Lilly Ajarova (born in 1969) is a Ugandan conservationist and tourism expert. She is the

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of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), the Ugandan government agency that is charged with promoting the country as a tourism destination. She was appointed to that position on 10 January 2019. Before that, from 2005 until 2019, she served as the executive director of ''Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust'', the owner/operator of

Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, is an island sanctuary in Uganda, dedicated to the care of orphaned eastern chimpanzees, that have been rescued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Many of the chimpanzees were rescued from poachers and are unl ...

, on

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Background and education

She was born in Uganda in early 1969 (January or February). She attended local primary and secondary schools. She studied at

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

, Uganda's oldest and largest

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, graduating with a

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and

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. Her second degree is

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, obtained from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI), in 2004. Lilly also holds a post graduate diploma in Hotel and Tourism Management from International Institute of Tourism and Management in Austria. In addition, she has a certificate of competence in Board Matters, awarded by the

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Career

For over 8 years, from 1996 until 2005, Ms Ajarova worked at the

Uganda Wildlife Authority The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is a semi-autonomous Ugandan government agency that aims to conserve, manage and regulate Uganda’s wildlife. "UWA is mandated to ensure sustainable management of wildlife resources and supervise wildlife act ...

, as the Tourism Development and Marketing Manager. In that capacity, she was responsible for the development of tourism services in Uganda's national parks. From there she went to ''Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust'', where she was the executive director for fourteen years. While there, she served as a member of the Uganda Tourism Board. She was the chairperson of the committee that classified and graded Uganda's hotels in 2015. In January 2019, she was appointed to head UTB, replacing Stephen Asiimwe. Her deputy at UTB is Bradford Ochieng. She was replaced as executive director at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Trust by Dr. Joshua Rukundo. She handed over that office on 5 March 2019.

Other considerations

Ms Lilly Ajarova is the recipient of the: (1) National Golden Jubilee Award 2015 (2) Tourism Excellence Award 2017 (3) Wildlife Conservation Award 2017 (4) Country Winner in the Welfare & Civil Society Organization sector of CEO Global's Most Influential Women in Business & Government, 2018 Awards

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Website of Uganda Tourism BoardKiwanda announces new bosses at UTB
As of 20 July 2019. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajarova, Lilly 1969 births Living people Makerere University alumni Ugandan conservationists Ugandan women business executives Ugandan business executives Ugandan women chief executives Eastern and Southern African Management Institute alumni

Background and education

Career

Other considerations

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