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Shared Leadership | Allen Asiimwe | TEDxKiwenda

Allen talks about how leadership is a shared responsibility. Not the task of one person. Allen is the Chief Technical Officer at TradeMark East Africa. In this role she is responsible for the technical delivery of TMEA’s entire project portfolio in infrastructure, trade environment, and business competitiveness with a budget of $620m, spanning 12 countries. Allen also oversees the Climate Change and Gender portfolios and leads collaboration with key stakeholders and development partners, including the Partner States, FCDO, USAID, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Allen also chairs the $24m TMEA Safe Trade Emergency Facility that was established to respond to and mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the region. Prior to this, Allen was a consultant for the African Export Import Bank supporting the implementation of the Intra Africa Trade Initiative and has served as past CEO of AVID Development, a consulting firm working on key issues of trade, development, and governance in Africa. Allen is also a co-founder of Girls For Girls a global mentoring initiative that seeks to empower girls to lead. Girls For Girls now has a footprint in 23 countries globally, 7 in Africa with over 2,500 mentees and 1,000 mentors. She holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School (Edward Mason Fellow, 2017) and a Masters in International Business Law from the University of Manchester, UK (1998). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx