Angela Nawateme

Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.

I started this idea with $30.

I'm the CEO and founding director of Fona Health Foods Limited, the proud producers of anti-porridge.

Our mission is to ensure that all children under five thrive by producing nutrient-dense products that can help combat malnutrition in Africa.

One thing I'd like to make very clear is that nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.

I started this idea with $30, and of that, just $15 came from my pocket.

I started it with a friend.

After experiencing malnutrition face-to-face during a charity event that I organized with my friends in one of the districts, that's when I realized we had to do more than just giving out cakes during charity visits to hospitals.

What happened for me?

I went all out.

I lost my job.

On the same day, I lost my boyfriend and it was the same day I discovered I was pregnant.

I made a decision that I would give my child the best.

And every time I took her for immunization, the nurses in the hospitals used her as an example of a well-fed child.

So mother started contacting me, asking me,

what I do differently.

I told them since life took me back on rock bottom, I use the resources at home to make porridge out of every foodstuff.

As a result, I started packing for them some porridge on immunisation days and they posted about me and the post went viral and that's how I got my first client and decided to do it as a business.

It took me around three months to disclose to the entire family what I was doing.

I decided that I didn't want any form of discouragement, so I kept it to myself.