Lydia Namubiru
Editor-in-Chief, The Continent
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“Disrupting persistent inequality requires the courage to disrupt power imbalances, even when maintaining the status quo is to our individual benefit.”
Lydia Namubiru is a journalist and media entrepreneur who works to combat media exclusion and misrepresentation of historically affected groups in Uganda and beyond. As the editor-in-chief of The Continent—a nonprofit weekly online newspaper produced by African reporters, photographers, illustrators, and editors—she works to elevate the full diversity of African voices. The publication also celebrates African people’s triumphs, creativity, and ingenuity.
At The Continent, Lydia aims to expand access to information about consumerist developments in Africa that have heightened vulnerabilities and hindered social progress for its people, encourage critical civic engagement within communities, and connect community-led initiatives—especially those led by youth and women—with resources to advance equitable and sustainable solutions. Before joining The Continent, Lydia was the African editor at openDemocracy, overseeing investigations into organised opposition to sexual and reproductive freedoms. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree in library and information science from Makerere University.
Lydia believes in exploring theories and practices that hold the most promise for delivering and defending liberation for historically excluded peoples. In an interconnected but polarized world, these strategies are essential to long-term change—as are gathering people, resources, and support systems around the ideas that benefit all people in Africa.