Bienvenu Irakoze

Passionate about social entrepreneurship and volunteering, Bienvenu Irakoze is a young Telecom Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry. Former Permanent Secretary (Deputy Minister) at the Burundi ICT Ministry, most recently he served as Technical Advisor in charge of network at Burundi State House. Bienvenu was recently appointed Executive Secretary of SETIC (Executive Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies) with his main mission being to coordinate all Projects and Programs aimed at the implementation of the Burundi National ICT strategy. (ICT Implementation Agency). Bienvenu Irakoze is currently a student researcher in Information and Communication at the Polytechnic University of Yaoundé. He is a member of the Board of Directors of ARCT and the Communal Council of his native Commune NTAHANGWA. He is also the Chairman of the Burundi Internet Exchange Point.