Meridah Nandudu

Meridah Nandudu (born and raised in Sironko District in eastern Uganda) is a Ugandan agricultural entrepreneur and women’s empowerment advocate, best known as the founder of Bayaaya Specialty Coffee, a socially driven enterprise that supports female coffee farmers. Quotes Women have been so discouraged by coffee in a way that, when you look at the coffee value chain, women do the donkey work. When the coffee is ready for selling, men step in to claim the proceeds. However, when a woman sells coffee, she has a hand in it. In coffee-producing Uganda, an emerging sisterhood wants more women involved, LA Times External links