Jessica Nabongo

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.^{[5][1][6][9][better source needed]}

As of 2016, she had already visited 60 countries. In February, 2017 she decided to visit all 193 UN member countries and the two nonmember observing states of the world.^[4][5] She arrived at the 195th country on her list, the Seychelles, on 6 October 2019, at the age of 35.^{[5][6][8][10]} She documented each of her visits to a new country on her blog.^[6] The informal certification group Nomad Mania accepted her claim through their random spot checks.^[6][11]

Nabongo notes that there is some controversy over her record as she was unable to enter Syria and instead chose to visit the Golan Heights, which the United Nations Security Council considers to be Syrian territory occupied by Israel.^[12][13] An assertion made by Nabongo of being the first Black woman to visit every country was also disputed by Woni Spotts, an African-American woman who completed her own full country count in 2018.^[3][14][15]

Nabongo founded a travel agency called Jet Black, which created itineraries for small group trips to Africa.^[5][6] She has also worked with hospitality businesses as a brand influencer.^[5][7] She wrote a book detailing her travels, The Catch Me If You Can.^[16]

• Black Travel Movement
• Ugandan Americans