Eugene Mutimura is a Rwandan scientist and researcher. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Rwanda's National Council for Science and Technology (NCST). Prior to this appointment, Mutimura served as the minister of education of the Republic of Rwanda. Prior to his appointment as minister of education, Mutimura coordinated the Eastern and Southern African Centers of Excellence project funded by the

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in eight countries, to support research and education in sixteen universities. He was a recipient of the

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. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Witwatersrand,

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in 2007 and previously worked at the Regional Alliance for Sustainable Development.

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