Green Powered Technology (GPTech) is pleased to announce that Louis P’Abur has joined our team as Chief of Party in support of Architectural and Engineering (A&E) Services for the Northern Uganda Development of Enhanced Local Governance, Infrastructure and Livelihoods (NUDEIL) Activity for our United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contract.
Louis brings more than 16 years of international development experience, including managing and coordinating infrastructure development programs and managing emergency response and recovery operations. Mr. P’Abur has a wide range of regional knowledge across East, Central, and West Africa, with working experience in Uganda, Sudan, Liberia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic.
Throughout his career, Louis has worked as the program or civil engineer on a variety of government and non-governmental organization projects, such as Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Hazardous Area Life Support Organization (HALO TRUST), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), World Vision International, and Mercy Corps. He has worked directly with the donors of these projects, including African Development Bank, Danish International Development Agency, Department for International Development (UKAID), European Union, Japan International Cooperation Agency, USAID, and the World Bank. In addition, Louis has developed expertise in stakeholder engagement at all levels of government and with integrating cross-cutting issues, such as climate change, sustainability, gender inclusion and diversity engagement, into project implementation.
Before joining GPTech, Louis worked as the Program Engineer for the Mercy Corps on the UKAID-funded Goma Water Supply and Electromechanical Infrastructure Project and the Bukavu Water Supply and Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Project in North and South Kivu Provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, Louis recently completed the World Vision International project – Improvement of Educational and Health facilities and Community Access Roads/Bridges and Emergency WASH in Western Equatoria State in South Sudan.
Louis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and a postgraduate diploma in Project Planning and Management from the Uganda Management Institute. He is currently completing his Masters of Science in Infrastructure in Emergencies from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.
