Venant Nabomvura

Venant Ntabomvura (born 4 April 1926) is the first registered student at the National University of Rwanda in 1963.

Early life Ntabomvura was born in the Kibirizi sector of Gisagara District, in Southern Province, Rwanda. According to Ntabomvura, he began primary school sometime around 1933. He had 13 siblings, two of which died as children. His father was a teacher and taught him during several years of his primary school education.

Career After six years of study with the GSOB, in 1945 Ntabomvura began a medical internship in Kibungo, which lasted for two years. Following this, he became a nurse for five years. During this time, he also began working at dispensaries across Ruanda-Urundi. In 1952, he briefly returned to school and received a certificate which allowed him to head a health center.

Ntabomvura retired at 88 years old. However, despite his retirement, Ntabomvura continued his medical practice occasionally. As of 2023, Ntabomvura had 13 children, 31 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. However, as of 2016, two of them had died.