Board Chair
Chief Digital Advisor, Africa CDC
Jean Philbert Nsengimana is the Chief Digital Advisor for the Africa CDC. Previously he was the Africa Managing Director at the Commons Project, working to unlock the full potential of technology and data for the common good. He serves on many boards, including the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, where he is the Chairperson, and Place Fund, i4Policy, Startup Genome, and Future State.
Nsengimana’s career spans the public, international development, and private sectors. Most recently, he served as Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and ICT (information and communication technology). During his tenure, he spearheaded the Smart Africa Alliance and YouthConnekt Africa—two pan-African organizations focused on accelerating digital transformation and youth empowerment.
Before joining the government, Nsengimana was the Country Manager for Voxiva Rwanda. He led the design and implementation of mobile technology platforms that helped the Government of Rwanda successfully scale up major national public health programs, including HIV/AIDS and Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response. Prior to Voxiva, he served as the Africa coordinator for the Development Gateway Foundation, extending digital platforms for managing official development aid and public procurement to 15 countries.
Nsengimana holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, a global MBA in information technology, a master’s degree in software engineering, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science.