REHMAH KASULE
STRATEGIST II SPEAKER II AUTHOR
II YOUTH & GENDER DEVELOPMENT EXPERT
Empowering the next generation of thought leaders & values-based entrepreneurs
Dream Big!
ABOUT ME
I was born a village girl, but I refused to become a village woman. As the youngest of 12 children, growing up in the tiny Ugandan village of Gomba, my opportunities were very limited. At five years, I started walking three miles to school without shoes. Each wobbly step built my resilience and changed the trajectory of my life. My father died when I was eight, and although it was a difficult time for the family, my mother’s strength pulled us through. Despite having very little education, my mother defied the cultural norm that pressured women to remarry into the family. I watched my mother turn 1 shilling into 100 shillings to provide for us education. The values of integrity, hard work, compassion, courage, and service motivated me to pursue my legacy and goals of helping young people and women. My life so far is a testament to dreaming big and living a purposeful life. I use my voice and skills to create systemic changes, shift mind-sets and empower people to achieve their full potential. I am committed to inspiring, mentoring, connecting and skilling young people to get agency and confidence to take charge of their lives, lead change in their communities and keep hope alive. I strongly believe that quality education breaks intergenerational cycles of poverty, and my purpose in life is to empower girls and women to break the shackles that hold them in poverty. I provide opportunities for people to learn, thrive, and change life trajectories - one girl at a time.
“Your background doesn’t determine your destiny, you have the power to design the future you want.”
— Rehmah Kasule
“When you dream, you achieve and no dream is too big”
— Rehmah Kasule
CONSULTANCY SERVICES
STRATEGY II DESIGN THINKING II LEADERSHIP II SYSTEMS
Helping Organizations and Businesses Build Strong Leadership and Systems
GENDER, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Gender Analysis, Gender Policy & Designing Gender Action Plans
Designing Gender & Women Empowerment Projects
Gender Mainstreaming, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
Gender and Trade (Market Access, Financial Inclusion & Business Acceleration)
Executive Mentorship for women’s leaders in Public Offices, Corporates, Entrepreneurship, Non Profits and Boards.
EDUCATION & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Education Policy and Reform
Workforce Development and The Future of Work
21st Century Skills, Career Readiness & School-Work Transition
Youth Leadership Development & Active Citizenship
Business Incubation, Entrepreneurship Education, and eco-systems
Peace-building & Preventing Violent Extremism
NON-PROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING
Strategy - Strategic Planning, Systems Mapping, Innovation & Scale-up
Leadership & Governance - Talent Development, Succession Planning, Board Management
Sustainability - Creating Diverse Revenue Streams, Fund-raising and Grants Management, New Business Development
Communications & Story Telling, Branding, Pitch Decks, Documentation of Impact, Best Practices and Learnings.
PREVIOUS CLIENTS
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Girls Education, Women’s Transformative Leadership
and the Future of Work in Africa
Creating a generation of young leaders that are
economically independent, socially responsible and politically active .
FUNDERS & PARTNERS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
High level Public Policy Dialogues
Motivational & Positive Narratives worth spreading
2020: African Business Conference - Harvard University Business School, USA
2019: Breaking the Mold Conference – Dartmouth College, USA
2019: African Economic Conference - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
2019: African Development Conference - Harvard University Kennedy School, USA
2019: Design Lab – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA
2019: School of Communications - Emerson College USA
2019: Samuel Foundation Symposium On Deepening Social Connectedness, Toronto Canada
2019: Opportunity Collaboration – Cancun Mexico
2019: Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) - San Francisco, USA
2019: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) – UN New York, USA
2019: United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and Responsibility to Protect - UN New York, USA
2018: VV100 Women’s Retreat – San Francisco, USA
2018: United Nations Alliance of Civilization, UN New York USA
2018: Vital Voices Global Partnership Mentoring Walk – London, UK
2018: Platform of Action to prevent incitement that could lead to atrocity crimes and genocide, UN Vienna
2017: Rotary Club of Washington DC, USA
2016: Global Summit on Religion, Peace and Security at UN Geneva, Switzerland
2016: One World Children’s Fund, San Francisco-California, USA
2016: Samuel Foundation Symposium On Social Isolation & Social Connectedness, Montreal Canada
2015: UN High-Level Dialogue, role of Private Sector in financing sustainable development, Uganda
2014: Fortune Most Powerful Women’s Summit, San Francisco-California, USA
2013: TEDxNakaseroWomen, Kampala, Uganda
2011: World Islamic Economic Forum, Astana, Kazakhstan
2010: US State Department
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
CNBC Rising Women Series – Amplifying the Voices of African Leadership, Global Media House, 2021
Influential Women 2019, African Diversity & Inclusion Center, 2019
Peace Laureate – Islamic Development Bank, Women in Development, 2018
Africa’s Most Influential in Welfare, Civil Society and Government, 2016
Global Ambassador – Let Girls Learn, Michelle Obama initiative, 2016
Goldman Sachs/Fortune Global Women Leaders Award, 2014
Woman of Distinction, Forum for African Women Educationists, 2012
World of Difference 100: The International Women’s Alliance, 2011
Rising African Woman Leader: Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, 2010
Child Protection, Mentorship and Development, 2010
Girls Innovation Competition Winner, US Secretary of State Fund, 2010
ACADEMICS & FELLOWSHIPS
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP & NETWORKS
Right To Play, International Board Member (2021 to-date)
World Connect, Board of Directors (2020 to-date)
StrongMinds, Board of Trustees (2019 to-date)
PANGEA Education Development Group, Executive Board Member (2019-21)
MacArthur 100&Change – Wise Head Judge, Levers for Change (2018-20)
Vital Voices Global Partnership, VV100Women, Network Leader (2018-19)
Obama Foundation, Network of Leaders in Girls Education, Member (2018)
Partnership on Religion and Development– PaRD (2018-20)
Let Girls Learn – Global Ambassador (2014-19)
Rotary Club of Kampala-Impala – President (2015-16)
Buganda Royal Institute of Business and Education Training, Chair, Governing Council (2015-18)
African Leadership Initiative, East Africa,Board Member (2017-19)
Brookings Institute, Center for UniversalEducation, Leaders in Girls Education, Network Member (2015-19)
Graça Machel Trust- New Faces NewVoices, Advisory Board Member (2014-18)
Parliament (Lukiiko) Buganda Kingdom, Member (2011-19)
Aspen Global Leadership Network, Member(2010-19)
Organization of Islamic Cooperation( OIC) - Think Tank for Peace, Security and Mediation (2016-19)
PUBLICATIONS
MEDIA
THE PEOPLE WE SERVE
What we create: VOICE, AGENCY, HOPE , SELF-EFFICACY, CONFIDENCE, SELF-MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
“The future belongs to those that believe in the power of their dreams.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt.
Lets talk
GLOBAL LEADERS
“If I have seen further, it’s by standing on shoulders of giants.”
- Isaac Newton
