Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Joshua Kyallo named Director of Africa Initiatives

"The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is pleased to announce that after a thorough search and extensive interviews, Joshua Kyallo has been named to the position of Director of Africa. A native of Kenya, Mr. Kyallo is an international development specialist with nearly twenty years' experience providing strategic leadership to complex policy and advocacy focused programs throughout Africa on behalf of international NGOs."
Source: Non profit Professionals Advisory Group

"His vast experience in international development has primarily focused on designing and implementing programs that have resulted in evidence-based advocacy and policy changes for vulnerable populations working in partnership with African governments, donors, UN agencies, and civil society organizations. He offers impressive hands-on experience with international development and policy work on the African continent, which makes him a great addition to the outstanding team at CTFK and will add enormous value to the organization’s groundbreaking work in Africa and around the world.

Most recently, Mr. Kyallo served as the Country Director of the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) in Uganda where he was a key player in the global Stand Up for African Mothers campaign aimed at preventing maternal and child death in Africa. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kyallo served in senior leadership, strategic, and management positions with CARE International in Kenya, the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development in Somalia and Save the Children (UK) in Tanzania. He previously was the Country Director of Partners for Development in Nigeria.

He represents civil society organizations in a leading advocacy and policy forum in Uganda and is currently the elected representative of international NGOs to the Uganda Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism Board. He is a Founder and Board Director of Universal Technology Outreach Community Hubs (U-TOUCH), a US-based non-profit organization whose mission is to transform lives in disadvantaged regions by bridging the digital divide."