UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Inside Samuel Ssentongo’s Meteoric Rise from Uganda to Australia’s Reserve Bank.

In February of this year, Samuel Sentongo joined the Reserve Bank of Australia as a Security Architect. The Reserve Bank of Australia is the country’s apex bank, equivalent to the Bank of Uganda. Rising to work with Australia’s regulatory bank is a far cry from the humble roots of a man born and bred in Uganda. His resume puts him at the top of his field in a country over 10,000 km away from his homeland.  Samuel attended Aga Khan School in Kampala for his primary education and then joined Kings College Budo for high school. By his admission, he…