PERSON: Jessica Nabongo
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The Catch Me If You Can
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Founder & CEO
Biography
Jessica Nambowa Damarie Nassaka Nabongo is a Ugandan-American travel blogger who has visited every country in the world.
In 2019 Nabongo claimed to be the first Black woman of African descent to have documented visits to every country in the world, a claim that is disputed by another African-American woman, Woni Spotts, who claimed to have done so in 2018; Spotts’ claim has been confirmed by recent research according to media scholar Tori Omega Arthur.
Nabongo was born in Detroit, Michigan to Ugandan parents who settled in the United States in 1969; she has dual citizenship. Her mother, Rose Mary Namubiru, is from Mbale, near Masaka, Uganda. Her father, Ephraim Mukasa Nabongo, grew up on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital, Kampala. She attended St. John’s University in New York City where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and then the London School of Economics, where she acquired a social sciences Master’s degree in international development.
According to Nabongo, she received her first passport at the age of four or five. After completing college, she worked at a pharmaceutical company for two years, taught English in Japan and worked for the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, before becoming a travel blogger. She founded a travel agency called Jet Black, which creates itineraries for small group trips to Africa. She also works with hospitality businesses as a brand influencer.
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In 2019 Nabongo claimed to be the first Black woman of African descent to have documented visits to every country in the world, a claim that is disputed by another African-American woman, Woni Spotts, who claimed to have done so in 2018; Spotts’ claim has been confirmed by recent research according to media scholar Tori Omega Arthur.
Nabongo was born in Detroit, Michigan to Ugandan parents who settled in the United States in 1969; she has dual citizenship. Her mother, Rose Mary Namubiru, is from Mbale, near Masaka, Uganda. Her father, Ephraim Mukasa Nabongo, grew up on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital, Kampala. She attended St. John’s University in New York City where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and then the London School of Economics, where she acquired a social sciences Master’s degree in international development.
According to Nabongo, she received her first passport at the age of four or five. After completing college, she worked at a pharmaceutical company for two years, taught English in Japan and worked for the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, before becoming a travel blogger. She founded a travel agency called Jet Black, which creates itineraries for small group trips to Africa. She also works with hospitality businesses as a brand influencer.
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