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Mariam Luyombo (formerly Dorothy Nanziri) [1] is a Ugandan educational entrepreneur and the director of Taibah Schools in Uganda [2] [3]
Mariam Luyombo attended Mount Saint Mary's College, Namagunga for high school. [1] She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Makerere University in Kampala in 1985 and 1997 and has also taken a number of courses in business in Uganda and the United States. [4]
Mariam Luyombo started out a secondary school teacher at Makerere College School between 1987-1988 and then proceeded to St. Joseph's Secondary School Nsambya (1988-1990). [5] She was subsequently headmistress of Nabisunsa Muslim Girls' School.
In 1991 she founded her first school, Taibah High School Kampala; she subsequently founded Silver Spoon Daycare Center Kampala in 1996, Taibah Junior School Entebbe Road in 1998, and Taibah College School Entebbe Road in 2000. [6]
In 2013, she was the executive director of Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association (UWEAL). [5]
Awards she has received include the first national Rotary Club enterprise award for young women entrepreneurs and New Vision in 1995, [7] the Namagunga Old Girls' Association award in 1998, and a Uganda Investment Auth [8] ority certificate of recognition for championing education change in Uganda in 2001. [9]
In 2014, she was one of the 20 recipients of Uganda's Golden Jubilee Medal [10] [11] for her "contribution in the education area for Taibah Schools" and entrepreneurship. [11]
In 2015, she was one of the 2015 World of Difference Award Winners & Champions [12]
Mariam Luyombo is married to Hajji Abbas Luyombo who is the owner of Taibah Group of Companies. [13] She has three children. She migrated to Canada in 2006 [14] and currently lives in Ontario, Canada, where she owns a business. [3]