Emily Nakalema (born Emily Kyomugisha, January 20, 1994) is a Ugandan female boxer[1] competing in the welterweight division.

[2] As of July 2019, she was the captain of Uganda's national female boxers team, the She Bombers.

[3] She is also a bronze medal winner at the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Emily Nakalema was born Emily Kyomugisha to Samuel and Teopista Kyomugisha in Mbarara[4] and is the third born in a family of five.

Emily Nakalema started out playing football[5] and featured for Mbarara United FC in regional tours[6] before moving to Kampala and eventually taking up boxing in 2018.