Mariam Luyombo
Mariam Luyombo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorothy Nanziri |
| Education | Masters in Education |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
| Occupation | Educational entrepeneur |
| Known for | Taibah International Schools |
| Awards | Uganda's Golden Jubilee Medal |
Mariam Luyombo is a Ugandan educational entrepreneur. She is the founder and director of Taibah International Schools in Uganda.[1]
Education
Mariam Luyombo attended Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga for secondary education.[2] She earned a Bachelor's degree in Education in 1985, and a Master's degree in Education in 1997, both from Makerere University.[3]
She was a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative, a program of the Aspen Institute to train emerging African leaders, in 2002.[3][1]
Career
She taught secondary school at Makerere College School from 1987 to 1988 and at St. Joseph's Secondary School, Nsambya, from 1988 to 1990.[4]
She founded Taiba High School in 1991, Silver Spoon Daycare Center in 1996, Taibah Junior School in 1998, and Taibah College School in 2000, all in Kampala, Uganda.[3] According to CEO East Africa, her schools are known for "revolting against traditional rote learning that puts emphasis on just passing national exams."[5]
She was the executive director of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited, an organization supporting female entrepreneurs.[4] She acted as a moderator for the Africa Leadership Initiative in 2013[6] and for the Resnick Aspen Action Forum in 2017.[7]
After moving to Toronto, Canada in 2006, she co-founded Chakula Tamu, an East African food store.[8]
Awards
She received the first National Enterprise Award for Young Women Entrepreneurs (1995), given by the Rotary Club and New Vision newspaper.[3][4] Mount St. Mary's College Namagunga Old Girls' Association gave her their Award of Recognition of Achievement (1998), and the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) awarded her a Certificate of Recognition for championing educational change in Uganda (2001).[3]
In 2014 she received Uganda's Golden Jubilee Medal, awarded by President Yoweri Museveni.[9][10] In 2015, she was among the recipients of The International Alliance for Women (TIAW) World of Difference Award.[11]
Personal life
Her birth name was Dorothy Nanziri.[2] She is quoted as saying: "I had enjoyed a middle class family before but then my father became poor. I wanted to get out of that poverty. I didn’t want to be poor like my father".[12]
She is married to Hajji Abbas Luyombo, who is involved in the Taibah Group of Companies.[13] She has three children.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Profile: Mariam Luyombo". Aspen Global Leadership Network. Archived from the original on 2025-07-18. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- 1 2 Kasyate, Simon. "Mulyagonja's long journey from Jinja to judge to IGG". The Observer - Uganda. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Fellows: Mariam Luyombo". Africa Leadership Initiative East Africa Foundation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- 1 2 3 4 "Some of Uganda's richest women". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ↑ "Mariam Luyombo: The secondary school teacher who built a multi-billion education empire". CEO East Africa. 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "Africa Leadership Initiative — East Africa, Class 4 — The Challenge of Leadership". Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Aspen Global Leadership Network The Great Re-Set" (PDF). Aspen Institute. 2017. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Mariam Luyombo: the lady behind Chakula Tamu". Chakula Tamu. 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ Kaweesa, Dalton. "ICC Is Instrument Of Post-colonial Hegemony - Museveni". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ↑ "Lazy workforce derails growth, says Museveni". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ↑ "2015 World of Difference Award Winners & Champions". The International Alliance for Women (TIAW). Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ↑ Balunywa, Waswa (2009). Portfolio entrepreneurs and economic growth: the case of Uganda (PhD thesis). University of Stirling. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Ayuro, Martha (24 March 2004). "Uganda: Taibah Tourney Set". allafrica.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.