Managing DirectorWater Access Rwanda
Christelle Kwizera, 30, is an award winning Rwandan social entrepreneur and climate activist. She founded Water Access Rwanda, a social enterprise dedicated to creating innovative and convenient safe tap water infrastructure in rural and peri urban areas. Currently, it employs 96 people, serves 126,000 users, and is scaling its INUMA safe water mini-grids at pace of opening a new one every single week to serve 1,500+ users each, with 178 households connected at home.
Christelle founded Water Access Rwanda a year before graduating Magna Cum Laude in Mechanical Engineering while 20 years old, and recently completed a MSc in Climate Change Finance and Investment with distinction from University of Edinburgh. Beyond her full time dedication to solving the water crisis, Christelle serves in different boards and commissions dedicated to youth, shared value, and climate change. She has won multiple prestigious awards for her work, including a Global Citizen prize, and Africa Business Heroes.