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]
Nsengimana holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University in the U.S.[ citation needed ]
From 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]
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