Elizabeth Nalugemwa

Elizabeth Nalugemwa (born 16 October 1994), alias Achiever, is a Ugandan entrepreneur, author, farmer and Founder and CEO of Kyaffe Coffee Farmers from Masaka district.

Early life and education Nalugemwa was born on 16 October 1994 and grew up in Masaka District with a single mother of six children who was a coffee farmer and seller.

Career Nalugemwa is an entrepreneur, farmer, founder, and CEO of Kyaffe coffee(Kyaffee means 'ours' in her native language, Luganda), a social business dedicated to advancing the lives of female coffee farmers and their children through rural wealth creation and community transformation With more than 1,500 women.

She is the founder of Seedloans which helps female smallholder farmers in Uganda grow more to feed their families. She serves as director at Kyaffe Junior School and a cultural integration specialist.

Nalugemwa is an Artiste/writer who does writing for social change and wrote three books, including 'Grand mama’s', 'No shame' None published. She is the founder of Bambobiz an organisation that empowers artists to use their talents to create comic and animations for social change.

Awards and accomplishments

Obama Foundation Leader 2018. 2019 Women Stop Hunger in France, Paris. 2020 Finalists of the Annual AFS Prize for Young Global Citizens . Her Social startup Seedloans co-founded by ODID(Merlin Stein) student in 2021 won first prize in the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge (GSIC). Finalist for The Pamoja Founders Project in 2024 but didn't win.

Personal life She loves reading and is a Christian.