Aminah Zawedde, is a Ugandan
computer scientist
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.
academic and
public administrator, who serves as the permanent secretary of the
Uganda Ministry of ICT and National Guidance since 15 July 2021. Before that Zawedde was a
lecturer and researcher in the School of Computing and Informatics Technology at
Makerere University, the oldest and largest
public university in
Uganda.
Background and education
She was born in the
Buganda Region of Uganda in the 1970s. After attending local primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to
Makerere University. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Science in
Statistics
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and
Economics in 2001. She followed that with a
Master of Science degree in
Information Systems, also from Makerere University.
She also studied at the
University of Cape Town, graduating with a
Postgraduate Diploma in
Educational Technology
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, in 2014. Her third degree was a
Doctor of Philosophy in
Software Engineering, obtained from the
Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Netherlands, in 2016.
Career
Zawedde has been a lecturer and a researcher at the School of Computing at Informatics at Makerere for over 15 years. For the first five years, she was an assistant lecturer. Starting January 2011, until July 2021 she was a tenured lecturer, who supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students at the school.
During that period, she worked and volunteered in various academic and non-academic positions, including as a Data Officer at the
Electoral Commission of Uganda, as an IT Intern at the
Uganda Revenue Authority, as an IT Consultant at the
Infectious Diseases Institute and as
visiting lecturer at
KCA University
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in Nairobi,
Kenya.
On 15 July 2021, president
Yoweri Museveni made wide-reaching changes affecting a number of cabinet ministries, including the retirement of seven permanent secretaries. As part of those changes, Zawedde was appointed PS of the ICT ministry, replacing ''Vincent Waiswa Bagiire'' who was relocated to the
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.
Other considerations
Zawedde has authored or co-written a number of peer-reviewed articles, in the areas of her expertise and has presented some of them at international, regional and national conferences.
She serves as a non-executive director of
DFCU Group
The Development Finance Company of Uganda Group, commonly referred to as the DFCU Group, is a financial services company in Uganda.
Overview
* DFCU Limited
* DFCU Bank Limited
* DFCU Leasing Limited
* Rwenzori Properties Limited
* Nakasero Pr ...
, the parent company of
DFCU Bank and National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U).
See also
*
Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa
Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa is a Ugandan accountant and business administrator. She serves as the Permanent Secretary in the Uganda Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. She was appointed permanent secretary on the 15th July 2021.
Befor ...
*
List of government ministries of Uganda
This is comprehensive list of all government ministries of Uganda, as of June 2021. Below is a list of members of the Ugandan cabinet as of 9 June 2021.
See also
* Cabinet of Uganda
* Parliament of Uganda
The parliament of Uganda is the c ...
References
External links
Dr. Aminah Zawedde: Member NITA Uganda
As of 15 July 2021.
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Living people
Ganda people
1978 births
Ugandan Muslims
Makerere University alumni
University of Cape Town alumni
Eindhoven University of Technology alumni
Academic staff of Makerere University
People from Central Region, Uganda
21st-century Ugandan women scientists
21st-century Ugandan scientists