Public Lecture: Universities' role in post-Genocide Reconciliation

Public Lecture: Universities' role in post-Genocide Reconciliation
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Professor Lwakabamba is Rector of the National University of Rwanda and a member of the Advisory Board for the Centre of Sustainable International Development. In this afternoon lecture he talks on Universities' role in post-Genocide Reconciliation, the case of the National University of Rwanda.

Born and educated in Tanzania, Professor Silas Lwakabamba is a graduate of Leeds University, holding a degree in engineering and PhD in mechanical engineering.  He was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and has presented and been published widely. 

In 1985, Prof Lwakabamba joined the UN- sponsored African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing (ARCEDEM) based in Nigeria as a founding director of training and extension services. In 1997 he became the founding Rector of Rwanda’s Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST), and in 2006 was appointed the Rector of the National University of Rwanda (NUR), the largest institution of higher learning in the country.

Professor Lwakabamba has been member of several boards and committees, including 4 years as an Executive Board member of UNESCO. He recently completed his term as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Virtual University (AVU) and has been a member of various national commissions and steering committees on higher education, economic affairs, information and communication technology and human resource development. He is also associated with the creation of the African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI) under UNESCO. In 2008 Professor Lwakabamba was named as the Co-chair of the Advisory Board of the US Africa Higher Education Initiative and was recently named the Chairman of the Inter University Council of East Africa Governing Board.