Emmy Arsonval Maniriho

Emmy Arsonval Maniriho is currently Lead Strategy and Planning—Human Capital Development at Mastercard Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, he was the Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Rwanda. He was also a Visiting Faculty in the Department of Transport and Logistics at the University of Rwanda, College of Business and Economics where he taught Transport and Aviation related courses.

With his thirst for knowledge in many fields in order to deal with global issues by using comprehensive social and economic approaches, he obtained an MBA in Airline and Airport Management, Master’s Degree in Human Rights, PGD in NGO Management, BA in Journalism and Communication, Diploma in Theology, Diploma in United Nations and International Understanding. He is also pursuing PhD in Management and his Research focus is on Air Transport contribution to Sustainable Development.

Emmy has broad knowledge and experience in tertiary and TVET education, management of international organizations, strategy and policy alignment, strategic management, policy analysis, policy formulation and policy implementation. He does also have strong knowledge in leadership, negotiations and diplomacy gained when he was a Scholar of Leadership, Exchange and Diplomacy at Cleveland Council On World Affairs, Ohio, USA. Emmy has also international experience gained from working for statutory international organizations in Canada , Rwanda and Belgium. Moreover, he trained and educated aviation aspirants and public servants in Strategic Management especially in the area of air transport , public policy analysis, policy formulation and its implementation as he was a Trainer and Research Consultant at Rwanda Management Institute. Emmy has co-authored various scientific research papers which have been published in international journals. He has also written and published various books which are available on Amazon. Emmy worked as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Head of Department of Journalism, Mass Communication and Public Relations at Christian University of Rwanda. sciences and Head of Department of Journalism, Mass Communication and Public Relations at Christian University of Rwanda.