Josephine MUTESI

Academic rank: 
Assistant Lecturer
Department: 
Marketing and HRM
School: 
School of Business
College: 
College of Business and Economics(CBE)
Phone: 
+250788475224
E-mail: 
mutejose5@gmail.com
Educational Background: 
Mrs. Josephine MUTESI is Assistant lecturer at University of Rwanda, College of Business and Economics, School of Business. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from National University of Rwanda today University of Rwanda and a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from Makerere University-Uganda. Josephine has demonstrated enthusiasm for development of entrepreneurship mindset in the student and the entire Rwandan community, coupled with a strong commitment to contribute towards job creation through entrepreneurship. She is passionate about Making Rwanda a private sector led economy through development of entrepreneurship. Josephine’s research interests are in entrepreneurship specifically women entrepreneurship. As a PhD scholar, she is researching on women entrepreneurship and Self-Help Group (SHGs) in Rwanda. Josephine’s research has been published in springer and Journal of sustainable development. She has attended various research conferences local and international, seminars and workshops and she has participated in exchange program for One Health Initiatives at |Tufts School of veterinary medicine in USA and Key Competences for Practice a collaboration between University of Rwanda and University of Koblenz in Germany.
Research Interests and area of expertise : 
Entrepreneurship specifically women entrepreneurship
Publications: 

1. Tackling climate change under time-poverty: Cooperatives as temporal pacers.   Jacob Vermeire1, Saskia Crucke1, Josephine Mutesi 2, Annelies Vinck1    

 2. Josephine, M. Christine, N., & Theogene R., (2018). The contribution of institutional environment and institutional support to the growth of SMEs in Rwanda.  In Rwanda handbook of economic and social policy. (pp. 613-634)                      

3. Theogene, R., Ferdinand, N., Leonidas, B., & Josephine, M. (2018). Achieving the sustainable development goals in Rwanda: The role of administrative data inclusion. In Rwanda handbook of economic and social policy (pp. 217-238).