Visiting Fellow Aisa Kirabo Kacyira

Aisa Kirabo Kacyira is the deputy executive director of UN-Habitat and United Nations assistant secretary general. In this role, she has been providing critical leadership to promote sustainable cities and human settlements globally, engaging widely with governmental and nongovernmental actors. Before joining UN-Habitat, Kirabo Kacyira was the governor of the Eastern Province, the largest province in Rwanda with a population of 2.5 million. Kirabo Kacyira has facilitated strategic planning in line with government policy, while overseeing effective and efficient use of resources, capacity-building and service delivery. Her skilled fostering of regional diplomatic and cross-border trade relations is essential to the support for UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda. Previously, she was Mayor of Kigali from 2006 to 2011, one of the fastest urbanizing cities in the world, and an elected member of Parliament.