Hailing from Mayuge district, 28-year-old Uganda social entrepreneur Elvis Kadhama has a deep passion for nature, community, and socioeconomic change. The rising young leader holds an advanced diploma in Business Administration and has served as a peer mentor and an active community based trainer in Village Microfinance institutions. Elvis is committed and passionate about agriculture, technology and changing people’s lives, income and increasing food security through improved farming practices in rural Uganda. He’s committed to changing the mindset that most people are having towards the agriculture value chain, he believes through sensitization and training of rural populations on the health, financial and environmental benefits of high quality farm inputs. An opportunity to participate in a leadership training sparked Elvis’ desire to start Essymart Africa. He sees himself as a capable job creator and as a young man who can succeed even in tough situations.