About the Event

The East Africa HR Symposium is organized by Rise & Learn Limited, a Human Resource & Leadership consulting firm committed to Leadership Development, Training in organizations and Outsourcing of Human Resource services to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.

Rise & Learn hosted Human Resource professionals to the 5th East African HR Symposium 2023 with guest speakers, industry leaders and trail blazers. The Symposium aimed to empower HR professionals and business leaders to cope with, understand and innovate their organization in a workplace that is rapidly changing due to technological advances.

The symposium provided an interactive platform for HR professionals and practicing managers to share their views, research findings, industry practices and critique of contemporary issues.

The 5th East Africa HR Symposium 2023 took place from 15th to 17th July 2023,  drawing delegates from the East African Community (EAC) which comprises of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya,Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

The symposium’s theme was Navigating the Future of Work in a BANI Work Space

The symposium explored the challenges and opportunities presented by emerging technologies, changing demographics, and evolving business models, and provided a platform for participants to exchange ideas, share best practices, and develop strategies to navigate the future of work.

WHAT PROFESSIONALS SAY

Working with Rise & Learn was a very instrumental to our expanding financing business. Financial Services business is driven by People and Rise & Learn knows about People.

Ezekiel Macharia MD - Kenbright Holdings Limited

The topics addressed the current HR challenges of the 21st century at the local, regional and global levels. I enjoyed the conference more because the speakers were of high standard. They were well versed with their topics and involved participants in their discussions.

Pamela Woyengo Deputy Director, HRD, RS

The HR Symposium organized by Rise & Learn in July 2018 exceeded my expectations! I was particularly impressed by the top-drawer speakers as well as the content which I found to be insightful, future focused and thought provoking

Lynette Gitobu Hr Business Partner, EABL

2023 Speakers

Sylvia Mulinge

Chief Executive Officer, MTN Uganda

Rachel Brenda Dumba

CEO and Partner in charge of Strategy and Human Capital Management at Steadman Global

John Ulanga

Ambassador and Director of International Trade and Economic Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation – Tanzania

David Ssegawa

Group Director Human Resorces - Equity Group Holdings

Dr. Lanre Olusola

The Catalyst

Patrick Faniel

Managing Director EMEA, Management Centre Europe (Brussels – Belgium)

Jean-Francois Cousin, MCC

Global Executive and Team Coach, Speaker and Author

Deon De Swardt

Founding member of Human Resources Consulting firm, Africa People Advisory Group

Ronald Bbosa

President, HRMAU

Elizabeth Okonji

Chief People Officer at SeamlessHR

Emily Kamunde-Osoro

Convenor, East Africa HR Symposium

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