Biography

Anne Rita Ssemboga 

Anne Rita Ssemboga

Programme Officer, ITU Regional Office for Africa

Anne is a program officer at the ITU Regional Office for Africa currently based at the Harare, Zimbabwe Area Office. She is a Policy and Regulatory Economist and has worked in the ICT sector for over 20 years. She began her career in the sector at the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulatory agency in Uganda guiding the policy and regulatory reforms of Uganda's ICT sector. At the ITU Regional office, Anne is a focal person on policy, regulatory and issues related to statistics, economics, business and finance. Anne is passionate and is always pushing ahead with an expert focus on identifying strategies and models for affordable and meaningful Access, with a special focus on women in Africa. Drawing from her combined experience at national, regional and international level Anne is supporting LDCs in defining policies and strategies to grow their digital economy and its diffusion in critical sectors of health, education agriculture and trade. Anne holds a Master's Degree in Economic Policy Management, Makerere University; a Post Graduate DIP in Economics for Competition Law, Kings College, London (UK) and BA (Hons) in Economics.