Peninah Nakabo

Peninah Nakabo (born 3 September 1992) also known as Penny is a Ugandan chess player. She was the champion of the Africa Amateurs U2000 women’s category.

Background and education Nakabo studied from Satellite View Primary School for her primary education. In 2017,she competed in the Uganda Open Chess Championship, securing the third position among female participants. In 2018, she represented Uganda at the Africa Amateur Individual Chess Championship in Zambia, where she clinched the title of Africa Amateur Woman Chess Champion 2017 and earned the Woman FIDE Maste r (WFM) title.

In April, she represented both Africa and Uganda at the World Amateur Chess Championship in Cagliari, Italy, finishing third in the Women's U1700 section and bringing home a bronze medal. In 2023, she was selected to lead Uganda's medal hunt at the 2023 Africa Games, following her previous success at the 2018 Africa Amateurs Chess Championship. Despite a strong effort, Uganda's chess team narrowly missed out on medals at the 2023 African Games. In 2024, she participated in the African Individual Chess Championships at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra, Ghana.

Achievements

Personal life Peninah is born to Mr. Sekiziyivu Sammy Jones and Mrs. Nalugo Mary Margaret Sekiziyivu of Mukono. She is married to a fellow chess player Arthur Ssegwanyi with whom they won the 6th Kireka Open at Gloria Gardens in Namugongo. She also serves as the C.E.O of Elite magazine.