Economic and Commerce
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Management
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Experience
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MrJoseph Ndarishikanye is a Burundian diplomat, with the title of Senior Political Counselor, at the Embassy of Burundi in Addis Ababa and the Permanent Mission of Burundi to the African Union to support Burundi’s presidency of the African Union in 2026.
He is a former program manager for peace, security, democracy, and good governance at the Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) from August 2014 to November 2020 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Biography
Mr Joseph Ndarishikanye contributed to this Forum (which is an interparliamentary organization of twelve ICGLR Members Countries) to support parliamentary efforts in implementing the ICGLR Pact on Security, Stability, and Development in the Great Lakes Region. Among other activities, he coordinated several parliamentary fact-finding missions in some ICGLR Member States pledged by insecurity and armed conflicts, namely the Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan, and the eastern part of DRC and, he participated in election observer missions in ICGLR Member States that organized elections since 2015.
During the period of March 2010-August 2014, Mr. Joseph Ndarishikanye held two high-level leadership positions at the office Burundais des Recettes (Burundi Revenue Authority). Firstly, he served as the Commissioner of Corporate Service, overseeing key internal departments (IT, HR, Procurement, and Training), and secondly, he served as the Commissioner of Customs and Excises.
Before Mars, 2010, he was a National Project Manager (2005 -2010) to drive the customs modernization. His work was aligned with the WCO and EAC Program to promote strategic and comprehensive reforms in Burundi Customs. Therefore, he was involved in enhancing customs efficiency, digital transformation, and compliance through capacity building.
Mr. Joseph Ndarishikanye holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), along with two Bachelor qualifications in Economics and Administration (Bac+4) and Mathematics
(Bac+4) These credentials show his strong foundation in business management, economic and commercial theory, administrative systems, statistics, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, making him well-suited for leadership and analytical roles.
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