Vwede Obahor Nwaneakolam

Title: Resident Representative for Uganda
Organization: UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

Ms. Nwanne Vwede-Obahor is the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Resident Representative for Uganda. In this position she represents, leads, and is accountable for harnessing and directing the full potential of UNDP’s capabilities and associated partnerships, in support of national development goals and strategies in Uganda.

Prior to this, Ms. Vwede-Obahor served as the Director Program and Team Leader of the Implementation Support Unit of the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) in the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel. She has also served as the Regional Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for East Africa, as well as the OHCHR Representative to the African Union and UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

Ms. Vwede-Obahor has over 20 years of progressive working experience in various sectors, UN Sierra Leone Resident Coordinator’s Office, UN Mission in South Sudan, UN Afghanistan Assistance Mission, UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur, UNDP Liberia, international organizations, private sector, and non-profit sector. She has expertise in development, governance, peacebuilding, humanitarian issues, resilience, stabilization, human rights, gender, conflict prevention, and provision of basic and social services.

Ms. Vwede-Obahor has extensive experience in management, business operations, coordination including of multi-agency activities/programs within and beyond the UN System, organizational leadership, policy development, results-based programming, including joint programming, advocacy, partnership building, and resource mobilization.

Ms. Vwede-Obahor holds a bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature, an LLB in Law, an MPA in Public Policy and Administration and an MSc in Political Science.