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Staff members

Susan Nanduddu

Executive Director

Susan Nanduddu is the Executive Director of ACTADE since August 2015. Until then, she had served for over a year as a Board member of ACTADE. She is a development practitioner who has worked on various development topics including sustainable transport, good governance, climate change adaptation and green cities. She previously worked as an independent consultant, and as a staff of the Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA).


Susan has over 15 years of continuous experience in development work in Uganda primarily with civil society organisations with regular engagements with government and private sector at all levels. Her core interest is in building resilience to climate change. Susan holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi. She enjoys farming during her free time.

Viola Musiimenta

Director of Programmes

Viola Musiimenta is a Director of Programmes at African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE). She has wide professional experience in NGO management and managing development projects. She has over 15 years’ experience of managing advocacy oriented programmes working with small scale farmers and other vulnerable groups through enhancing their capacities to improve their livelihoods. She has facilitated the development and implementation of advocacy programmes looking at the inter-connectedness of agriculture, Trade, climate change, food security, and education.

Viola has previously worked with one of the biggest NGO Networks in Uganda- Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) as an Officer in charge of Poverty Reduction and Livelihood Improvement Programmes. She has also worked as a consultant on Organizational Development and development of livelihood improvement programmes. She holds a bachelors in agribusiness management from Makerere University and a masters in development studies from Uganda Martyrs University-Nkonzi.

Allen Lunkuse

Programme Officer

Allen Lunkuse is currently working as a Programme Officer at ACTADE under Participatory Governance Programme. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership abilities in working with diversities over the past seven years through which she has worked in Bunyoro region and the Central region of Uganda.


Allen was a member of the Youth for Policy (Y4P), an initiative by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Before joining ACTADE, she worked as a volunteer with Voluntary Action for Development (VAD) under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Programme.

Allen knows what drives sustainable development to be the empowerment of communities to take centre stage and over the years, she has garnered vast experience in Project Planning and Management, capacity building, documentation, budget analysis and policy advocacy. She has contributed towards increasing the resource envelope and supported in redefining ACTADE’s strategic direction and innovating towards inclusive development in ACTADE’s work. She is results-oriented and passionate about sustainable trade for improved livelihoods.
Allen is a certified Development worker with a Bachelor of Development Studies Degree from Kyambogo University.

Andrew Ojoon

Accountant

Andrew is a professional accountant with over 5years experience in financial management with global non-profit organizations and government projects with a rich and varied experience in multiple finance roles having worked in organizations such as Justice Centres Uganda, Windle International Uganda and Peas Uganda. The experience is complimented by his pursuant of Certified Public Accountant Course in addition to Undergraduate bachelor’s degree in Business Studies-Accounting

Participated in rolling out automated financial management system in low-cost secondary schools, improving efficiency in financial reporting, planning and budgeting and driving fees digitalization to improve sustainability and efficiency in schools, Additional management of donor projects funds such as Democratic Government Facility (DGF), Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS), UN-Women, UNHCR and European Union

Judith Kobusinge

Program Assistant

I’m an ambitious and dynamic professional with a passion to wake up every day feeling
excited about the work I do. I am responsible, dependable, and can quickly become
polished in any task that is given to me. As a high-achiever, I push myself to be the best at
everything I do (I only give up when it is done].
I have over 8 years’ experience working with NGOs and private companies in
operations and administrative work, water sanitation and hygiene management,
sustainable development, climate change and solar energy management. Am
currently working with African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE). Am
passionate about creating a vibrant society for sustainable development.