Damali Ssali is the acting Country Director TradeMark East Africa
She is also an Advisory Board Member of the African Council for Trade, Tourism, and Investment (AfCOTTI), and a member of the Africa List. Her range of expertise includes financial services, trade policy, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
She is an accountant by training and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and started off her career in financial services industry, in the City of London, working with one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Damali later transitioned her career into trade development after obtaining a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, with a specialisation in Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Management. Also, she is an Affiliate of the Institute of Public Private Partnerships.
She relocated back to Uganda in 2013 with dreams of setting up a venture capital fund to support innovative young Ugandans with seed funding. Damali established a venture capital fund – DSSL Management – that aims to support innovative Ugandan and African entrepreneurs to scale up their businesses.
Damali is also the host of an online and television show called the Ideation Corner, where she speaks to personalities that have conceptualized, developed, and implemented great ideas, so that they can share their insights with aspiring young innovators.
