Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow, Today

Rebecca Alowo is the Senior Consultant Research Studies, she is also a Lecturer of Water Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus. She holds a doctorate in civil engineering from Central University of Technology, she also holds masters from University of Cambridge in Engineering for Sustainable Development and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Makerere university in Kampala Uganda. She is a candidate with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers (UIPE). Her doctoral studies were on sustainable groundwater management through modelling of selected hydrological parameters: a case study of the Modder River catchment of South Africa. Her findings were that it is necessary to develop groundwater sustainability models using Artificial Intelligence for groundwater monitoring to make informed decisions for improved groundwater management.

She has over ten years progressive experience in Engineering, Natural Resource Management, and research, on emerging sustainable development issues and themes. She has worked in planning, leading comprehensive development strategies, creation of monitoring/evaluation tools and steering the execution of impact assessment programmes in support of various Global Goals.

She has a passion to demonstrate success in driving growth in development programmes through the implementation of key projects. She is always open to solid leadership skills: she desires to build businesses, guide partners/partnerships and work with diverse teams. She is always keen to communicate with management, strategic partners, alliances, and internal departments to coordinate overall efforts. She embraces outstanding interpersonal skills.