Vincent Waiswa Bagiire has served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda since August 2021. With over 20 years of global and domestic experience in information and communications technology (ICT), he previously served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and Chief Executive Officer of Bridges.org, a Washington, DC-based IT policy non-profit organisation. Bagiire is an Ashoka Fellow for life, an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, and a 2014 alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. He holds a master’s degree in business administration cum laude from Glasgow Caledonian University, a master’s degree in macroeconomics with merit from the University of Bradford, a bachelor’s degree in information technology with honours from the University of Derby, and a bachelor’s degree in law from Robert Gordon University. Photo credit: ©Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda