Mary Clains Tino is a lawyer and Judicial Intern at the High Court (Judiciary Uganda). She is passionate about the intersections of technology, finance and legal innovation, with a particular interest in how emerging technologies are reshaping legal frameworks and financial systems across Africa and beyond.
She serves as the Curator of the Global Shapers Kampala Hub (2025–2026). In 2025, the Kampala Hub launched the Future Ready Cross-Hub Project under the Reskill for the Future thematic area of the Global Shapers Community. The initiative equips young people across East Africa with essential soft skills and career readiness for the future of work, bringing together the Kampala (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and Iringa (Tanzania) Hubs to drive regional impact.
Under her leadership, the Kampala Hub is actively engaging in global initiatives advancing environmental and social impact. These include the Equal Air Collaborative Project implemented in partnership with the Global Future Council on Clean Air, a World Economic Forum initiative mobilising youth to accelerate demand for clean air and Shapers for Plastic Action, a collaboration with the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), through which the Hub is designing locally relevant interventions to address plastic pollution and its effects on biodiversity and human health.
The Hub is also part of the Africa–Asia Frontier Project, a cross-hub collaboration between Global Shapers Kampala, Uganda and Global Shapers Fukuoka, Japan, focused on visualising startup ecosystems across both regions and building a data foundation to unlock shared opportunities.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Clains is deeply committed to community building and creating spaces where people can imagine and shape better futures.
