Denis Jjuuko

Communication and Visibility Consultant, Prime Time Communications , Uganda

Denis Jjuuko is a communication and visibility consultant based in Kampala, Uganda with more than 20 years of experience. He previously worked as a journalist and journalism lecturer. He continues to write a weekly column in The Observer newspaper, which is published in Uganda. He is the founder of Prime Time Communications, a Kampala Uganda based communication and visibility consultancy and Storytelling Africa, a digital storytelling platform that is empowering young Africans to tell their stories with a target of skilling 100,000 people by 2030.

Denis Jjuuko has worked as a communication consultant/specialist for several international organizations such as World Health Organisation where he designed a Health Education and Promotion Strategy for the Ministry of Health of South Sudan and International Labour Organisation (ILO) where he trained journalists across the country. Denis has consulted for the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Uganda Cares, World Bank, German Technical Cooperation (now GIZ), Greenpeace, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Hospital Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, KCB Bank, Blue Finance, Rhodes, USAID, and DFID among others. Denis has also worked for government ministries such as the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uganda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands. He has also worked on several projects in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Libya.

Denis is a founder member of the Nepad African Journalism Network, a journalism lecturer and trainer. He is a Rotarian.