmentally friendly products in the form of biogas, biomass briquettes, and organic fertilizer. He has been working for his company for over two years, and so far has created over 20 permanent jobs (and 40 temporary ones)…. read more »

Kenneth Nkusi has three years of experience in architectural practice. Kenneth has been working together with Sharon Davis Design, an international company based in America, and Extreme Contract Ltd., a local company, to build Rwanda through designing and constructing various sustainable projects Currently, Kenneth Nkusi is designing and constructing early childhood development centers/Kindergartens for his… read more »

Josephine Nkurunziza is a Gender and Accountability Specialist with over 10 years’ experience in program management of girls and women’s issues. She has counseled non-profit associations and government entities in girls and women’s programming. Josephine has a Master’s degree in Gender Analysis in Economics from Makerere University, Kampala and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from… read more »

Theoneste Ngiruwonsanga has over eight years of experience in the information communication technology (ICT) and management fields. Currently, Theoneste is a senior information technology (IT) security engineer at the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), where he builds Rwanda’s cyber-security capabilities to increase the capacity of early detection, prevention, and response to computer security incidents. He… read more »