Dr. Radjab NYABYENDA is a Senior Research Fellow at IPAR-Rwanda. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics, specializing in Macro-Econometric Modeling. His academic background also includes a Master of Science in Economics, a Postgraduate Diploma in Finance, Management and Administration, a Postgraduate Diploma in Stock Exchange, Foreign Trade and Export Marketing, a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Economics and Education, and a Diploma in Geography.

Dr. Nyabyenda serves as a Senior Lecturer and Ph.D. Research Supervisor at Kampala International University (KIU). He has previously held numerous academic leadership and teaching roles, including Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology and Arts of Byumba (UTAB), Visiting Faculty at Auro University in Surat, India, and International Representative of Vanita Vishram Women’s University in Surat, India.

His experience includes serving as Senior Lecturer and Curriculum Designer at East Africa University-Rwanda and Kigali Independent University (ULK) within their postgraduate programs. He was also a Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Curriculum Designer, and External Examiner of theses at Cavendish University Uganda (CUU). Additionally, he served as a Senior Lecturer through the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) at Rumbek University of Science and Technology (RUST) in South Sudan.

Dr. Nyabyenda has been engaged as a Senior Consultant for APPROTECH Porus Pipe Pvt. Ltd. in India, specializing in irrigation, pest control, and aeration technologies. He has also served as visiting faculty at Mount Kenya University (MKU), the University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB), and was Director of Academic Quality at Mahatma Gandhi University–Rwanda (MGUR).

His contributions extend to public service, where he worked in Rwanda's Ministry of Sport, participating in the formulation of the Rwanda Sports Development Policy, the Rwanda Cultural and Heritage Policy, and the Rwanda Sports Law. He also contributed to the development of the Rwanda Youth Anti-Drug Curriculum, sponsored by PSI-Rwanda in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and ICT.

Dr. Nyabyenda has an outstanding record in academia and research. He has supervised numerous Ph.D., Master’s, and undergraduate students across institutions such as KIU, ULK, MKU, EAUR, and UTAB. He has presented at national and international conferences and has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter.

He was recognized by the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) as the Best Research Supervisor and received a Best Paper Award at a national conference held at DBIM-VNSGU in Surat, India. Dr. Nyabyenda is also a member of the Gujarat Economists Association, India.

Dr. Luqman Afolabi is a seasoned economist with over a decade of
experience in academia, research, and consultancy. He holds a Ph.D. in
International Economics and Development from Universiti Utara Malaysia
and currently serves as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy
Analysis and Research (IPAR-Rwanda) and a Senior Lecturer in Economics.
Dr. Afolabi has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals,
focusing on trade, economic development, and policy analysis. He has
also worked as a consultant for organizations such as the United
Nations and contributed to policy formulation in Rwanda. A member of
several professional bodies, including the American Economic Association
(AEA), UNCTAD Virtual Institute, Nigeria Economic Society (NES),
and Association of African Young Economists (AAYE), Dr. Afolabi is
dedicated to advancing economic research and education in Africa. His
research focuses on macroeconomics, globalization, and development, with
a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Evariste Gahima joined the Institute of Policy Analysis, Rwanda in September 2018 as a Research Fellow having worked as a Lecturer at the University of Rwanda for 12 years. Gahima holds a PhD in Education Management from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, MBA (International Business) from Amity University, India, MRes in social and Educational Research Methods, from University of Rwanda and a BA (Hons) in Mass communication from National University of Rwanda. He is interested in Research and development programs including Governance, education, environment, public Administration and leadership. He has published various articles in the internationally reviewed journals, various conference paper presentations and has co-authored Research Method book for Business students and monograph for referencing techniques and plagiarism prevention

Dr. Prosper Ndizihiwe holds a PhD in Renewable Energy for Environmental Protection from the University of Rwanda- African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (UR/ACE-ESD). He holds a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)- Cameroon and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the former National University of Rwanda (NUR).

Prior to joining IPAR-Rwanda, Ndizihiwe worked as a researcher at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT-Rwanda) and Rwanda Cooling Initiative (R-COOL) Program.
Mr. Ndizihiwe participated in different research and innovative programs on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Alternatives to Fossil Fuels as Energy Sources. He has published different peer reviewed manuscripts, mobile applications and online calculators.
Mr. Ndizihiwe’s research focuses on Green Energy & Economy, Climate Change Mitigations and Adaptations and Environmental Protection Strategies.

Dr. Muhirwa Jean Pierre is a PhD holder of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science from Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania. As an academic and a researcher, he is dedicated and passionate about doing research in various fields. He has a strong academic and research backgrounds with a tremendous experience in research and policy brief analysis. He has been working in higher learning institutions for more than 10 years. During his academic and research career, he participated in different grant projects and he published articles in different peer reviewed journals. He has shown expertise in various research fields, namely, mathematical modeling of population growth, chemical engineering, mathematical models for physical systems and mathematical models for infectious diseases and he is much interested in data analysis.

Prisca Iraguha is a Gender and Development Specialist with a Master's in Gender and Development Studies and a Bachelor's in Education (Economics). She brings extensive experience in gender analysis, mainstreaming, and transformative programming across research, evaluations, and projects. Prisca has contributed to key initiatives with organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, USAID, Plan International, ILO, and IPAR-Rwanda. She has also delivered training in gender integration and curriculum design and participated in participatory action research on mental wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Paul joined IPAR in 2008 as a Research Assistant charged with supporting research teams in, among other things, drafting research questionnaires, data collection and analysis. He is working on the household enterprise, access to health care in remote rural areas and one cow a poor family research projects. His linguistic skills are in high demand. Paul brings to IPAR his experience senior managerial positions especially in the public sector public. He was Mayor of Kicukiro District, Kigali between 1994 and 2001.

He worked at the Ministry of Local Administration, Communal Development and Social Affairs (MINALOC) between 2001 and 2005 where he held a number of senior positions including Director of National Programme for Childhood and Expert in Reinforcement of Institutional and Human Capacity Building. He has also served as an Expert in Documentation, Information and Communication at the National (Rwanda) Secretariat in Charge of Decentralization (NDIS). Paul holds a bachelors degree in For the detailed CV email: : p.kayira@ipar-rwanda.org

Christelle Umutesi is a Research Assistant at IPAR-Rwanda. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration majoring in Accounting from Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA) located in Kigali, Rwanda. She also has a Master’s degree in Development Planning and Administration from a School of Development Planning (SDP) at the Centre for Development Studies and Activities (CDSA) ; which is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (former University of Pune) located in Pune city (India). At IPAR-Rwanda, she contributed to research on different projects including
Understanding the Factors Associated with Poverty, Evaluation of Seven (7) Years Government Programs in Rwanda, Updating the Master Plan of Kigali City and updating the Master Plan of Secondary Cities of Rwanda, Understanding the Effect of Education Costs on Education Attainment under the Basic Education in Rwanda, Understanding the Determinants of Household Savings in Rwanda, Youth Employment, Education and Skills (YEES) in Rwanda and Affordability and Willingness to pay for Clean Water in Rural area in Rwanda

Delphine is a Research Assistant at IPAR-Rwanda. Prior to joining IPAR-Rwanda, She was a Research Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow at Population Services International (PSI)-Rwanda. She participated in monitoring, evaluation and reporting of programs funded by USAID, CDC, UNFPA, KFW and DOD, in doing several activities such as provision of training to new data collectors and data entry clerks, to supervise data collection for over 15 studies in different areas like Malaria, HIV, Nutrition, Safe Water, GBV(Gender based violence), and Family Planning. She has also worked as consultant in different organizations such as Swiss Tropical and public health, Society for Family Heath (SFH)-Rwanda, World Health Organization (WHO) and consulting companies such as CONCORDIA, and Dalberg Research where she performed data collection and supervision for both qualitative and quantitative studies ; data entry, data cleaning, and data quality management.
She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Kigali Independent University (ULK).