EMMANUEL NSENGIYUMVA

Strategic Advisor | Nutrition & Early Childhood Development | Government Systems & Strategic Partnerships

Public health and development professional with more than 10 years of experience collaborating with Government of Rwanda institutions to strengthen policy implementation, institutional capacity, and national delivery systems across nutrition, ECD, digital transformation, disability inclusion, Social protection, and livelihood. Emmanuel brings deep Rwanda context and institutional knowledge, strong government and donor relations, and a proven ability to translate national priorities into coordinated action through strategic planning, evidence use, partnership development and resource mobilization. Experienced in aligning public, private and development actors around sustainable, government led solutions for children, adolescents and vulnerable families.

[email protected] +250 788 319 042 Kigali, Rwanda

Years experience

Languages

Work Experience

Strategic Advisor (Consultant) | Nutrition & ECD Systems Strengthening

Catholic Relief Services

Dec 2025

Provide strategic and technical support to the development of the National ECD Policy and NCDA Strategic Plan 2025–2029.
Support NCDA in piloting a scalable, ECD caregiver e-learning and professionalization model to strengthen caregiver competencies, service quality, and systems for continuous workforce development.
Help position CRS as a trusted partner by aligning technical assistance and investment opportunities with NCDA priorities.

Transition Manager

Catholic Relief Services

May 2025 — Sep 2025

Advanced from field data collection and systems analysis to program coordination and technical leadership, specializing in evidence generation and government engagement.

Deputy Chief of Party - Operations | USAID Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development

Catholic Relief Services

Nov 2023 — Apr 2025

Led 80+ staff across four cluster offices, strengthened team accountability, and coordinated delivery of Nutrition and ECD interventions across 10 districts.
Integrated technical, finance, procurement, HR, M&E, compliance, and administration systems to strengthen coordinated delivery of Nutrition and ECD services across districts.
Strengthened data-driven and accountability systems to improve decision-making, follow-up, and service delivery for approximately 2.1 million program participants.
Leveraged 10,000+ savings groups with ~260,000 members across 10 districts to strengthen household resilience, livelihoods, and access to animal source foods, contributing to improved nutrition outcomes.
Represented CRS in government, donor, and national coordination platforms to strengthen alignment with national priorities, partnership positioning, and government led Nutrition and ECD systems strengthening.

Cluster Manager | USAID Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development

Catholic Relief Services

Jan 2022 — Oct 2023

Led integrated planning with districts, central-level institutions, partners, and technical teams to align Nutrition and ECD interventions with national priorities, global standards, and district realities for improved outcomes.
Provided strategic oversight of RWF 2.5 billion in Community-Based ECD infrastructure investments, contributing to government priorities to expand access to quality ECD services under Rwanda’s strategic transformation agenda.
Led the technical proposal development for $6 million adolescent nutrition investment, integrating government priorities, evidence, delivery approaches and monitoring requirements.
Strengthened district capacity to plan, coordinate, monitor, and improve Nutrition and ECD service delivery through existing government platforms, including DPEM&CD, JADF, and DHMT, rather than creating parallel systems.

Program Manager | Nutrition Program (MNCHN Systems)

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Mar 2019 — Dec 2021

Led implementation and transition of the £7.1 million Complementary Food Production Program, aligning government institutions, FCDO, Africa Improved Foods and delivery systems around maternal and child nutrition outcomes.
Oversaw the design, forecasting, monitoring and government transition of the national FBF distribution system, aligning NECDP/NCDA, health services and district pharmacies, and collaborated with WFP to scale delivery across 500 facilities.
Provided high-level technical support to World Bank–Government of Rwanda negotiations, contributing to the mobilization of US$8 million for fortified blended food procurement under the Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project.
Advanced policy and partner coordination through the Nutrition, Social Protection and Community Health Technical Working Groups and the Scaling Up Nutrition Donor Platform, while representing CHAI in senior national forums.
Led more than 40 staff, including 33 NECDP/NCDA secondees, and served on CHAI Rwanda’s Senior Management Team, contributing to country program strategy, operational oversight, risk management, and strategic donor engagement.

Program Manager | Digital Health Systems & Common Geo-Registry

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Jul 2019 — Dec 2021

Led a national landscape analysis of Rwanda’s health information ecosystem, assessing how shared digital infrastructure, data governance and interoperability could strengthen evidence informed planning, resource allocation and service delivery.
Assessed the feasibility of a Common Geo-Registry to manage authoritative master lists, geographic hierarchies and linked geospatial datasets across national health information systems.
Engaged government institutions and technical stakeholders to clarify mandates, data ownership, validation processes.
Translated technical findings into strategic recommendations for government and partner decision-making.

Project Country Lead | Assistive Technology & Disability Inclusion

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Jul 2019 — Dec 2021

Led Rwanda’s national Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment using the WHO Assistive Technology Assessment Capacity tool, assessing population, financing, procurement, regulation and service delivery capacity.
Coordinated government engagement, WHO and other UN agencies, civil society, hospitals and organizations of persons with disabilities to identify systemic gaps and strategic priorities.
Translated national assessment findings into policy and program recommendations.
Co-established and co-chaired the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Technical Working Group and led the development of Rwanda’s Disability Management Information System (DMIS).

Consultant | Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project (SPRP)

World Bank Group

May 2022

Supported the design, contextualization and translation of survey instruments for the impact evaluation of the US$55 million World Bank funded project, implemented through RBC and NCDA across 17 districts to reduce childhood stunting.
Supervised the field data collection activities for the SPRP impact evaluation, ensuring the consulting firm adhere to approved protocols, and data quality standards.

Earlier Career Progression

CHAI Rwanda

2014 — 2019

Progressed from field data collection and systems analysis to program coordination and technical leadership, building expertise in evidence generation, government engagement, performance management and national nutrition systems across community, facility and policy levels.

Education

Doctor of Business Administration, Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy

IPAG Business School

Master of Science, Applied Statistics

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Statistics Applied to Economy

INES - Ruhengeri

Diploma in Education, Mathematics & Physics

Kigali Institute of Education

Languages

Kinyarwanda

Native

English

Fluent

French

Intermediate

Swahili

Intermediate

Value to the CRS-NCDA Partnership

Strategic Planning, Policy & Execution

Support NCDA and CRS leadership to translate national priorities, policies and strategies into practical implementation pathways, coordinated work plans, and measurable results.

Systems & Institutional Performance

Provide strategic and technical assistance to strengthen coordination, institutional capacity, organizational performance and decentralized delivery of integrated Nutrition and ECD services.

Partnerships & Resource Mobilization

Align NCDA and CRS with government institutions, partners, and private sector actors around national priorities and investment opportunities.

Evidence, Learning, Innovation & Digital Transformation

Support responsible use of digital and AI-powered tools and effective use of program data to inform policy implementation, adaptive leadership, and strategic decision-making.

Selected National Contributions

Development of National ECD Policy and NCDA Strategic Plan 2025–2029

Provided strategic technical support to the development of Rwanda’s National ECD Policy and NCDA Strategic Plan 2025–2029.

ECD Caregiver E-Learning Model

Co-designed a scalable ECD caregiver e-learning and professionalization model as part of NCDA’s broader digital transformation agenda.

Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Technical Working Group

Co-established the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Technical Working Group and served as Co-Chair for two years.

Fortified Blended Food Program Transition

Supported the transition of the Fortified Blended Food program into government systems, strengthening sustainability and full ownership under NCDA leadership.

Impact Evaluation of Fortified Blended Food Program

Served as Co-Principal Investigator for the Fortified Blended Food (FBF) impact evaluation, generating evidence to inform government and partner investments.

References available upon request.