Stephen Mugabe is an Information Technology professional with over 14 years’ experience in IT across areas of IT Support, Systems Administration, Asset Management, IT Consulting, Systems Design and Implementation, IS Audits and Assessments, Data Protection and Privacy compliance and regulation. Stephen currently serves as the Manager Data Protection Affairs at the Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Regulator.  Before his current role, Stephen held the position of Systems Analyst at the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U) where he played a key role in audit and assessment of a number of government systems and was involved in the analysis, requirements gathering and design of key government eServices. Stephen has undertaken a number of IT Consulting engagements in the Banking, Health, Telecoms, NGOs and Government in Uganda and outside including assignments in Malawi, Sierra Leone and Lesotho. Stephen has also worked with AH Consulting Ltd, MUJHU Care Ltd and the USAID SUSTAIN Project.

Stephen Mugabe is graduate of Bsc. Computer Science, a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ITIL Certified, Security+ and ACL Certified Data Analyst (ACDA).