He served for five years as the Rector of former Kigali Institute of Education, one of the seven initial Higher Learning Institutions that were merged in 2013 to create the University of Rwanda. He is a mathematician and a philosopher of education with extensive knowledge, experience and leadership responsibilities in the education sector spanning 31 years. He has previously served as a Head of Department, Deputy Dean, Dean and Vice Rector Academic. Over that period he has been involved in change management and reform in the education sector through involvement in numerous committees and taskforces including the University of Rwanda Transition Taskforce.