Gabriel Magezi is an education specialist, senior curriculum developer, art and design professional, and theologian. He has also engaged in community development and health, youth, children and women programs, and the elderly.
He is currently the Executive Director of The Young and Older Persons Integrated Development Program in Africa (YOLIDA), a civil society organization operating in Uganda with an African agenda to engage with communities to participate in their own health and livelihoods. Gabriel Magezi is also the Deputy Chairperson of CoP-Rwenzori (The Community of Practice for Improving the Quality of Life of young people living with HIV), a consortium of civil society organizations operating in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda. He is also a member of the district pandemic task force for Ebola and COVID-19 representing Civil society organizations.
Gabriel Magezi has broad experience in management, education, rural development, strategic planning and management, project implementation strategies, supervision, tracking and monitoring of goals against targets, reporting, and partnership formations.
Over the past few years, Gabriel Magezi has worked with various institutions and organizations, notably YOLIDA, Action Uganda Ministries International, Hope Haven Rwanda, Sunrise School Rwanda, National Curriculum Development Centre (Rwanda Education Board), and the Ministry of Education in Uganda. He relies on a vast network of professional experts in the specific areas of public health and disease prevention, community development, rural development, Education, research, Project planning, and Local governments.
Gabriel Magezi holds diplomas in education, and a diploma in theology and biblical studies.