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A lover of education!

From a village boy in one of Uganda's remotest villages to Stanford University in California, to Canberra's most prestigious Australian National University, and more, Joel's education journey is a testament to his hard work, perseverance, and determination.

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Schools Attended

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  • Australian National University, 2023-2025 (Master of International Relations)

  • Peking University, 2017-2019 (Masters of Politics and International Relations)

  • Makerere University, Kampala, 2011-2015 (Bachelor of Arts with Education)

  • Kitgum High School, 2009-2010 (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education)

  • Kitgum High School, 2005-2008 (Uganda Certificate of Education)

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Exchanges and Fellowships

  • Don Lavoie Fellowship at George Mason University, USA (2023-2024)

  • Stanford University FACES Center, California (2019)

  • Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, Florence (2018)

  • Peking University International Summer Program (2018)

 

Other professional Training:

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  • Resource Equity Women Land Rights Institute (Certificate on an intensive course:
    "What Works for Women on Collective Lands?)

  • Jacobs-Abbey Global Institute For Leadership-2022 (Certificate in Human Rights)

  • Kectil Youth Leadership Training -2017 (Certificate of Leadership)

  • Young African Leaders Initiative- 2016 (Certificate in Civic Leadership)

  • Google-2016 (Certificate in Digital Proficiency- digital marketing)

  • The Better Tomorrow Movement-2018 (Certificate in Communications)

  • The Chartered Management Institute-2019 (Level 5 Certificate in Business Consulting: Leadership and Management)

  • The BAI XIAN Asia Institute-2018 (Leadership Summer School)

 

Conferences:

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  • Young African Leaders Initiative, Nairobi (2016)- youth gathering

  • The Yenching Global Symposium, Beijing 2018)- Student-led international conference 

  • The Yenching Social Innovation Forum, Beijing (2017)- Student-led international youth conference

  • Chengdu Youth Federation Youth from the Developing Countries’ Conference, Sichuan (2018)

  • The Kectil Southeast Asia Conference, Hanoi (2019)

  • The Kectil International Conference, Atlanta (2019)

  • The Young Belt and Road Conference, Suzhou (2020)

  • IGAD Communications Workshop, Nairobi (2021)

  • United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Young African Scholars Conference, Johannesburg (2022)

  • East African Youth Innovation Forum, Kampala (2022)

  • African Union Bingwa Initiative Pre-deployment Training, Dar Es Salaam (2022)

  • Youth Pre-conference ahead of the second Conference on Public Health in Africa 2022, Kigali (2022)

  • Second Conference on Public Health in Africa, Kigali (2022)

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