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Dr. Joy Kategekwa

Strategic Advisor to the Assistant Administrator and Regional Director Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA)/ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Dr. Joy Kategekwa is a leading trade and investment specialist with over 16 years of
experience, including at leadership level, in shaping global and regional trade and
development policies. She is the Strategic Advisor at UNDP’s Regional Bureau for
Africa in New York, supporting strategy and delivery of a $1.2 billion development
programme, spanning 46 sub Saharan African countries. Prior to UNDP, she served as
Founding Head of the UNCTAD Regional Office for Africa in Addis Ababa, leading
advisory and programmatic teams that designed transformational continental and sub-
regional trade integration and productive capacity programmes, strategies and treaties
– including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Previously, Dr.
Kategekwa worked with the World Trade Organization – leading the WTO African Group – managing relations with
Ambassadors and experts for effective participation and overseeing multilateral negotiations on special and differential
treatment in WTO Agreements. Before that, she served as Oxfam International`s Trade and Investment Advisor in the
Geneva Advocacy Office, leading relations with the UN, authoring key flagship publications on the economic justice
campaign, and designing responses to the 2008 global economic crisis. At the Geneva-based South Centre, she led the
work programme on Trade in Services, advising Africa, ACP and LDC negotiators on strategy and content in WTO and
EPA negotiations. She started her trade career as legal officer at Uganda’s Permanent Mission in Geneva where she,
inter alia, represented her country in WTO negotiations, quickly rising to LDC Focal Point on Trade in Services, Trade
Facilitation and Intellectual Property Rights, where led technical negotiation teams that designed the WTO services
waiver; the Special and Differential Treatment chapter of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; and the amendment
of the TRIPS Agreement. She is the author of a series of peer-reviewed publications in world class legal journals and
her book “Opening Markets for Foreign Skills: How Can the WTO help?” is an acclaimed treatise on the subject. She is
a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Trade and Investment.
She holds a Ph.D. in International Trade Law from the University of Berne’s prestigious World Trade Institute, a
Master of Laws in International Trade and Investment Law from the University of the Western Cape, and a Bachelor of
Laws from Makerere University. She has taught Masters and Ph.D. courses at leading international trade and
development law programmes. She is a trained vocalist, loves the piano and is a songwriter. She is married and is the
proud mother of four beautiful girls.

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Mary Holahan BaruMary Holahan Baru
Carlos SanveeCarlos Sanvee
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Lindsey Gilbert-CrouchLindsey Gilbert-Crouch
Eric M K OsiakwanEric M K Osiakwan
Mike RomoffMike Romoff
Hollie HaggansHollie Haggans
Don Goodman WilsonDon Goodman Wilson
Amos Winbush IIIAmos Winbush III
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Dr. Thomas MensahDr. Thomas Mensah
Illianna AcostaIllianna Acosta
Casper KlygneCasper Klynge
Lexy Owusu-BoaheneLexy Owusu-Boahene
Daniel ZaltsmanDaniel Zaltsman
Yasmin KumiYasmin Kumi
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Lisa FrancoeurLisa Francoeur
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Emmanuel GamorEmmanuel Gamor
Michelle GroverMichelle Grover
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Lisa TurnerLisa Turner
Vivian NtiriVivian Ntiri
Silvia DwomohSilvia Dwomoh
Paul Kweku AkrofiePaul Kweku Akrofie
Samuel Parker EkemSamuel Parker Ekem
Dr Stephane NwolleyDr. Stephane Nwolley
Cecil NutakorCecil Nutakor
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Linda AnsongLinda Ansong
Patrick Kwabena StephensonPatrick Stephenson
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Yaw OwusuYaw Owusu
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Kwame AnkuKwame Anku
Derrydean DadzieDerrydean Dadzie
Yasmin KumiYasmin Kumi
Michael Nii Ayitey HammondMichael Nii Ayitey Hammond
Samuel Parker EkemSamuel Parker Ekem
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Lawrence TettehLawrence Tetteh
Nelson AmoNelson Amo
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Sam BarringtonSam Barrington
Paul Kweku AkrofiePaul Kweku Akrofie
Emmanuel EdudzieEmmanuel Edudzie
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Tavonia EvansTavonia Evans
Oladimeji ShekoniOladimeji Shekoni
Bridget BoakyeBridget Boakye
Terry OppongTerry Oppong
Adi AbiliAdi Abili
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