About the database
The South Sudanese Graduates Global Database (SSGD) is a central registry of South Sudanese university and higher-education graduates, wherever they studied and wherever they now live. It exists to identify, verify, recognize and celebrate South Sudanese academic achievement, and to give employers, institutions and communities a reliable way to confirm a qualification.
Why SSGD Was Established
SSGD began with a practical problem. Forged certificates and unverifiable qualifications are hard to detect when a graduate's records sit with institutions spread across Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Australia, the United States and beyond. Government ministries, private companies and NGOs hiring in South Sudan have had no single place to check whether a degree is genuine, and honest graduates have had no simple way to prove theirs.
The registry was founded by Isaac Cagai, a South Sudanese cybersecurity professional who has spent his career on the question of what can be trusted. The goal is direct: eradicate forged credentials, and make it straightforward for employers in government, the private sector and NGOs in South Sudan to verify a graduate's qualifications, while giving every Verified Graduate a permanent, shareable record of their achievement.
Who is Isaac Cagai?
Isaac Cagai is a South Sudanese technology professional with experience spanning enterprise systems implementation, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, AI and public-sector technology across three government environments: South Sudan, Australia and the United States.
His career has included deploying and implementing large-scale enterprise systems in complex institutional environments. In Australia, he served in two government departments. In South Sudan, he worked with the Office of the President, where he established the Presidency's first official website and digital presence, including its LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook platforms.
In the United States, Isaac has worked as a Senior Consultant with Oracle, supporting federal technology initiatives for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
His academic background spans politics and international studies, cybersecurity and cyber engineering, combining an understanding of institutions with the technology, security and information systems that support them.
That combination of public-sector experience, enterprise technology and cybersecurity shaped SSGD as more than a directory. It is designed as verification infrastructure, built around evidence, controlled verification, data integrity and permanent, tamper-evident records.
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Education
- Graduate Certificate, Cyber Threat DetectionWebster UniversityJan 2024 – May 2024
- Master of Science (MS), Cybersecurity OperationsWebster UniversityJan 2023 – May 2024
- Public Leadership CredentialHarvard Kennedy SchoolJan 2021 – Jun 2023
- B.A. in Politics and International StudiesMurdoch University2009 – Sep 2013
- Central Institute of TechnologyMay 2012 – Feb 2013
Licenses & Certifications
What the badges mean
The person has at least one academic credential whose evidence has been independently checked by an administrator. Only Verified Graduates appear in the public registry.
A permanent registry identity in the form SSGD-2018-000187: the year is the graduation year of the first credential recorded; the serial never changes. Having an ID does not by itself mean a graduate is verified.
Each qualification is verified separately. A graduate may hold several verified degrees; unverified or pending credentials stay internal and never appear publicly.
Graduates can submit their own credential for review. Once a credential is verified, the graduate receives a permanent public profile with a shareable link and QR code.
Only name, SSGD Verification ID and verified qualifications (degree, field, institution, country of study, graduation year) are shown publicly. Dates of birth, contact details, evidence documents and administrative notes are never displayed.