Egide Nzojibwami

Egide Nzojibwami is a geologist and academic who was the first Burundian national to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Nzojibwami was educated at the University of Liège in Liège, Belgium, and he and his wife were baptised into the LDS Church there in 1984. He returned to Burundi and eventually became dean of the Geological Engineering at the University of Burundi. Nzojibwami holds a Ph.D. in geology and a M.Sc. in civil engineering.

On 27 November 1992, Nzojibwami was set apart as the first branch president of the LDS Church in Burundi. In late 1993, at the beginning of the Burundi Civil War, Nzojibwami left Burundi and emigrated to Canada.

Settling in Calgary, Alberta, Nzojibwami established Valiant Environmental Solutions Ltd., an environmental assessment corporation that works primarily in the oil and gas industry in North America and Africa.

References

*"Branch flourishing in Burundi", "Church News", 1993-08-21
*Donald Q. Cannon, Richard O. Cowan, Arnold K. Garr (eds.) (2000). "Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book) s.v. "Burundi"
*"Deseret News 2001–2002 Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News, 2000) pp. 291–292