Prossy Mirembe Deborah De Wildt – Managing Director / Owner
Prossy Mirembe is the first ever Black/ Female Kayaker in Uganda and the entire world at large who operates White Nile Rafting Ltd located in Buwenda, Jinja, Uganda. She is the ONLY African Lady who first opened up a rafting company in Uganda.
She is the most decorated and first African female kayaker who stunned the kayaking world in 2004 with her outstanding paddling skills and astonishing energy that has won her local and international recognition. Throughout her kayaking career, Prossy Mirembe has so far won 3 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 5 times freestyle female champions at the popular annual Nile Freestyle festival in Uganda.
She was first introduced to kayaking in 2004 by international kayakers from Ireland, England, France, Canada, Spain, and the USA. Back then, kayaking in Uganda was referred to as a men’s job due to the high demand for the crazy big Grade 5 rapids. However, Prossy with her positive attitude and fearlessness defied the odds and embarked on a journey that most girls in her village feared as “grave”.
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Prossy Mirembe has garnered enormous experience in white water kayaking through traveling overseas to participate in Freestyle kayaking Canoe & Slalom Competitions Such AS;
The Freestyle Kayaking World Championships in Uganda River Nile 2005-2009, ICF Canoe Slalom African Championships in South Africa 2009, the ICF Canoe slalom African Championships in South Africa fish River 2012 African slalom Olympic qualifier, the Freestyle Kayaking world championship in Switzerland Thun 2009, the ICF world championships canoe slalom in England at Lee Valley White water Centre 2011, the ICF world championships in Slovakia Bratislava 2011, the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships La Seu D’Urgell in Spain 2009, the ICF World cup in France Pau 2011, The French Federation Canoe Kayak Vichy 2012, the ICF African Slalom/ Sprint Championships in Kenya 2013, the ICF Canoe Slalom African Championships in South Africa Ash River 2009 and South Africa, Kenya, Uganda where she emerged victorious. She holds internationally accredited Swift Water Training and Rescue as well as Wilderness Trauma Response and First Aid certificates.
With 20 years of experience in kayaking and rafting under her belt, Prossy Mirembe noticed that the fast-growing rafting and kayaking industry in Uganda was predominately operated and owned by foreigners in Uganda, which inspired Prossy to create a rafting company that can empower the local communities to believe that they can operate such business, as well as employing foreign guides during busy periods to provide the much-needed addition of experience and up-to-date knowledge into the crew.
After finally settling in Uganda in 2009, Prossy decided to open up White Nile Kayaking School as a starter with a dream target of later transforming the school into a well-established rafting company 3 years later, Prossy happily operate White Nile Rafting Company, employing about 30 homegrown professional staffs.
Prossy can be found bouncing in and out of the office; she is in charge of operations like working with our top river crew or on the water herself, giving kayaking instructions, being river manager, guiding, and safety kayaking. On top of running a reputable rafting company as a woman-led in Uganda, she is also a God Serving prophet with her services in Jinja Uganda. She also operates a charity foundation – White Nile Charity Foundation based in Jinja Uganda.