Job Title: CFO
Company: Rwanda Space Agency
Toussaint Maniriho is the chief financial officer at Rwanda Space Agency, a role he assumed in May 2025.
He began his professional journey in April 2012 with an internship at the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry. In December 2013, he became the financial controller at House of Law Rwanda – Maison de Droit.
He later held a short tenure as a senior tax accountant at Kasha in January 2016, where he managed internal controls, coordinated audits, handled payroll, and ensured tax compliance and reporting.
From April 2016 to November 2020, he served as finance manager at Babyl Rwanda, a subsidiary of Babylon Health in the UK. In this role, he developed financial model analysis to secure a 10-year contract with the government of Rwanda and oversaw its operational implementation, collaborating closely with both local and UK teams.
In November 2020, he was appointed chief finance and administration officer at the National Cyber Security Authority, where he served for nearly five years.
Toussaint is certified in financial accounting by the Corporate Finance Institute in Vancouver, Canada, and is also a certified public finance management accountant. He holds a Master's in administration and business from Mount Kenya University in Kenya
Work Experience
2025 – Present: chief financial officer, Rwanda Space Agency
2020 – 2025: chief finance and administration officer, National Cyber Security Authority
2016 – 2020: finance manager, Babylon Health Rwanda
2017 – 2019: senior tax accountant, mPharma
2016 – 2016: senior tax accountant, Kasha.
2014 – 2016: senior finance associate, National Endowment for Democracy
2013 – 2016: financial controller, House of Law Rwanda – Maison de Droit
2012 – 2012: internship, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Education
Masters, administration and business, Mount Kenya University
Sep 2021: certified public finance management accountant, Global Academy of Finance & Management
Feb 2021: certified in financial modeling and valuation analysis, Corporate Finance Institute
Jan 2019: certified investment and financial analyst, KASNEB
Apr 2017: certificate in risk assessment and security management, Protection International
Rwanda Space Agency
The Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) was established in 2020 to regulate and coordinate all space activities in Rwanda. Its mandate includes advising the government on space policy, implementing national strategies, conducting Earth‑observation projects, and collaborating with regional and international partners to drive space‑based innovation.
