Sarah Mawerere
Sarah Mawerere is an award-winning Ugandan journalist with over 20 years of experience in broadcast and print media. Her work centers on gender, rural development, agriculture, and the environment, using creative radio as a tool for education and community engagement. She contributes radio scripts and articles to Barza Wire at Farm Radio International, supporting smallholder farmers through inclusive and effective communication. Sarah has received multiple reporting grants, including the 2025 MOVE Reporting Grant for a project on cross-border women traders in Africa, and an Earth Journalism Network–Internews East Africa grant for reporting on zoonotic diseases and the impacts of COVID-19 on Uganda’s tourism sector. She also mentors early-career broadcast journalists and has formal training in leadership and team management.