FORBES AFRICA - 50 Most Powerful Women Clare Akamanzi
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Clare Akamanzi is a Rwandan lawyer, public administrator, businesswoman and politician, who has served as the executive director and chief executive officer of the Rwanda Development Board, since 4 February 2017. The position is a cabinet-level appointment by the President of Rwanda.
In the cabinet reshuffle of 31 August 2017, Akamanzi was retained in a cabinet and she retained her portfolio. Akamanzi was born in Uganda to Rwandan refugee parents in 1979.
She is the fourth-born in a family of six siblings. She attained pre-university education in various parts of Uganda.
The family moved a lot, because her parents were refugees in Uganda. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, awarded by Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city
She also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice, obtained from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala.
Her Master of Laws in trade and investment law was obtained from the University of Pretoria, in South Africa.
She also holds a Masters in Public Administration, obtained from Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. She received an honorary degree in Laws from Concordia University in June 2018
In the cabinet reshuffle of 31 August 2017, Akamanzi was retained in a cabinet and she retained her portfolio. Akamanzi was born in Uganda to Rwandan refugee parents in 1979.
She is the fourth-born in a family of six siblings. She attained pre-university education in various parts of Uganda.
The family moved a lot, because her parents were refugees in Uganda. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, awarded by Makerere University, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city
She also holds the Diploma in Legal Practice, obtained from the Law Development Centre, also in Kampala.
Her Master of Laws in trade and investment law was obtained from the University of Pretoria, in South Africa.
She also holds a Masters in Public Administration, obtained from Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. She received an honorary degree in Laws from Concordia University in June 2018