Global Leadership Cafe #1: Lecture by Mr. Joseph Matovu

ToTAL is planning to invite leaders from Japan and world in a series of lectures titled "Global Leadership Cafe" to discuss their unique perspectives on leadership with mainly Tokyo Tech students online and/or live on campus.

As the first event of the series, we are inviting Mr. Joseph Matovu, who studied in Japan aspiring to reform his home country, Uganda, and currently promoting change there as mayor of Nansana district, to have active dialogues with students and the audience. Alumni of Academy for Global Leadership, or AGL, who visited Uganda to meet Mr.Matovu as part of their overseas training program, will also share their experiences in Uganda and what they learned from him.

Friday, July 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (JST)

Online via Zoom

Tokyo Tech students, faculty, and staff, and members of the general public

English

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Mr. Joseph Matovu was born and raised in Nansana, Uganda. He lost his parents at the age of 11. He received a scholarship from the Japanese NPO Ashinaga Foundation and studied at Waseda University, School of International Liberal Studies. After graduation, he worked for the Ashinaga Foundation’s orphans support program for 6 years. He became the mayor of Nansana, Uganda in May 2021 to improve the community in his home country.

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This article has been updated to correct a typographical error on July 1.