Jeannette Kawera is a passionate journalist, writer and content creator, certified by RNW in
Media Training for Advocacy and Social Change in the Netherlands. She acquired training
courses on Digital Journalism at Reuters and received training and is a certified
Environmental and Climate Change Journalis from the US Agency for Global Media and The
United States Broadcasting
Board of Governors. Kawera graduated from YALA Women’s
International Journalism Academy and has worked for several big
Media Houses including InyaRwanda Ltd. and currently works with The NewTimes
Publication, Rwanda.
After majoring in Hospitality Management & Leadership at Akilah Institute for Women, she is
now pursuing Mass Media & Communications at Mount Kenya University. She wrote for
Dedza Films, a boutique film distributor & hybrid consulting agency dedicated to bringing
nuanced films by underrepresented filmmakers to new audiences. She won twice as the
Female Entertainment Journalist of the Year 2022 Awards from Karisimbi Events and holds
two Special Recognition Awards: The 2021 Humanitarian Award Winner in the Consumers
Choice Awards due to her ‘Fight Against Period Poverty Campaign’ and the 2022 Excellence
Service Award from B4B.
Kawera is a Social Media Manager and Content Creator and she works as the
Communications Officer at Rwanda Climate Change and Development Network (RCCDN).
Previously, she helped RSW Australia-based Ministries in organizing and implementing the
Gospel Talent Hunt Competition.