CHAPTER 10Innocent Bagamba Muhizi: Rwanda
Innocent Bagamba Muhizi is a senior technology and business executive with more than fifteen years of industry experience in the public and private sector. He was appointed in April 2017 as the first CEO for Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)—a position he still holds to date.
Prior to that, Innocent served as the regional CIO for AccessHolding, including leading the digital transformation for three banks across Africa. He has also led digital transformation works in the rest of the telecom and banking sector in Rwanda, including deploying the first e-tax services in partnership with the Rwanda Revenue Authority.
He started his career in the Office of the President of the Republic of Rwanda as the director of IT back in 2001.
Innocent's job goes far beyond the digital government only, and many of the accomplishments of Rwanda and RISA reach far into the digital society and digital economy at large. Rwanda is often hailed as the tech star of all Africa, and for good reasons.
This all has been the result of a long-term effort launched by the Rwandan president Paul Kagame, who had a bold vision already many years ago that his country's future has to be carried by digital and tech.
During Innocent's tenure and under his watch as the first CEO of RISA, Rwanda has reached into deeper transformation of public services in the ...
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