Joseph Nsengimana is a Rwandan engineer and politician. In September 2024, he was nominated as the country's Minister of Education, replacing Gaspard Twagirayezu, who has been appointed to lead the Rwanda Space Agency.[1]
Education
editNsengimana holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University in the U.S.[citation needed]
Career
editFrom 2008 to 2012, Nsengimana was based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he led a team at Intel responsible for government affairs, ICT and broadband policies. During Nsengimana's long career at Intel, he was the executive director of global diversity and inclusion.[2] He was responsible for implementing all pathway development initiatives funded through the US$300,000,000 Diversity in Technology fund that Intel established in 2015.[2]
More recently, Nsengimana served as director at the Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning.[3]
In his 2024 inauguration and swearing in ceremony as Minister of Education, Nsengimana was tasked to advance the education system by the president of Rwanda.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Communique". Primature.gov.rw. Prime Minister of Rwanda. 11 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Joseph Nsengimana". Millennium@EDU. 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Meet Joseph Nsengimana". Mastercard Foundation. 9 August 2019.
- ^ Kagina, Alice (13 September 2024). "Kagame tasks new Minister Nsengimana to advance country's education". The New Times.