Françoise Kayitare Tengera

Françoise Kayitare Tengera is a Rwandan women currently serves as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Finance, overseeing finances, corporate services, procurement, and the University Single Projects Implementation Unit (SPIU). She held positions at the University of Rwanda-College of Business and Economics, where she served as the Acting Principal and Head of the Department of Finance. Tengera, a recipient of a presidential scholarship, earned her master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from Oklahoma Christian University in the USA. She is actively involved as a Board member and Director for institutions such as Rwanda Social Security Board, ActionAid Rwanda, INATEK, RIM s.a, and Don Bosco Initiative. Tengera is dedicated to impacting young lives through quality education and has been recognized for her outstanding commitment, earning the title of the best employee of the year in 2012. 

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 * University inherited numerous challenges related to the merger of different institutions when it was created in 2013.
 * UR on the spot over Rwf14bn debt The New Times (January 15, 2019)
 * The program was put on hold for a whole year for many reasons but we have discussed an amended draft agreement considering a new agreement to extend the scholarship program period to 2026 which means the program is still on,
 * SWEDISH PHD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR RWANDA COULD BE EXTENDED TO 2026 KT Press (September 15, 2021)
 * They will be sharing the screening results with the EAC RCE-VIHSCM every quarter which in turn, will analyze the data and pass information/ evidence to the EAC Partner States to act on offending substandard and falsified medicines (SFM),
 * EAC EMBARKS ON IMPLEMENTING MINILABS PROJECT KT Press (August 19, 2023)
 * UR inherited debts from the merged public institutions owed to its staff and other suppliers
 * Government to pay UR Rwf14bn debt Igihe (February 14, 2019)
 * This will help plug seepage through our porous borders of SFM but hasten the sharing of life-saving information across our countries,
 * EAC EMBARKS ON IMPLEMENTING MINILABS PROJECT KT Press (August 19, 2023)
 * The Government has pledged to increase our budget part of which will service the debt,
 * Government to pay UR Rwf14bn debt Igihe (February, 14 2019)
 * The next Auditor General’s report will show the debt is no longer as it was. When we pay the debt, we start by priorities which have been unpaid for the longest time,
 * Government to pay UR Rwf14bn debt Igihe (February 14, 2019)
 * Icya mbere ni wa muco ukiri mu Banyarwanda wo kutandika no kudasoma cyane kandi ari ryo pfundo ry’ubushakashatsi. Hari kandi abavuga ikibazo cy’ubushobozi buke n’ubwo tutabishingiraho kuko icy’ibanze ari ugutekereza.”
 * Ubushakashatsi mu Rwanda ngo buracyakeneye kongerwamo ingufu Kigali Today (September 10, 2016)
 * Abanyarwanda nibandika cyane ku gihugu cyabo bizatuma hatongera gutangazwa ibyanditswe n’abanyamahanga akenshi biba binyuranye n’ukuri kuko bizaba byanditswe na ba nyirabyo.
 * Ubushakashatsi mu Rwanda ngo buracyakeneye kongerwamo ingufu Kigali Today (September 10, 2016)
 * The provision of sufficient, safe and reliable, cost efficient and environmentally appropriate energy Services to households in all public sector spaces is being prioritised in striving for Rwanda’s economic growth.”
 * Entrepreneurs urged to come up with Energy Efficiency Innovations that are sustainable Top Africa News (May 20, 2022)
 * “Energy efficiency ensures the optimised use of available resources, so that we can maintain a high level of economic growth that is based on the principles of broad-based sustainable development”
 * Entrepreneurs urged to come up with Energy Efficiency Innovations that are sustainable Top Africa News (May 20, 2022)
 * Ensuring sustainable economic development, improving the quality of life is very important for our citizens and also facilitating the function of different critical aspects of translating research into innovative solutions that positively impact the community”,
 * Entrepreneurs urged to come up with Energy Efficiency Innovations that are sustainable Top Africa News (May 20, 2022)