Josephine Uwineza

Josephine "Fina" Uwineza (born 1964) is a Rwandan entrepreneur and social activist.

Early life Uwineza was born in 1964 to a family with five other siblings. In 1974, her father was assassinated during the 1973 Rwandan coup d'état which led Fina's mother into exile from Rwanda with all of her children in tow. The Uwineza family went to a few neighboring countries where other exiled family members had been staying but eventually ended up in Canada. Uwineza later returned to Rwanda in 1998 to provide aid to the nation following the Rwandan genocide which led to a large chunk of the population dead and the nation in shambles. Following the closing of Flamingo, Uwineza became a member of the Peace Through Business program held by the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women which targets women in the countries of Rwanda and Afghanistan who are starting their own businesses. Uwineza had the beginnings of an idea to open a new business within Kigali which Coldham encouraged and even helped instigate by helping Uwineza find an outside source for help with this start-up.

Coldham found help in the form of Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, a brewing company in Ontario, Canada.