Elizabeth Okullow

Elizabeth Okullow

Uganda, Leadership, 2024

Elizabeth Okullow is an enthusiastic and passionate advocate for the blue economy, focusing on sustainable aquaculture and technology. As the co-founder and CEO of AquaMnara, Elizabeth empowers farmers with efficient fish farm management and comprehensive aquaculture solutions. . Elizabeth's expertise spans agribusiness management, business coaching and advisory, entrepreneurship, and leadership development. Through AquaMnara, she has successfully applied her skills in strategy development, partnership building, and stakeholder management to ensure sustainable fish farming practices that preserve lake and ocean resources, are simple and profitable, and benefit both farmers and the environment. Elizabeth holds a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Karatina University and is pursuing an MSc. in Management and Organizational Development at the United States International University.. Elizabeth’s awards and fellowships include the NextGen Accelerator Fellow by Harvard Innovation Labs, Women in Ecopreneurship by the U.S Embassy through TechCamp, the TECA Fellowship, the Mandela Washington Fellowship, and the Top Fellow title at Africa YES.