Richard Niwenshuti

• Manage project team
• Trade data analyst for electronic trade solutions
• analyzing data and advising on market entry strategies
• Developing concepts on trade framework and strategies
• Advising on policy orientation of trade policy
• Enhancing proper skills alignment and designing approaches to dissemination of digital trade skills..
• Contribution to trade analysis papers and reports on AfCFTA and cross border trade.

As a senior technical Official of the Ministry

• Strategic management of all Ministry departments and units
• Chief budget manager of the Ministry
• Coordinated all Ministry technical work and resources
• Led the sector contribution into NST II with focus on Manufacturing, Investment, export and trade
• Led the elaboration of EDP, PSDY, MiR policies and, Industrial policy.
• Accounting officer for Government funds supporting SME eg EGF, BDF, and Bilateral external funds in the sector.
• Supported the technical elaboration of Cooperative law, Intellectual property and competition and consumer protection policy.
• Participated in oversight board including NoC TMA Africa, Rwanda Revenue board, Markup EAC steering committee and chaired PSDYE.
• led institutional resource mobilization that saw the increase of support from different development partners including World bank, AfDB, EIF, GIZ to the sector.

• Coordinator for SPIU development projects. Portfolio value: $35 million USD.
• Lead Project management office team of 26 staff and TAs
• Supported technical assistance to the policy ministry in strategy and policy formulation.
• Facilitated institutional resource mobilization through external finance
• Coordinate sector external stakeholders, including the EU, FCDO, World Bank, AFDB, GIZ, ENABEL, IOM, EIF, etc.
• Oversee and manage development partner compliance and commitments.

• Supporting the implementation of projects under the Chief Skills Office.
• Two specific projects are under this portfolio.
• Strategic approach to the capacity-building project, funded by the Belgium government through BTC.
• Strengthening education for agricultural growth (SEAD project), funded by the Netherlands government.
• Rwanda's food security project, funded by the Dutch government.
• Accounting officer for external funds under the Ministry and under the PS.

• Technical staff on the elaboration of two non-financial advisory products to support IFC investee banks and clients in supporting SMEs.
• Designed and facilitated the rollout of the SME toolkit and Business Edge program to various partners, including Pan African University (Nigeria), University of North Atlantic in Qatar, Khalifa Fund (Abu Dhabi), Gabon Development Bank staff in the credit and SME unit in Gabon, Business Partners International in South Africa, Nations Trust Bank in Sri Lanka, Colombo, University of Mundane in Mozambique, University of Monterrey in Mexico, Riyad Bank staff in Saudi Arabia, RWABANK staff in DRC, Kinshasa, and Bank Ahlil in Pakistan, Lahore.

• Country Manager, Business Council for Peace, Rwanda.
• Managed Bpeace economic fund under FINABANK to support women entrepreneurs. (Rwf 100million)
• Provided capacity building to businesswomen under Bpeace.