Uganda Advisory Board Members

Collins Hy Tugumisirize: Collins is the founder and managing director of Afroeducare (www.studyinuganda.com). Afroeducare markets Ugandan educational institutions to East Africa and is currently collaborating with the Ministry of Education to develop a secondary school accreditation system in Uganda.

Irene Mutumba: Irene was elected as an Ashoka Fellow in 2005 and has been creating “Young Entrepreneur” Clubs in secondary schools across Uganda where students create and run small business projects. She is also training teachers to create a less regimented classroom and recruits volunteers from business and citizen sectors to participate in the management and growth of the clubs. Her organization is called the Private Education Development Network (pedn.org) She is a speaker for the Educate! Mentor Induction Training and a future judge for the Educate! Social Entrepreneurship Club Competition.

James Bulenzibuto: James is the Public Relations Officer of Kyambogo University and has experience in leadership training.

Martin Kisawuzi: Martin founded Busiro Community College School and has developed it into a centerpiece of the community. He is the head of credit at Centenary Rural Development Bank Ltd (www.centenarybank.co.ug).

Tim Kreutter: Tim is the founder and director of Cornerstone (www.cornerstonedevelopment.org), an organization that builds highly effective leadership academies in Uganda and Rwanda. Cornerstone’s innovative curriculum unites people of different religions and tribes based on common principles.

Aramanzan Madanda: Aramanzan is a lecturer and coordinator of the Information and Communication Technology Program in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Makerere University. Madanda serves on the board and is a founding member of Mt. Masaba HS in Mbale, Educate!’s primary pilot school. Listen to an interview with Madanda about Educate! that aired on KGNU.

Peter Kasenene: As the Minister of Privatization of the government of Uganda, Peter Kasenene helped oversee the rapid spread of microfinance in Uganda. He has experience as a professor in numerous institutions around the world and now runs the Thomas More Leadership Institute in Kampala, Uganda.

Leslie Weighill: Leslie, a Canadian, is the founder and director of The Real Uganda (www.therealuganda.com), a successful grass-roots volunteer placement organization she started in 2005 that partners with deserving local NGO’s. Her understanding of the Ugandan context as a Westerner who has lived in Uganda is invaluable to Educate!.

Ben Waira: Ben is the administrative manager for MBW Consulting Engineers and is an associate governor of East Africa Rotary.

Margaret Wokuri: Margaret is a columnist for the Daily Monitor and is currently on the staff at ACFODE (www.acfode.org), an organization working to promote gender equality in Uganda. In addition, Margaret serves on the board and is a founding member of Mt. Masaba High School.

Jonah Walusimbi: Jonah Walusimbi is the head teacher of Greenhill Academy (Educate! partner school and one of the most well-respected schools in Uganda).  Jonah started his own shoe company at the age of 17 and notes that “I have a strong appetite for entrepreneurship.”  Students at Greenhill Academy have started a recycling program under him, and sold revision note CDs (for example for the biology A level exam) to raise money for community mosquito nets.  Jonah provides excellent advice and perspective on Educate!’s program as a whole and espeically the entrepreneurship aspects of the curriculum.