Victoria Mbabazi – In Memoriam

Victoria Mbabazi Ndyaguma is a software engineer by profession and an entrepreneur with a distinct focus on the food and beverage industry. She is the Founder and CEO of Kitchen Station, a culinary makerspace providing the food and beverage industry in Uganda with the commercial resources they need to grow their businesses and create job opportunities. We believe that creating a collaborative environment and community for youth and food-preneurs will encourage female participation, nurture creativity, innovation and sustainability in the food industry. She is also the co-founder of Kahwa2Go, a spry restaurant with a variety of classic flavourful dishes inspired by our team of dynamic and imaginative chefs. Our evolving menu is complemented with the natural fusion of farm-fresh herbs and spices. Our food recipes are bold; a perfect blend to go along with our gourmet milkshakes and juices. Victoria is a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentee Alumni (2018), was one of the 1000 african entrepreneurs selected and awarded in the first cohort of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program (2015). In 2014, courtesy of Kahwa2Go was awarded the Barclays Uganda Young Achievers Award (in collaboration with JA) as well as the CURAD Agribusiness award under the category of best new trade idea. Under the technology umbrella, In 2016 Victoria worked with Hostalite Cyber Academy in organizing a national inter university Health App Hackathon to generate IT solutions for reproductive health challenges in conjunction with Marie Stopes Uganda. Victoria was one of the two Google Student Ambassadors in 2014/2015 for Makerere University training over 100 students in Google applications with my headline program being Online marketing using Google Adwords. She has worked with innovation hubs and organizations like ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) as a Technovation consultant, mentor, and Judge conducting App Inventor training and mentoring to over 100 girls within secondary schools and universities. At Women in Technology Uganda (WITU), Victoria was the program coordinator and supported in the setup of the WITU Hub and spearheaded the Code Girl program where she trained two cohorts of both secondary and university students in web and mobile application development.