Kazawadi Papias Dedeki

Kazawadi started his career in November 1994 as head of Urbanism Division at former Prefecture de la Ville de Kigali, the present City of Kigali until 1998. In his tenure, he was among technical team and coordinators which did rehabilitation of former Nyamirambo stadium now Kigali Pelé Stadium, and construction of Nyabugogo car park, Kicukiro market and Kimironko market in Kigali city, Rwanda.^[12][13]

In 1996, Kazawadi founded Star Construction and Consultancy Ltd, he served as the managing director for 21 years, from 1998 to 2019. During his tenure, additional to manufacturing of concrete products the company performed various projects in Rwanda categorized in construction of buildings, and irrigation infrastructures in various Rwandan districts such as Rusizi, Nyagatare, Rulindo, Bugesera, Ngoma, Kirehe, Kayonza, Ruhango and Gisagara.^{[14][15][16][17]}

In 2013, the Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER) was publicly launched by then Rwanda Minister of Infrastructure, Silas Lwakabamba.^[18] Kazawadi was elected in first board members which he later became its president and chairman of governing council in June 2017.^[19][20] After being president of the federation he urged all Rwandan engineers to register with the institution (IER) before practicing the profession.^[21][22] He served in this position until June 2019 later on, he is a Continuing Professional Development Committee Member of the Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER).^[23][24]

After ending his office tenure as president at Institution of Engineers in Rwanda in November 2019, Kazawadi proceeded with serving on international level where he joined World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) leaders as Chairman of Committee on Anti-Corruption (CAC).^[25][26] Kazawadi was the presenter in UNESCO of the digital registration system for engineers in Rwanda on 31 January 2019.^[27] As a representative of WFEO, he was one of the reviewers of report of Sustainable Development Goals implementation with code UN SDGR2019.^[28]

In April 2020, Kazawadi, additional to being elected as Chairman of Federation of Africa Engineering Organizations (FAEO) Committee on Anti-Corruption (CAC), also became Chairman of Governance and Ethics Committee at Federation of Africa Engineering Organizations (FAEO). The committee is responsible for advising the FAEO president and the Board on the Strengthening and implementation of FAEO strategies and policies on advocating for professional engineering institutions that matches the development agenda for their respective countries, he served in this position until 2021.^[29][30] In January 2021, Kazawadi was elected as President Elect of, Africa regional organizations affiliated to the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), the Federation of Africa Engineering Organizations (FAEO). He became president of FAEO in January 2023 succeeding a Ghanaian woman Eng. Carlien Bou-Chedid, the investiture ceremony held on 28 January 2023 in Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda.^[31][32][33] Kazawadi has foreign fellowships with ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET) and The Academy of Engineering and technology for the development world.^[34][35]

In May 2015 as a consultant, Kazawadi and his company did elaboration and development of Rwanda Build's Code which contributed to the Rwanda's improvement in 2015 World Bank ease of doing business ranking. Between 2014 and 2017, Kazawadi was the board secretary of Muhima Investment Company (MIC) Ltd in period of planning, constructing and accomplishing of MIC shopping Mall, a $13 million commercial building in Nyarugenge, Kigali.^[36][37] Since 2018, he is a member of Kigali city Technical Advisor Group (TAG) which is responsible for planning and implementing towards the Kigali master plan 2050. He is also a member of manufacturing sector skills council of Rwanda Development Board^[38][39] Kazawadi is also a member of Technical Committee (TC) of Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), a Rwanda national standards body established by the Government of Rwanda. His responsibilities in the committee are development and elaboration of civil engineering standards since 2017. He is a member of task force for establishment of Rwanda accredited mediators institution ^[40][41]