Herman Musahara, an associate professor of economics at the University of Rwanda, has passed away. News of Musahara’s death circulated on Wednesday, November 20. Musahara held a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics obtained from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He was a regular source for journalists who needed analysis of the Rwandan economy, as well as international economy. Besides being an Associate Professor in the UR School of Economics, Musahara also served as Director of Consultancy Services. Until 2016, Musahara was Acting Executive Director of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, which is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From 2011 to 2014, he was Acting Vice Rector of Academics and Research at the former National University of Rwanda Besides teaching development economics, poverty analysis and research methodology at post graduate level, Musahara also has researched, consulted and published in several fields of the social sciences, including rural-urban migration, poverty analysis, human development, environment, land tenure and land use in Rwanda and Eastern and Southern Africa. He also published works on governance, post conflict transitions including post-Genocide Rwanda, entrepreneurship, SMEs, value chains and agricultural development.
