Professional History: Deus Valentine Rweyemamu is chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic Litigation (CSL), an East African think-and-do tank he co-founded in 2019 to address a regional rule of law crisis. Previously, he consulted on human rights, governance and advocacy for various international organisations, including Global Affairs Canada, the EU, USAID, and the World Bank. He serves on the Research and Evaluation Advisory Group of Twaweza East Africa and the Board of Trustees of Educate the Children Trust, and was an independent reviewer for the Open Government Partnership.
Before CSL, Deus worked at the Open Society Foundations' Eastern Africa office, building the Tanzania portfolio. He helped establish key human rights and constitutional organisations like the Tanzania National Human Rights Defenders Coalition and the Tanzania Constitutional Forum. He also created CEMOT, a technology-powered election observation coalition. In 2014, the World Economic Forum recognised him to lead the Dar es Salaam Global Shapers community hub.

Academic and professional credentials: MSc, Development Policy and Practice — University of Bradford (2013–2015)
BA, Economics — Loyola College, University of Madras (2008–2011)

Programs: Global Shaper, World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Community (2013–2016)