Justice Rutenge

Justice Rutenge is the Executive Director at the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) since May 2024, where he leads the organization's mission to cultivate and catalyze a thriving civil society ecosystem in Tanzania.

He has over 15 years of experience in development, with expertise in monitoring and results measurement, program and strategy design and strategic communication. Before joining FCS, he founded and served as the Managing Consultant at iDev Tanzania Limited and iDev Consulting, where he provided advisory services to national NGOs, donor agencies, multilateral organizations, global philanthropies, and corporates.

Justice holds a BA in Integrated Community Development from Daystar University, an MSc in Media, Communication, and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is currently pursuing a PhD in Business and Management at Strathmore University Business School. He is an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) and the Program for African Leadership (PfAL) at the LSE. Justice is an avid writer, with over 50 published op-eds covering various national, regional, and global issues.