Curriculum Vitae · Public edition

Gilbert Munyemana

Child development leader · Educational technologist · Researcher · Consultant

Kigali, Rwanda · gmunyemana@gmail.com

Professional profile

Experienced leader working across child development, education, technology, research and programme innovation. Background spans national public leadership, international development, university teaching, educational technology consulting and applied research.

Experience

Nov 2020–Apr 2023*

Deputy Director General

National Child Development Agency

Nov 2017–Nov 2020

Programme Manager — Education & ECD

Plan International Rwanda

May 2014–Apr 2023*

Independent Consultant in Educational Technology

Consultancies with public and private organisations.

Feb 2013–Apr 2014

Project Manager — Teacher Self Learning Academy

Plan International Rwanda

Apr 2011–Feb 2013

Deputy Director / Educational Technologist / Research Assistant B

Centre for Instructional Technology, National University of Rwanda

Jul 2007–Sep 2009

Research Assistant A / Lecturer of ICT Courses

Centre for Instructional Technology, National University of Rwanda

Education

2009–2011

Master of Education

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

2002–2006

Bachelor of Arts

Information Technology Applications in Management, National University of Rwanda

Selected projects & research

2018: Design and development of SRHR digital materials and educational videos for Plan International Rwanda.

2017: Mapping of ICT for teacher training activities in Rwanda for UNESCO–KFIT’s ICT Transforming Education in Africa project.

2016: Design and development of Speak Kinyarwanda and Vuga English mobile language-learning applications.

2015: Teacher Self Learning Academy ICT for education project, implemented under the DFID Innovation for Education fund.

2011: Master’s thesis on UNISA’s virtual learning environment and the pedagogical conversational framework; design and implementation of ICT4Kids.

Areas of interest

Education & ECD leadershipInnovative learningEducational technologyDigital inclusionOpen-source solutionsVocational trainingEntrepreneurshipInnovation project management

Languages

Kinyarwanda (mother tongue) · English (excellent) · French (excellent) · Swahili (conversational)

Selected recognition

Regional innovation award for the Teacher Self Learning Academy; Best Paper Presenter at the 5th International Scientific Research Conference (2012); recognition for an innovative video presentation (2015); Drupal Association award for contribution to technology education in East Africa (2017); Georg Eckert Institute support for research presentation at the Arnhold International Summer School.

*The source CV was last signed on 25 April 2023. Roles listed as “current” in that record are shown through that date. This public edition intentionally excludes residential address, date of birth, marital status, private telephone numbers and referees’ details.