Sherifah Tumusiime

Sherifah Tumusiime (Born July 13, 1988), alias "Chief Hustler" is a Ugandan Computer scientist, businesswoman, entrepreneur, and technology advocate. She is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zimba Group Ltd flagship project, Zimba Women, a technology social enterprise supports and resources women entrepreneurs in East Africa, founder of The Baby Store UG, and Senior Systems Officer at Uganda Financial Intelligence Authority(FIA) in Uganda.

She is a 2015 Mandela Washington Fellow and the regional winner (Africa and Europe) for the Commonwealth Youth Award 2018, a speaker at international conferences, such as RightsCon in Silicon Valley and the Shoko Digital Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Education Tumusiime attended Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga , then did a Bachelor of Computer Science at Makerere University from 2008–2011 and Business and Entrepreneurship at Clark Atlanta University in 2015.

Career Tumusiime is the Founder, CEO of Zimba Zimba Group Ltd from December 2014 to date, which currently collaborates with over 15,000 female entrepreneurs and Senior Systems Officer at Uganda Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA).

Awards

Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders 2015. MTN Women in Business: Excellence in ICT Award 2017. Commonwealth Youth Award, Regional Winner (Africa & Europe) in 2018. Women Entrepreneurship and Investment Champion Award Women by Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE) in 2021.