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College Op-Ed · The ObserverThe Double-Giraffe ViewColumns written for the University of Notre Dame's student paper drawing insights from the global south for a future-oriented politics.Read at The ObserverMediumEssays on Community, Power & AfricaLonger-form thinking on governance, generational change and civic life.Read on Medium
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ChimpReports · Kampala · December 2016DStv Eutelsat Star Award Winners FetedMultiChoice Uganda announced winners of the 2016 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards at a prize-giving ceremony in Kololo. Gordon Brian Olemo of St Mary's College Kisubi took first runner-up in the essay category — a science and technology competition spanning 42 countries, with 165 entries from over 23 Ugandan schools vetted by a panel of judges. The winning entries went on to represent Uganda at the continental awards.Read on ChimpReports
New Vision · Kampala · 2016SMACK Emerge Winners of Urban TV Debate SeriesSt Mary's College Kisubi, competing for the first time, out-debated 32 schools from across Uganda to take the crown in the Urban TV Cross Fire debate series. Brian Olemo was named among the best debaters of the series, exhibiting what the paper called an excellent gift of gab. The team of four was rewarded with Dell laptops courtesy of the International University of East Africa.Read on New Vision
African Leadership Academy · June 2021Congratulations to Our Graduates!The African Leadership Academy graduated its Class of 2019 under the theme Aya — an Adinkra symbol of endurance and resourcefulness — at a hybrid ceremony on 17 June 2021, with Dr Dambisa Moyo addressing the class alongside the Academy's Dean and co-founder. Gordon Brian Olemo '19 of Uganda spoke to his peers on what strong entrepreneurial leadership looks like and the commitment to return to Africa: “We don't owe this institution as much as what we owe Africa. An Africa we owe not 10 years but a lifelong commitment to understanding our problems and working with our compatriots to change them.”Read on African Leadership AcademyPhotographs
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