Christiaan leads the Sectoral Economic Transformation theme within Cenfri’s Digital Transformation portfolio. He is a development economist with more than 15 years of experience using data, analytics and research to inform policy decisions related to economic development, digital transformation, financial inclusion and inclusive growth.
His work focuses on helping governments and development partners translate complex data into practical policy action, particularly in areas such as digital transformation, agriculture, ICT, education, labour markets and artificial intelligence. Christiaan currently leads implementation of the Rwanda Economy Digitalisation Programme’s research portfolio and Cenfri’s Data for Decision-Making programme, which aims to establish demonstration cases that illustrate the value of data in informing policymakers’ decisions on growth and development.
