Agnes Atim Apea is a Ugandan social entrepreneur and politician. She founded the Hope Development Initiative, and was named to the

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's '' 100 Women'' programme in 2017. In the 2021 general election, she was elected to the Parliament of Uganda as the women's representative in the Amolatar District for the

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Education and career

Apea has a

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in International Development from the University of Reading, and a

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from Uganda Martyrs University in Developmental Studies. Apea is the chairperson of Local Government Finance Commission and also the founder and chief executive officer of Hope Development Initiative, which promotes the rice growing industry for female farmers in several areas of Uganda. This has led to her nickname of "Mama Rice". Her organization has arranged

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s in Uganda, and drive to achieve a significant portion of the market share. In addition to rice, the cooperatives also work with seeds used to make vegetable oil and

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products. She is also the women's representative of Parliament for the Amolatar District in Northern Uganda. In 2017, she was named to the

's '' 100 Women'' programme. Apea found out while she was attending the 7th African Grain Trade Summit in

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, saying that is it was because she promoted social justice and teaching to young women that she made the list. In the eleventh parliament of Uganda, she serves as the deputy chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industries & Fisheries.

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Education and career

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