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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

Ugandan Environmentalist JulietGrace Luwedde Advances Community-Rooted Climate Action

Africa Champions Network

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

Johnson Mwebaze and the Work of Building from the Ground Up

Africa Champions Network

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

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

Africa Champions Network

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

Lydie Uwantege Oversees High-Value Residential Developments in Kigali

Africa Champions Network

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

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

Africa Champions Network

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

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

Africa Champions Network

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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