Margaret Nyamumbo

Margaret Nyamumbo is the founder and CEO of Kahawa 1893, the first nationally distributed Black- and woman-owned coffee company in the United States. Kahawa 1893 sources specialty-grade coffee beans from woman-owned farming cooperatives in Africa and gives back to support them. Margaret grew up on her grandfather's coffee farm in Kenya and saw firsthand that women provided the majority of labor on the farm, about 90%, but they weren't always compensated. She founded Kahawa 1893 to empower them. Kahawa 1893's packaging contains a QR code that enables consumers to digitally tip the farmers, allowing them to invest in their micro-businesses, families, and community. Kahawa 1893 has been featured on Shark Tank, The Today Show, and CNBC, and can be found in retailers like Target and Sprouts. Margaret is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Smith College, and the London School of Economics.