David Himbara

David Himbara, a scholar in residence at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, is an educator, development strategist, and author with extensive experience in Africa. His successes include coaching governments in Eastern and Southern Africa in vision- and evidence-based policymaking as part of Knowledge Management Africa. He joined others in establishing the World Bank's Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results at the University of the Witwatersrand, which supports African governments'...See more

David Himbara, a scholar in residence at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada, is an educator, development strategist, and author with extensive experience in Africa. His successes include coaching governments in Eastern and Southern Africa in vision- and evidence-based policymaking as part of Knowledge Management Africa. He joined others in establishing the World Bank's Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results at the University of the Witwatersrand, which supports African governments' efforts to monitor and evaluate capacity development. He has served as consulting team leader for several development agencies, including the African Development Bank, and as lead strategist for the UN Development Program in South Africa. While in Rwanda, Himbara served as head of the Strategy and Policy Unit, President's Office, founding chairperson for the Rwanda Development Board, Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, and Human and Institutional Development Agency. See less