Mutabazi has been serving as board member in different companies including Equity Bank Rwanda which announced his death on 17th March 2022.
“On behalf of the Equity Group family, we send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the Late Steven Mutabazi. May his soul rest in peace,” the lender has tweeted.
Mutabazi built his entrepreneurial business career in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. He studied Engineering at Monash University, founded and led two technology innovation companies for 20 years.
In between, Mutabazi held senior positions with Telstra Corporation (Australia), leading corporate initiatives to transform the company in the then newly regulated telecom market, and with Hewlett Packard Company, delivering internet and e-Commerce solutions in 12 countries of the Asia Pacific region.
Due to his passion to contribute to his county’s development, Mutabazi was invited to join the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in 2012, where over 6 years, he led the Government’s effort to establish a joint venture with KT Corporation for the rollout of Rwanda’s 4G LTE network to cover 95% of the population by 2017, and to establish the Kigali Innovation City (KIC) flagship initiative to position Rwanda as a pan-African technology and talent hub.
Mutabazi holds a Master’s degree of Engineering Science. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate governance, acquired as an Executive Board Member of the two companies he founded, and later as Chairman of Broadband Systems Corporation Ltd (6 years), KT Rwanda Networks Ltd (3 years), and the National Industrial Research and Development Agency of Rwanda (since 2015).
Steve was also a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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