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Gwamaka Kifukwe: Lead researcher and host of 'In Focus' and 'Meet the Leader'.
This is the third in a series of profiles of candidates from the Emerging African Leaders programme organised annually by the Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice. So far, we’ve met Jake Okechukwu Effoduh from Nigeria and Rendani from South Africa. Now, meet Gwamaka Kifukwe.
Gwamaka is a Tanzanian civil servant based at the Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development (the UONGOZI Institute), under the auspices of the Tanzanian President's Office. Uongozi means leadership in Kiswahili. The Institute supports African leaders in attaining sustainable development in their nations and on the continent.
Tell me about your work at the Institute.
I am responsible for the Sustainable Development Programme. I am also the lead researcher and host the 'In Focus' and 'Meet the Leader' TV interview shows. I work closely with our resource centre to keep it updated and stocked with materials on the topics we cover as an organisation. Beyond these, I give public talks, moderate discussions, carry out trainings, and support speech writing teams.
Meet the Leader has featured a range of prominent Africans includ
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I often recall the words of John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania after he won the marathon at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. At the time, Akhwari was the long shot whose bandaged legs gave spectators the impression that his chances were slim – at best.
Increasingly, Kenya’s regulatory environment fosters innovation and incubates progressive ideas. The political will exhibited by the country’s top leadership to hoist the country to Middle Income Country status by 2030, is defined by a zealous commitment to encouraging private sector driven partnerships, bolstering investment, and generally creating an environment that supports economic growth that uplifts all.
For this, the World Bank has given Kenya a positive rating and the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) upgraded Nairobi’s status as a United Nations (UN) hub to “Category B”, meaning living and business conditions of the country have improved tremendously.
The much-quoted Kenya mobile banking success story, which is a subject of Ivy League university studies, is an example of how sound macroeconomic environments provide the foundation for free enterprise to revolutionise industries.
An MIT study, The Risk Sharing Benefits of Mobile Money, which was published in January this year, found that nearly 60 per cent