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Ugandan Environmentalist JulietGrace Luwedde Advances Community-Rooted Climate Action

Juliet Grace Luwedde moves between worlds that rarely speak to each other well. She is at home in grassroots communities where land restoration is a daily, phys...

Communications Team · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

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Johnson Mwebaze and the Work of Building from the Ground Up

There is a particular kind of professional who does not fit neatly into one description. Johnson Mwebaze is that kind of person. He is an accountant, a tax offi...

Communications Team · 07 Jul 2026 · 5 min

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Grounded and Intentional: Donald Byamugisha and the Business of Sustainable Growth

Trade policy, at its best, is not about numbers on a spreadsheet. It is about whether a farmer in eastern Uganda can get her produce into a regional market, whe...

Communications Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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Lydie Uwantege Oversees High-Value Residential Developments in Kigali

Kigali is, by most measures, one of the fastest-growing capital cities on the African continent. Its urban population is expanding at a rate of around 4 per cen...

Communications Team · 23 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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When Home Is No Longer Safe: On World Refugee Day and the Work of Building Back

Every year on 20 June, the world marks World Refugee Day, a moment designated by the United Nations to acknowledge the courage, resilience, and contributions of...

Communications Team · 19 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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Truthful, Not Neutral: Canary Mugume and the Weight of the Story

Canary Mugume has a phrase he lives by: truthful, not neutral. It is a deliberate distinction. Neutrality, in journalism, can become a way of avoiding the harde...

Communications Team · 18 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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Liz Kakooza’s MindLab is reimagining wellbeing

Liz is an Expert Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, a Mandela Washington Fellow, and a Global Shapers alumna. She has been recognised a...

Communications Team · 10 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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Building a Network of Transformational Leaders: An Invitation to Build Africa's Future Together

Magnus and Awel have spent years at the heart of the LéO Africa Institute, cultivating the conviction that the kind of leadership Africa needs is not accidental...

Communications Team · 03 Jun 2026 · 5 min

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Africa Day 2026: 63 Years of Unity, Integration, and Development — Let's Celebrate Together

At LéO Africa Institute, Africa Day is not just a commemoration. It is a reaffirmation of our mission. We believe that Africa's greatest resource is its people,...

Communications Team · 25 May 2026 · 5 min

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How Irene Mutuzo is Redefining Psychology in the Digital Space

Dr Irene Mutuzo is a digital psychologist, lecturer at Makerere University, and researcher working at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. Her wo...

Communications Team · 25 May 2026 · 5 min

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A New Cohort Joins the Circle: LéO Africa Institute Welcomes Its 2026 Fellows

On the evening of Friday 15 May 2026, a room full of people who had never met before began to feel like a community. The LéO Africa Institute held its Welcome R...

Communications Team · 19 May 2026 · 5 min

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The Mark We Carry: Introducing the Africa Champions Network Identity

There is something profound about a symbol that earns its meaning. Not one designed for aesthetics alone, but one built from principle, layered with intention,...

Communications Team · 18 May 2026 · 5 min