World Connect Rwanda

Johnson Kabera is an advocate and member of the Rwanda Bar Association and the East African Law Society. He has more that 25 years' experience in the legal field and delivers practical, commercially-informed, and results-oriented legal solutions while also serving others by providing pro bono legal services. Mr. Kabera is the Managing Partner of Crest Law, a Kigali-based law firm that provides legal services to individuals, investors, non-governmental oganizations, and other Institutions. His practice focuses mainly on corporate and commercial law, family law, litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.

Judith is a dynamic leader who is passionate about people growth and results. She is a team player whose strength is in managing people, development interventions, sustainable partnership building, managing diversity, empowering others, and impacting lives. Judith holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Makerere University in Uganda. She is a Certified Performance Technologist by the International Society for Performance Improvement in the USA. She also is PRINCE 2 project management certified and holds the prestigious International Program for Development Evaluation Training certification from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Judith has 25 years of work experience in the social and economic development sectors. She currently works as Director of Partnerships, Advocacy, and Resource Mobilization at Africa New Life Ministries and previously worked with the Government of Rwanda, United Nations, and consulted with the World Bank and various non-profit organizations. Her experience has been across delivery sectors such as education, agriculture, trade, and industry, infrastructure, and mining as well as cross-cutting areas of gender, environment, and capacity-building. Judith has held both technical and management positions as well as strategic leadership roles, including providing strategic leadership for various Rwandan institutions by serving on their governance boards. She has contributed to sustainable development through sound growth principles and guidance to up to 30 full-time staff, consultants, and international experts.

Judith's specific areas of experience range from successful design and management of projects/programs, community development, bilateral and multilateral partnership building, policy development, resource mobilization, advocacy, and donor funds management. She has hands-on expertise in knowledge management, capacity development, performance management, development evaluation, quality assurance, financial and performance audit, gender equality, and women empowerment with special attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Her international exposure includes work with international development agencies in the UK, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Netherlands, Brussels, the United Nations, and the World Bank, which enhanced her ability to work in cross-cultural environments and build and maintain productive relationships with stakeholders and colleagues. Judith is a founding member of the Rwanda Monitoring and Evaluation Organization (RMEO) and continues to provide capacity development support to individuals and organizations through her consulting work.

Dr. Anatole Manzi serves as Deputy Chief Medical Officer in charge of Clinical Quality and Health Systems Strengthening at Partners In Health (PIH). He also serves as Director of Learning Collaborative aiming at strengthening COVID-19 contact tracing and expanded public health response through learning and exchange series targeted to expert implementers as part of the U.S. Public Health Accompaniment Unit.

Previously, Dr. Manzi served as the Director of Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement and Director of Global Learning and Training at PIH. In these roles, he oversaw the organization-wide education and training strategy, including the development and standardization of guidelines and tools essential for PIH-supported countries to deliver high quality care.

Dr Manzi is assistant professor at University of Global Health Equity, adjunct professor of global health at Tufts University, and lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He also co-directs the Equity Approach to Pandemic Preparedness and Response, an online self-learning course which brings together public health experts leading national and global efforts to analyze challenges and strategic interventions through practical, interdisciplinary and equity-driven approach to address COVID-19 and other pandemics.

Dr. Manzi is the founder of Move Up Global, a Boston-based organization striving to improve access to better health and education in remote and resource-constrained communities. His research focuses on evaluating healthcare quality improvement and innovative interventions to eradicate neglected tropical diseases in resource-limited settings.

Dr Manzi is an active member and advisor at various organizations and working groups including the World Health Organization and International Standards Organization. He is also a New Voices Senior Fellow at Aspen Institute.

Doreen Ndishabandi is Senior Director & Global Chief of Staff at One Acre Fund, an organization that serves 6+ million smallholder farmers across 10 markets in Africa.

She is a strategic advisor to the Global CEO and leads initiatives that drive growth and performance across the organization. Doreen heads One Acre Fund's executive portfolio, including Global Legal, Global Communications, and the Office of the CEO, and co-manages One Acre Fund's executive board. In the past year, Doreen has partnered with the CEO to institutionalize senior-leader talent reviews as a core part of the organisation's annual business process, leading to year-on-year improvements in senior leader development and succession readiness.

In her early years at One Acre Fund, Doreen led country-scale partnerships with the Government of Rwanda and oversaw government relations, policy and partnerships, communications, legal and compliance, and people functions in Rwanda. She supported One Acre Fund's systems change strategy which aimed to transform agricultural markets by leveraging deep government and private-sector partnerships to fix market failures, champion farmer-centered policy, scale evidence-backed interventions, and advance gender equity across the sector. She also co-led the organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion investments, including the overhaul of our leadership structures and equity-driven changes to our compensation and benefits and performance management systems.

Doreen is an accredited executive coach, a Skoll and Mastercard Emerging Leaders Fellow, and an Opportunity Collaboration Global Skoll Foundation Fellow. Prior to joining One Acre Fund, Doreen worked on maternal, newborn, and child health with the U.S Peace Corps in Belize, and has previously worked with the World Justice Project in Washington, D.C, and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Rwanda. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.

Linda Ndungutse is the founder and Executive Director of Inzira Creative Partners, a community benefit organization building the connective tissue that Africa's creative sectors need to thrive: coordinated market pathways, catalytic finance, evidence, and the practical systems that link practitioners to markets and to each other. Her work starts from a simple conviction: the African continent's creative sectors don't lack talent; they lack infrastructure that holds over time. Through the Creative Rwanda Program, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Inzira is building financing architecture designed around how creative income actually flows, not how traditional lending expects it to.

This conviction is grounded in practice. Linda co-founded Haute Baso, an ethical fashion brand featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Essence, with work shown at Lagos Fashion Week and Buckingham Palace. Years working alongside artisans and cooperatives across Rwanda made the gap between creative skill and economic dignity impossible to ignore. Before founding Inzira, she led partnerships and strategy at Inkomoko, working with thousands of refugee entrepreneurs building durable businesses. An Acumen Fellow, Linda serves on the board of Urugo Women's Opportunity Centre. Her work is grounded in Rwanda and oriented toward the African continent.

Egide Rugamba is a seasoned development professional with a master's degree in development studies and a strong track record of leadership in governance, community development, program management, resource mobilization, and advocacy. Deeply committed to locally-led development, Egide brings hands-on experience supporting impactful programs and initiatives designed to improve livelihoods and empower communities.

With a history of serving on multiple boards across both NGOs and government institutions, Rugamba offers strategic insight and governance expertise to steer organizational growth and accountability. His ability to bridge grassroots perspectives with high-level policy advocacy makes him a valuable contributor to sustainable development efforts.

Passionate about fostering health equity, educational advancement, and economic opportunity, Egide is eager to contribute time, experience, and vision as an advisory board member of World Connect Rwanda, championing a future where communities lead their own development.

Charles Sebaruma holds BA and MA degrees in Economics from Makerere University Kampala. Before his retirement, he was a lecturer at the University of Rwanda teaching economics, finance, and research. He has wide experience in financial management and auditing having worked with Ripple Effect for over 20 years as the Finance and Administration Manager. Today, Charles maintains an interest in economic research, financial systems, and consultancy.