Beatrice Ayuru Byaruhanga of Uganda, who founded Lira Integrated School in northern Uganda in 2000, has won UNCTAD´s 2010 Empretec Women in Business Award. The school, which includes nursery, primary, and secondary education, now has 1,500 students.

" I made up my mind….to challenge the people who did not see values in women by concentrating on my education with an aim of passing it on and giving back to serve my people with quality education. "

Lira Integrated School is located in northern Uganda and provides nursery, primary, and secondary educations to over 1,500 students. Having the three levels at one location is one of the school´s competitive advantages, together with its investment in the quality of its staff, its facilities, and the extra curricular activities it offers students. There is a focus at the school on information technology and computer training. It hopes to be able to attract students from different districts and there are plans to expand the school into a university in two years.