Marcel Mutsindashyaka

Marcel Mutsindashyaka is Founder and CEO of UMUSEKE IT LTD, a media and IT company in Rwanda. He is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and believes that media strongly contributed to accelerating the genocide. As a result, he created the news website www.umuseke.rw to spread a message of peace and reconciliation. The website employs 25 people and is the second most popular news website in Rwanda with a readership of 85,000 visitors daily. Marcel Mutsindashyaka received his bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology and is now studying to receive his MSIT at Carnegie Mellon University. After completing the Washington Fellowship, he plans to start an FM radio and TV channel dedicated to spreading the message of peace and reconciliation to Rwandan youth who represent 63% of the population.