Lillian is the Co-founder and CPO of the agri fintech Emata, a digital agri-lender providing digital loans to smallholder farmers in Uganda. Emata’s suite also includes crop insurance and digital payment, and digitizes processes for agri-companies. Emata successfully raised $1.6 million in its seed round in 2023. With plans to expand into Tanzania in 2025, Emata is transforming agricultural finance in East Africa. Prior to Emata, Lillian was a senior software developer for Laboremus Uganda, building digital banks for Northern European and East African markets.