Nationality: Uganda
Joan Rukundo Nalubega is the Founder and CEO of Uganics Repellents Ltd, a Ugandan social enterprise reducing malaria through affordable, plant-based mosquito prevention products integrated into everyday household items. Having grown up in an orphanage and experienced repeated malaria infections as a child, she founded Uganics to make prevention accessible while creating sustainable livelihoods for rural women farmers through a women-led agricultural supply chain. Joan is a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 honouree and a passionate advocate for preventive healthcare, women’s economic empowerment, and inclusive entrepreneurship.