Manuela P. Mulondo

Manuela Pacutho Mulondo (born 18 December 1985) is a Ugandan businesswoman, entrepreneur, educator, author, marketing consultant, TV Presenter, and gender equality advocate.

She is the founder and CEO of The cradle, a child care, lactation and education center and President Early Childhood Development Association. She was selected for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship and the 2021 Obama Foundation Leaders Africa Summit.

Background and education Pacutho was born to Agnes Ruteitsire a Munyankore and Joe Pacutho an Alur from West Nile and raised in Kampala, Uganda. She is the eldest of her mother's three children, but the seventh of her father's ten. In 1997 her mother got involved in an accident and lost her job, while her father, who had been a warden at Makerere University's Nsibirwa Hall, also retired. She joined the Chartered Institute of Marketing in 2012 and graduated with a Professional Certificate in Marketing in 2017.

Career From January 2008 to January 2009, Pacutho was a Marketing Assistant for People Performance Group, a human resource consulting firm in Kampala, Uganda and in January 2008 to April 2012, she worked as the Creative director in the Children's Ministry at Watoto Church.

She joined Bank of Africa Uganda as a brand manager in April 2012 till April 2014, when she was then elevated to Assistant Manager Marketing and Communications a position she held from to January 2016, before being promoted to Manager Marketing and Communications.

She is the founder and CEO of The cradle child care which started in 2014.

In 2019 she co-founded "Bump Love," a television and web series about motherhood, which airs on NTV Uganda and also is a presenter on the show. She is a RUBiS UltraTec fuel brand ambassador since 2021, I&M Bank Uganda, Bank Brand Manager and President Early childhood development Association.

Awards and accomplishments

Second runner-up Business Apprenticeship Entrepreneurship Competition Africa conducted by Inspire Africa in 2012. 2017 for the Mandela Washington Fellowship. Launched the book Stop, Listen to your child think in 2019. She came up with a course "Childcare Business Course" to stimulate infants minds and teach them character 2021 Obama Foundation Leaders Africa Summit.