Joy Ruwodo – END Fund
Joy serves as a Director, Public Affairs for the END Fund Africa Region. A multi-skilled, highly astute and qualified Socio-Economic Development Advocate, Marketing and Communications Executive, Strategist and Consultant. She has 21 years’ experience providing bespoke solutions to companies in the global healthcare, communication consulting, marketing research, petrochemical and mobile telecommunication sectors in the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Joy’s current role is focused on elevating the profile of neglected tropical diseases on the continent, as well as growing and engaging a community of African activist-philanthropists and business leaders who will join in the movement to end NTDs.
Joy is also on the first cohort of the African Philanthropy Forum Systems Change Programme that will enable the application of systems entrepreneurship to advance transformative change. Joy completed her BCom degree in Management and Economics at Rhodes University. She has a Master of Business Administration through Wits Business School and completed her MBA Electives at McGill University in Montreal.