Author: Christophe UWIZEYIMANA

Christophe Uwizeyimana is a Rwandan Health, Science, Agriculture and Environmental Journalist with over 10 years of experience in public-interest reporting. He is a reporter and editor at Radio Salus and Chief Editor of The Forefront Magazine. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is currently pursuing an International Master of Public Administration (IMPA) at Tsinghua University, China. He has also received professional training from FOJO Media Institute, University of Rwanda, and Aga Khan University, Kenya. He is an OFAB-Rwanda journalist fellow, specializing in agricultural biotechnology reporting. Selected Awards • Best Radio Journalist in Rwanda, NTDs/WASH Media Awards — 2024 • Best Statistics Reporter (Radio), Rwanda Data Journalism Awards — 2024 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2024 • Health Reporting Winner, Rwanda Development Journalism Awards — 2023 • Health Award, ABASIRWA — 2023 • Overall Winner, Rwanda, OFAB Media Awards — 2023 • 2nd Place, Africa (Radio), OFAB Africa Media Awards — 2023 • Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2022 • Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, Office of the Ombudsman — 2022 • Journalist of the Year, Radio Salus — 2018. He is a member of the InfoNile Journalists and Scientists' Coalition and the Rwanda Environmental Journalists' Organization, with a strong focus on evidence-based reporting on health, science, agriculture, environment and climate change.