| Emma Naluyima | |
| Birth Place: | Entebbe, Uganda |
| Alma Mater: | Maryhill High School Makerere University |
| Occupation: | Veterinarian, Farmer and Educator |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
| Nationality: | Ugandan |
| Citizenship: | Ugandan |
Emma Naluyima (born circa 1980) is a Ugandan veterinarian, urban farmer, businesswoman, elementary school educator and animal & crop farming instructor.[1] [2] It is calculated that she earns approximately US$100,000 annually from her farm situated on 1acres, in Bwerenga, Wakiso District, Uganda.[3]
Naluyima was born circa 1980 in Entebbe, Uganda. Her father, Chris Kikwabanga, was an airline pilot and her mother, Margaret Nanziri, was a banker.[2] Naluyima attended Stella Maris Primary School in Nkokonjeru, in Buikwe District. For her O-Level and A-Level studies, she attended Maryhill High School in the city of Mbarara. She was then admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine degree. Later, she was awarded a Master of Health Services Research in Veterinary Medicine, by Makerere University.[2]
When Naluyima graduated with her BVM degree in 2004, the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Databank (Nagric), in Entebbe, offered her a full-time job, complete with a government house. After two years at Nagric, she resigned the salaried job, in August 2006 and went and started her first piggery, on a small family plot of land, with USh2 million (approximately US$1,000 at that time) of borrowed money. That piggery paid for her master's degree. In 2010, she married Ssalongo Washington Mugerwa, a school teacher. They bought 6.5acres and Naluyima relocated her ten pigs to their new home.[2]
Her current portfolio includes(a) a plantation of matooke and vegetables, including tomatoes, spinach, cucumber, potatoes and greens.[2] (b) A piggery of approximately 30 Camborough pigs.[4] (c) Entebbe Animal Care Centre, a veterinary clinic.[4] (d) An elementary school with approximately 300 students and 20 teachers.[2] (e) A snail farm where snail glue is sold to cosmetic manufacturers.[2] (f) She also keeps about one dozen dairy cows, a flock of chicken and four above-ground plastic fishponds stocked with tilapia and catfish.[5] (g) Tours of her farm cost USh100,000 (approx. US$28) per head.[2] She calls her farm One Acre Limited.[5]
In September 2019, Emma Naluyima was a joint winner of the 2019 Africa Food Prize (formerly the Yara Prize). Her joint winner was Baba Dioum of Senegal. The two shared a US$100,000 cash prize.[3]
Emma Naluyima is married to Ssalongo Washington Mugerwa and together are the parents of four children, including a set of twin firstborn daughters, born circa 2011.[2]