Alice Rwema is a lawyer and civil servant in Rwanda who, since August 2014, has been the vice chairperson of the board of directors at Rwanda Energy Group (REG), a

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company responsible for energy generation, procurement, distribution and export. Since May 2017, she has also been the company secretary of REG.

Background and education

She attended the

National University of Rwanda The National University of Rwanda (NUR; rw, Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda, french: Université nationale du Rwanda, UNR) was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government i ...

from which she graduated with a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

degree in 2009. In 2014, she graduated with a

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

, specialising in international business, tax and trade law, from the

University of Rwanda University of Rwanda is a public collegiate, multi campus university based in Kigali, Rwanda. Formed in 2013 through the merger of previously independent education institutions, the University of Rwanda is the largest education institution in R ...

. In 2013, she was seconded to the multinational law firm of

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for three months, sponsored by International Lawyers for Africa, a United Kingdom-based international training programme for African attorneys.

Career

Rwema worked as a legal adviser to the Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure (Mininfra) from May 2009 until 2013. From 2013 until April 2017, she was a transaction adviser to the state minister responsible for energy and water in the ministry, currently Germaine Kamayirese. In August 2014, she was appointed as vice chairperson of the Rwanda Energy Group Limited, a holding company for the government-owned Energy Utility Corporation Limited and Energy Development Company Limited. Since May 2017, she has been the company secretary of Rwanda Energy Group. Previously, she was a board member for the Energy Water and Sanitation Authority.

Other considerations

Due to her expertise in contract and business law, she was legal adviser to the

government of Rwanda The politics of Rwanda reflect Belgian and German civil law systems and customary law takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Rwanda is the head of state with significant executive power, with the Pr ...

during the procurement of a contractor to construct

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, currently under construction. She is also a "contributor" to Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy, a

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-affiliated organisation that serves as a reference for sustainable energy development internationally. Rwemba is fluent in

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where t ...

, Swahili,

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and French.

References

External links

Website of Rwanda Energy Group LimitedWebsite of the Rwanda Ministry of InfrastructureHandover ceremony between WASAC incoming Management and EWSA outgoing Management
on 25 August 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rwema, Alice Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Rwandan lawyers Rwandan women lawyers National University of Rwanda alumni University of Rwanda alumni

Background and education

Career

Other considerations

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