Team · 2026
DTC Rwanda brings together expertise across technology, policy, service design, applied AI, public-sector innovation and ecosystem development. We work alongside government, universities, founders and international partners to translate national ambitions into delivered digital infrastructure.
01 — Leadership
The leadership group sets institutional direction, holds accountability for portfolio delivery and represents DTC Rwanda in national, continental and international forums.
Digital Public Infrastructure
Crystal Rugege
Managing Director
Strategy · Partnerships · Delivery · Kigali
AI & Emerging Tech
Aphrodice Mutangana
Head of AI Hub
AI policy · Applied AI · Kigali
Digital Public Infrastructure
Jean-Paul Nyirubutama
Studio Director
Service design · GovStack · Kigali
Digital Skills
Eric Habineza
Skills Programme Lead
Robotics · Teacher labs · Kigali
Smart Governance
Emmanuel Bugingo
Smart Africa Coordinator
Continental policy · Convenings · Kigali
Innovation Ecosystems
Liliane Mupende
Ecosystem & Comms Lead
Events · Community · Editorial · Kigali
Innovation Ecosystems
Kevin Gatera
Startup Programme Lead
Acceleration · Investor relations · Kigali
02 — Teams
Engineers, researchers, designers, policy analysts and field operators are grouped around the five strategic Focus Areas of DTC Rwanda — bringing depth of practice to each domain while working as one institution.
F·01 / 05
GovStack, citizen engagement, One Health and the shared digital plumbing of Rwandan institutions.
Sarah Uwimana
Senior Service Designer
Citizen engagement · ResearchDTC Studio · KigaliDavid Mugisha
Delivery Lead
Cross-cutting delivery · PMODigital Delivery Unit · KigaliClaudine Ingabire
Data & Interoperability Engineer
GovStack · Data infrastructureDigital Delivery Unit · KigaliF·02 / 05
Responsible AI, applied machine learning, and the country's drone ecosystem — from policy to field deployment.
Diane Karusisi
Responsible AI Lead
Governance · Ethics · StandardsAI Hub Rwanda · KigaliPatrick Nshimiyimana
Drone Operations Lead
UAV operations · Field pilotsDrone Ecosystem · KarongiGrace Iribagiza
Health Logistics Specialist
Drones for health · One HealthDrone Ecosystem · KigaliF·03 / 05
Curriculum-integrated robotics, the Digital Skills Academy, and inclusion programmes reaching every district.
Aline Mukashema
Curriculum Architect
Pedagogy · STEMSkills Programme · Western ProvinceF·04 / 05
Acceleration, founder coaching, and the convenings, communications and community work that hold the ecosystem together.
Yvette Umutoni
Founder Coach
Coaching · Cohort deliveryStartup Programme · KigaliF·05 / 05
Cross-cutting digital delivery and Rwanda's leadership inside Smart Africa for a continental digital single market.
Olivier Kagabo
Policy Analyst
Digital economy · RegulationSmart Africa Coordination · Kigali03 — Ecosystem
DTC Rwanda operates as a connector — embedded with ministries and regulators, partnered with universities and research institutions, and supported by international implementing and commissioning partners.
Government Ministry
Government Agency
Implementing Partner
Commissioning Partner
International Organisation
Innovation Hub
University
Regulator