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Dipl.-Ing. Zimulinda Francois received his degree in Technical University of Kaiserslautern in GERMANY in 1993. He is the Vice-Dean of Engineering Faculty and Lecturer in the same Department.
He Worked at International Red Cross and Crescent Societies as Head of Telecommunication from 1994-1996 and Head Teacher from (1996-2001) in Kenya.

In 2001 he holds the post of Assistant Lecturer at Kigali Institute of Sciences and Technology(KIST).
In 2002 he was appointed Head of Department of Electronics and Telecommunication and Vice-Dean part-times Studies in Faculty of Engineering in the same institute.

In 2003 he joined the institute of electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN) at the Technical University of Lille, France, in collaboration with Scientific National Centre of Research (CNRS), France.

He has attended major trainings in high learning institutions like: management training courses in Coventry University, UK in 2005, and Germany research centers (Vismar University) in 2005 and Fiber Optic Splicing Cable in South Korea (2009) in Korea Telecom.

In 2005 he was appointed by the Government of Rwanda Director General of Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA). He attended many conferences in ICT and Energy Sector and gained experience from different country like Kenya, Namibia, Zambia, Egypt, Germany and France.