Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa is an international lawyer and expert in African commercial affairs, who served as the
executive director of ''Financial Sector Deepening Uganda'', a
Ugandan
non-profit that aims to facilitate the availability of affordable financial services to a wider and more inclusive segment of Uganda's population.
She was appointed to that position in June 2017.
She left FSD Uganda in February 2019.
Education
Musiitwa received her first degree, a
Bachelor of Arts in
Political Science and
International Studies, from
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan†...
, in
Davidson,
North Carolina, United States, graduating in 2003.
She transferred to the
University of Melbourne, in
Melbourne, Australia, graduating from there with a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree in 2006. She also obtained a
Diploma in Legal Practice
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, obtained from the
Australian National University, in
Canberra
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is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
.
She also received executive legal and business training from (a)
The Hague Academy of International Law (Certificate in Private International Law, in 2009), (b)
Oxford Said Business School (The Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellowship Programme, in 2011) and (c)
Harvard Kennedy School of Government (Executive Education in Public Policy Analysis, in 2012).
Career
Jacqueline Musiitwa in the founder and
managing partner of the Hoja Law Group, with offices in
New York City and
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
, founded in 2008.
She has served in the past, for a period of nearly two years, as the legal adviser to the president of the
Trade and Development Bank, based in
Nairobi, Kenya. For nearly two years before that, she served as an advisor to the director general of the
World Trade Organization on matters of trade, economic integration and global governance.
From September 2010 until November 2011, Musiitwa served as advisor to the
Rwanda Ministry of Justice and Rwanda's Attorney General's Office, on matters related to trade and investment.
Other considerations
She has served in the past as an adjunct professor of law at the
National University of Rwanda. She is a member of the Monetary Policy Advisory Committee of the Board of
Bank of Zambia
The Bank of Zambia (BoZ), is the central bank of Zambia.
Overview
The principal responsibility of the bank is to create and implement monetary policy that will maintain the economic stability of the country. The Bank is active in promoting financ ...
. She is also a board member of Crisis Action, an international non-profit aimed at protecting civilians from armed conflict. Ms Musiitwa is expert in African commercial affairs.
See also
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Sylvia Tamale
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Barbara Ntambirweki
Barbara Ntambirweki Karugonjo is a lawyer, academic, and activist in Uganda. She is a lecturer in the faculty of law at Uganda Pentecostal University, a private university.
Background and education
Ntambirweki has a Bachelor of Laws degree from ...
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Zahara Nampewo
Dr. Zahara Nampewo, is a female Ugandan lawyer, human rights activist, and academic. She is the executive director of the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University School of Law, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest ci ...
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Stella Nansikombi Makubuya
References
External links
Extensive Interview With Jacqueline Musiitwa
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1979 births
Living people
21st-century Ugandan lawyers
Ugandan women lawyers
Davidson College alumni
University of Melbourne alumni
Australian National University alumni
Academic staff of the National University of Rwanda
Ugandan women company founders
21st-century women lawyers