Mr. Richard Sennoga is a PhD in International Relations Candidates. He has 18 years of humanitarian and development information and communications management experience in Eastern and Western Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. His experience is in coordination and information management across the humanitarian program cycle.
He holds a Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Studies from Uganda Martyrs University. He also holds a M. Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Pune in India. Earlier, he obtained a Bachelor of Library and Information Science from Makerere University, Uganda.
Professionally, he is the program Director and Deputy Representative at iMMAP Inc. through the Nigerian Country Office. Previously, he has held positions with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. He has held positions of Knowledge Officer and Technical Advisor at the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. He has also held the position of Information Management Officer at the UNOCHA in Niger. Beyond the above, he has experience with the Catholic Relief Services, the US Embassy in Uganda and technical support for the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda. He has further training in Safe and Secure Approaches in Field Environments as well as the Development of Outreach and Communications strategies. Richard is a Senior Trainer for the Humanitarian Sector and holds a Diploma in United Nations and Understanding from the Institute of United Nations Studies.
He has consulted on various IT Related Strategies with the Directorate of Information and Communications for the African Union Commission and the Regional Water Knowledge & Documentation with the German Development Agency, GIZ. He is also a published author on issues of IT, Convergence, Communication, Best Practices within the Diplomatic Service in a Networked Digital Age, and the Contextualization of Geospatial Information Systems in African States’ Foreign Policy Formulation.