TMS Ruge is the founder and CEO of Raintree Farms, an agriculture export business and cofounder of Hive Colab, Uganda’s first technology hub. Ruge, a recipient of a 2012 Champion of Change Award from the Obama White House, writes about Africa’s technology and entrepreneurial development. His articles have appeared in major media outlets including the Guardian, New York Times, CNN, Medium, and Globe and Mail. He currently serves on Andela’s Global Advisory Board.
Early career stints include time spent as a track and field athlete (he holds Uganda’s pole vault, high jump, and decathlon national records), spent a few years as a creative professional doing corporate photography and graphic design. He then spent 3 years at the World Bank as a climate communications consultant. Then he somehow managed to be a contributing founder of JadedAid as the Educated Angry (token) African on the team. Don’t come for him.
He was born in Uganda and grew up in East Africa and the United States.
