Dr. John B. Ssekamatte-Ssebuliba is a seasoned Demographer and Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist with over three decades of professional and academic experience in Africa and internationally. He holds a Ph.D. in Demography from Brown University (USA), an M.Phil. in Demography from the Cairo Demographic Centre (Egypt), and advanced Post-Doctoral training in Monitoring & Evaluation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA). His academic journey, combined with leadership roles in Uganda’s National Planning Authority and consulting assignments for the United Nations, USAID, GIZ, and regional bodies such as the EAC, positions him as a highly respected authority in population studies, policy integration, and results-based planning.
Dr. Ssekamatte has led and advised on national censuses, demographic and health surveys, strategic plans, and SDG localization processes across 15+ African countries and South Asia. His expertise covers the full cycle of demographic and development research — from survey design, statistical analysis, and policy evaluation to capacity building and knowledge transfer. At the National Planning Authority, he successfully guided the integration of the SDGs into Uganda’s National Development Plan II, coordinated the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan, and contributed to the long-term framework of Uganda Vision 2040.
His scholarly contributions include more than a dozen peer-reviewed publications, such as Fertility in Kenya and Uganda: Trends and Determinants (Population Studies), Couple Negotiation in Contraceptive Use in Uganda (Studies in Family Planning), and Social Disruption and Child Survival in Uganda (GENUS). He also contributed to UN handbooks and technical reports that continue to guide practitioners globally.Over the past decade, Emmanuel has successfully delivered consultancy services to a wide range of international and national organizations, including UN Women, World Bank, World Vision, Save the Children, GIZ, Action Aid, CARE International, Global Green Growth Institute, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), and Habitat for Humanity Uganda. His assignments have cut across health, education, livelihoods, gender equality, climate change, governance, humanitarian response, and local government performance assessment.