Pamela is a lawyer with 18 years of experience in international development and currently working with the Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Previously, she worked as the the Africa Regional Director of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), responsible for delivering the strategic direction of the Africa Region. She is the winner of the Gender Changemakers Award (2022) and formerly on the Board of Directors for the Digital Frontiers Association (DFA)-Uganda, where she led the Gender Strategy design and implementation. She was the first female Certified Digital Finance Practitioner (Tufts University/DFI) in Uganda.
She is entrepreneurial and an exceptional facilitator currently leading the Alumni of the DFI Gender Equality Changemakers for Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. She has skills in leadership, Gender and Digital Financial Services, Digital Money, Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) and Digital Financial Inclusion. Pamela’s passion for positive impact causes, particularly gender equity, is evident as she leads design and implementation of several gender-inclusive financial and social impact programs, benefiting over 1 million women including women-led SMEs. She has a consistent institutional track record for advocating gender-responsive policies, at organization level as well as community level such as increasing women ownership of land. Pamela uses various platforms to support gender-inclusive investments for women’s businesses; includes being an Independent member of the Environment and Social Committee of the Africa Forests Impact Platform of New Forests. As a co-founder of the Certified Risk Management Professionals Association and member of the Technical Committee of the Risk and Resilience at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), where she advocates for gender-responsive risk assessments and standards for adoption.
She is a Rotarian and mentor for Young Female Lawyers under the Girls4Girls (G4G) Network.
Pamela holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a diploma in legal practice from Makerere University, and an MBA from Uganda Technology and Management University.
She is entrepreneurial and an exceptional facilitator currently leading the Alumni of the DFI Gender Equality Changemakers for Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. She has skills in leadership, Gender and Digital Financial Services, Digital Money, Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) and Digital Financial Inclusion. Pamela’s passion for positive impact causes, particularly gender equity, is evident as she leads design and implementation of several gender-inclusive financial and social impact programs, benefiting over 1 million women including women-led SMEs. She has a consistent institutional track record for advocating gender-responsive policies, at organization level as well as community level such as increasing women ownership of land. Pamela uses various platforms to support gender-inclusive investments for women’s businesses; includes being an Independent member of the Environment and Social Committee of the Africa Forests Impact Platform of New Forests. As a co-founder of the Certified Risk Management Professionals Association and member of the Technical Committee of the Risk and Resilience at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), where she advocates for gender-responsive risk assessments and standards for adoption.
She is a Rotarian and mentor for Young Female Lawyers under the Girls4Girls (G4G) Network.
Pamela holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a diploma in legal practice from Makerere University, and an MBA from Uganda Technology and Management University.