Obinna Ukwuani appointed Chief Digital Officer at Bank of Kigali
Another Nigerian, Obinna Ukwuani, has been appointed as Chief Digital Officer for Bank of Kigali replacing Regis Rugemanshuro who was appointed to head Rwanda Social Security Board in February this year, according to findings by DAILY TIMES.
It was announced by the bank on Tuesday morning through a statement on Rwandan Media.
Obinna will lead the Bank’s Digital Factory Division for product innovation and development in Digital Banking, a role he has been working on since June.
The division is responsible for innovation such as Ikofi, a digital wallet that offers financial services with a focus on Rwandan farmers, agro-dealers, Agri-businesses, and other players in the agricultural ecosystem.
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Obinna’s experience cuts across entrepreneurial ventures in software, agricultural processing, and education among others.
Obinna was an executive at Paystack, a tech startup involved in facilitating payments, before joining Bank of Kigali.
He obtained a degree in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Obinna Ukwuani grew up in Washington DC, graduating with honours in High School that earned him a place at MIT, which later saw him decline a six-figure paycheck in the United States and returned to Nigeria to develop Nigeria’s digital skills industry.
He launched the Exposure Robotics Academy in 2011, a major programme for science students in Lagos, Nigeria. In 3 years, he coached 113 students in 17 states, helping the students gain scholarships into American universities.
He launched the NESA by Makers programme in 2017, a software development skills acquisition scheme for Nigerians in 2017, enabling Nigerian developers to gain global skills in web development in 3 months.
In Rwanda, he launched the Makers Robotics Academy in 2018. The first robotics boot camp in the East African nation, a programme linking Secondary school students in Rwanda with coaching from MIT robotics students.
