The blog of Jackie Tumwine

Rendez-vous with Jackie Tumwine

Thank you Jackie for taking the time to be with us.
May I ask you to introduce yourself by telling us a little about your personal background (education, professional experience) and when, how and why you got involved in tobacco control?

Jackie Tumwine: My name is Jackie Tumwine, I am a Ugandan lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. I have recently earned a Diplôme de Langue Française (DL) from Alliance Française.

Thank you Jackie for taking the time to be with us.
May I ask you to introduce yourself by telling us a little about your personal background (education, professional experience) and when, how and why you got involved in tobacco control?

Jackie Tumwine: My name is Jackie Tumwine, I am a Ugandan lawyer with a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. I have recently earned a Diplôme de Langue Française (DL) from Alliance Française.

About GLOBALink Africa

GLOBALink Africa is a project of GLOBALink sponsored by the Norwegian Cancer Society in collaboration with the Framework Convention Alliance: it aims to support a robust tobacco control community in Africa by developing the use of internet based tools like blogs.

1st African Conference on Tobacco or Health- lessons and resolutions

So what happened in Casablanca?

A question on the lips of many African tobacco control advocates who missed this first African Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Casablanca, Morocco, 7-10 December, 2006.

University Scholarships latest in BAT Rwanda CSR stunt

BAT Rwanda has done it again. Last November it was a donation of computers to a secondary school, and now, barely two months later, Rwanda’s New Times newspaper has reported a new scholarship scheme set up by BAT Rwanda to assist needy students at the National University of Rwanda (NUR).