Hon. Paula Ingabire

Paula Ingabire is Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation. Before she was appointed Minister, she served as Head of the Technology portfolio under the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) where she led the implementation of National ICT programs notably eGovernment and Cyber Security. She also served as the coordinator of the Kigali Innovation City Project, a flagship program of the Government designed to nurture and strengthen a Pan-African Innovation eco-system in Rwanda. Minister Ingabire coordinated the creation of Smart Africa, an initiative that seeks to drive coordinated digital transformation across African member states that are part of the Smart Africa Alliance. Today, Smart Africa has 40 African member states that have joined the Alliance. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering & Sloan School of Management, in the System Design and Management program; Paula was named among the young Global Leaders in 2020. She serves on the WEF Board of Trustees, Global Council of the World Summit Award Board of Directors, World Economic Forum Cyber Security Board, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Global Network Advisory Board, and she serves as a founding board member of the EDISON Alliance.