Biz Chats with Women Business Owners

Alice is a member of the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda and Fruits Cluster Leader.  Alice trades primarily in fruits (water melon, passion fruits and oranges) that she sources from all over Eastern Uganda and sells to traders from Kenya.  

Margaret is a member of the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda and Cereals Cluster Leader.  She also chairs the Busia District Farmers Association. Margaret has been a farmer / trader for several years.  She grows cassava for consumption in the home and maize for sale in neighboring Kenya.

Mariam chairs the Busia Women Cross Border Traders Cooperative Society Ltd., #Uganda.  She is a member of the Eggs Cluster.  She is a self-confessed reformed smuggler who changed her ways after her peers elected her to serve as their Chairperson.

Edna Mudibo is a member of the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya. She is the cooperative’s Secretary and has been a cross border trader for almost 20 years, trading in cereal and making peanut butter.

Grace Maloba is a member of the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya (BCBWT SACCO). She is the Grocery Cluster Leader and has been a cross border trader for twelve years.

Florence chairs the Busia Cross Border Women Traders Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kenya (BCBWT SACCO). She trades in cereals, fruits, soap and environmentally friendly bags and imports goods from as far as South Africa.  

Driven by her passion to equip people to fulfill their dreams, Sylvia is a serial entrepreneur who is just about to complete her doctorate in business administration.  She is CEO of SBM Investments and The Change Agency Initiative. 

Zambia’s fish processing pioneer Kasazi was inspired to start a fish processing company while listening to a presentation by a fish processor at a trade event in Uganda. 

Lydiah calls herself a “premature entrepreneur.” Norwich Insurance Brokers emerged from the ashes of the collapsed Meridian Holding Group where she was CEO of Meridian Insurance Brokers. 

Fashion Designer Faith considered designing, making and selling clothes nothing but a weekend hobby, until it dawned on her that she was getting enough orders to start a business, and so she did.