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Winnie Byanyima | New Executive Director – Oxfam International

March 24, 2013 | No Comments

Winifred (Winnie) Byanyima, a grass-roots activist, human rights advocate, senior international public servant, and world recognized expert on women’s rights, was in January 2013 appointed Executive Director of Oxfam International – a role that provides strategic direction and coordination for the worldwide confederation of Oxfam affiliates. Ms. Byanyima has held roles that reinforced the governance [...]

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Mr. Patrick Masambu Deputy Director General | ITSO (International Telecommunications Satellite Organization)

March 23, 2013 | 2 Comments

Mr. Patrick Masambu is ITSO’s Deputy Director General and Director of Technical Affairs. Mr. Masambu joined ITSO in May of 2010. Up to a few months prior to his present responsibility, Mr. Masambu worked for a period of ten years as the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Communications Commission, the regulatory agency for communications in [...]

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H.E. Amb. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime | Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union

March 17, 2013 | No Comments

Rhoda Peace Tumusiime became a member of the IFDC Board of Directors in 2010. She serves on the board’s Africa and Budget committees. Tumusiime is the Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union. In previous positions, Tumusiime served as Commissioner for Agricultural Planning and Development and Commissioner for Women and Development for [...]

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Event Highlights | The Second Annual Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking Gala In Pictures!

February 10, 2013 | No Comments

The Second annual Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking Gala was held on 30th December 2012 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The colorful ceremony saw several Ugandans abroad recognised for their outstanding contributions in various fields. These included Phad and Xena Mutumba who were recognised for their role in helping start the First Nile Diaspora Film Festival [...]

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Stephen Kiprotich | To be Awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award at Ugandan Diaspora Gala

December 25, 2012 | No Comments

Stephen Kiprotich (born 27 February 1989) is a Ugandan long-distance runner, born in Kapchorwa District. He made history this year by winning Uganda an Olymbpic Gold medal during the London marathon, with a winning time of 2:08:01 in hot, sunny, and humid conditions. This was the first Olympic medal for Uganda since 1996, the first [...]

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Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Uganda’s Leading Political Scholar & recipient Ugandan Diaspora Award 2012

November 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

A third generation East African of South Asian descent, a graduate of Shimoni and Nakivubo Primary Schools and of Old Kampala Senior Secondary School, Mamdani was expelled from the country by Idi Amin in 1972. He then taught at the University of Dar-es-Salaam and returned to Uganda in 1979 to teach at Makerere where he [...]

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The Second Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking Gala Welcomes You All – 30th December 2012, Kampala Serena Hotel – 5:30pm

November 22, 2012 | No Comments

Press Release — On December 29th, 2011, in the city of Kampala and for the very first time in our Country’s history, the immense contribution of those Ugandans living outside their Motherland was officially recognized at the grand Ugandan Diaspora Social Networking Dinner. Supporting this event was the Diaspora Unit at the Ministry of Foreign [...]

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John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi, The Legendary Ugandan Boxer IsThe First African To Be Inducted Into The International Boxing Hall Of Fame

November 22, 2012 | No Comments

For those born in the 1980s the name John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi might not mean a thing but who can ever forget the first time showtime televised the Live bonanza when our very own Ugandan John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi who by then held the longest winning streak of 26 knockouts in International boxing history took [...]

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Meet the UK based Michael Kiwanuka – The Wanderer Who Still Searches for Home

November 22, 2012 | No Comments

New York Times : Soothing, swaying tunes hold despair and a quest for faith in the songs of Michael Kiwanuka, who performed at the Highline Ballroom on Wednesday night. Mr. Kiwanuka, the English son of Ugandan parents, can easily (and probably lucratively) be tagged as mellow. His songs purr along at leisurely tempos, harking back [...]

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Jackson Twesigye Kaguri Is Uganda’s CNN HERO For 2012 | Founder Of The Nyaka AIDS Foundation

November 22, 2012 | No Comments

According to UNICEF estimates, 1.2 million children in Uganda have lost a parent to an AIDS-related illness. One man is dedicating himself to making the lives of those children better. CNN Hero Jackson Kaguri, 41, who grew up in Uganda’s Nyakagyezi village, knows of the devastation of AIDS all too well. He has lost a [...]

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Meet Uganda’s Venture Capitalist – Ashish Thakkar, CEO of Mara Group

November 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Forbes Magazine — Ashish Thakkar is only 29, but in less than two decades, the Ugandan-born maverick entrepreneur has accomplished what only few attain in their lifetime. Thakkar began his entrepreneurial journey over 15 years ago as a high school student in Uganda where he sold computers to his schoolmates and friends. That small trading [...]

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A Ugandan, Mathias Kiwanuka, is Playing in the 2012 NFL Super Bowl, For the Giants as a LineBacker

January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments

By SAM BORDEN, NYTIMES ~ EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Mathias Kiwanuka says he does not remember how old he was when he first found out his grandfather had been assassinated. He struggles to remember the point at which he realized the true meaning of his own last name. He is not certain when he became aware of [...]

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Dr. Muniini K. Mulera, a Ugandan, is a Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist in Canada

December 15, 2011 | 11 Comments

Dr. Muniini K. Mulera ~ Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist, Toronto, Canada Background Dr. Mulera, a native of Kahondo ka Byamarembo, Kigezi graduated from Makerere University, Kampala, with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in March 1977. He received internship training at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala under the supervision of Dr. Veronica Cotter, Dr. Miriam Duggan [...]

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Dr. Ivan Edwards, a Ugandan, is a Major in the US Air Force, Serving as a Flight surgeon

October 31, 2011 | 44 Comments

Maj (Dr). Ivan Edwards was born in Uganda, and speaks fondly of his motherland. He says that he is proud to have set foot in the USA, and given the tools to become a doctor and a senior military officer. He shares his sentiments of an underlying “racial bias” in a country in which he [...]

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Ugandan-born Dr. John Sentamu, as Archbishop of York, is the UK’s first black archbishop

October 22, 2011 | 8 Comments

Dr John Sentamu is the UK’s first black archbishop and the Church of England’s second most senior clergyman. His appointment as the Archbishop of York in June 2005 was a breakthrough in the history of the Church of England. He was hailed as Downing Street’s favourite Anglican bishop and praised for his plain speaking, energy [...]

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