Jacqueline Asiimwe is a Ugandan human rights lawyer and philanthropy advisor with nearly three decades of experience in international development. She is the founder and CEO of CivSource Africa, a philanthropy advisory company established in 2017, dedicated to fostering the growth of philanthropy in Africa and reshaping narratives to create opportunities across the continent. Her work emphasises grassroots-focused, community-driven, and power-shifting grant-making, with expertise in project design, movement building, and addressing the complex systems of disadvantage affecting marginalised communities.
Jacqueline serves on several key committees, including the Steering Committee of the Women in African Philanthropy program at the Center for African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI), the Peer-to-Peer Selection Committee of the Lift Up Philanthropy Fund under WINGS, and the Shift the Power Reference Group at Liliane Fonds.