I hold a Master's in Economics from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics in Portugal. I received my BA in Development Economics from Makerere University Kampala Uganda, and my Diploma in Civil Engineering from Uganda Technical College Bushenyi

My current research focuses on development economics topics such as mobile money, artisanal mining, higher education policy, decentralization, and early-life circumstances in Africa.

Contact: jemo44t@gmail.com or 52769@novasbe.pt


Recent work

Artisanal Mines and Women Empowerment

Draft coming soon

WomenEmpowerment, ArtisanalMines, Africa

Child labour in Uganda: An annotated bibliography

We provide a comprehensive overview of child labour in Uganda, offering insights into its causes, consequences, and potential solutions.

Child Labour, Development, Africa, Uganda

Can Games measure mobile money adoption? Evidence from Mozambique

I combine tools from behavioral economics and mobile money transaction data to test a novel method for measuring mobile money adoption.

Mobile Money, Technology Adoption, Behavioral Games ,Measurements, Mozambique