Contact Person: Atukunda Gerald.

Email: info@gishacoffee.com.

Description: coffee processor and exporter.

Other districts: Zombo.

Contact Person: Andy Carlton, Managing Director. Mob: +256 758 856 395. Email: andy@zombocoffee.com.

Contact Person: Aggrey Chombe, Director. Mob: +256 757 630 330. Email: achombe@gmail.com.

Established in: 2018.

Interest: International market for specialty green coffee microlots.

Description: Buyer, processor and exporter of specialty coffee micro-lots. Our product is farmer direct medium roast and ground 250g retail coffee pack.

Description: coffee processor and exporter.

Contact Person: Robert Kabushenga, Farm owner.

Description: Sun dried, roasted Robusta coffee farm grown in the hills of central Uganda. Packed coffee can be ordered and purchased online through Jumia.

Description: specialty coffee shop/cafe that also sells coffee making equipment

Contact Person: Mwambu Wanendeya.

Description: coffee processor and exporter.

Description: manufacturers of high quality wove polypropylene bags, ropes, linners, Tarpaulins and construction sheets.

GPS Coordinates: 1.07834, 34.14864.

Contact Person: Babra Wasagali, General Manager. Mob: +256 756 644 454, +256 782 644 454. Email: barbwas2012@gmail.com.

Contact Person: Nandala Mafabi (Hon.), Board Chairman. Email: nandala2003@yahoo.co.uk.

Established: 1954.

Target market: International buyers, exporters, Spain and Netherlands e.t.c.

Membership: Uganda Cooperative Alliance.

Product brand: Elgon Pride

Description: It is a tertiary cooperative which deals in processing and exporting Bugisu Arabica washed Coffee. Coffee grows at altitude of 2,500 to 5,000ft above the sea level.

Contact person: Michael K., Director.
Description: Arabica and clonal coffee nursery

Contact Person: Masiga Kenneth Bwire.

Description: coffee processor and exporter.

Contact Person: Mugenyi Musenze Robert, Ssenkulu (C.E.O). Mob: +256 752 612 516.

Contact Person: Sarah Nansubuga, Finance and Administration Officer. Mob: +256 703 642 480.

Twitter: @bucadef

Facebook: @bucadef

YouTube: BUCADEF

Product Brand: Emmwanyi Yaffe

Established in: 1997

Membership: Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), Uganda Small and Medium Enterprises Association (USSMEA), Uganda Association
of Private Vocational Institutions (UGAPRIVI) and Uganda Larges Scale Farmers Association (ULFA) among others.

Partnership with: Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries and Private Sector Foundation Uganda.

Networking Events: Uganda Coffee Day, Uganda Coffee Breakfasts, National Coffee Steering Committees and Uganda Trade Portal Development.

Interests: Access global market and increase visibility of the locally produced coffee and cocoa in Uganda.

Description: Through the Mmwanyi Terimba Programme, BUCADEF has been able to increase coffee production in the 26 Buganda Region Districts to 35% in 7 years. Cocoa has not been vibrant, however, now that the cocoa sector is getting amalgamated with UCDA, BUCADEF is also strategizing to get the cocoa producers publicized. BUCADEF is collaborating with selected Kiboko mills to bulk and process organized farmers’ coffee for value addition. BUCADEF is also into specialty coffee market, currently BUCADEF has groups of farmers wet-processing their coffee to meet the demands of specialty coffee market. The coffee that BUCADEF collects from the farmers is graded and marketed for its quantity and quality. BUCADEF has also ventured into roasting and has introduced Emmwanyi Yaffe coffee brand on the market to meet the growing demand of roast and ground coffee as well as to promote domestic coffee consumption.

Contact Person: Shalendra Kundra.

Description: coffee processor and exporter.

Contact Person: Leopold Mumbere, Regional Coffee and Cocoa Director in East Africa. Mob: +243990 956 184. Email: leopold.mumbere@rikolto.org

Contact Person: Stan Lietaer, Coffee and Cocoa Business Development (Uganda). Email: stan.lietaer@rikolto.org.

Established in: 1958 under the name “Vredeseilenanden” in Belgium and since 1995 in Uganda under the name “VECO”.

Award: VUFO’s Certificate of Merit in 2021 (https://vietnam.rikolto.org/en/news/rikolto-awarded-vufos-certificate-merit-2021)

Membership: Beyond Chocolate.

Partnership: Belgian Government, European Union, NAAC, AMEA, SHONA, DOEN foundation, Kyaninga Forest Foundation, SWT e.t.c.

Target beneficiaries: Smallholder coffee and cocoa farmers in Western Uganda (Albertine rift area).

Interest: To link up with all the relevant actors in coffee and cocoa, to see what is possible to contribute to sustainable growth in both value chains.

Description: Rikolto is an International NGO supporting smallholder farmers in different agricultural value chains,  including coffee and cocoa. In the region, we have experience in both crops in DRC, and are looking to start up activities in Uganda. Rikolto uses a holistic agroforestry approach, making the smallholder farmer a valuable and resilient part of the value chain. We strengthen their linkage to markets and financial services, while applying Inclusive Business principles. Resilience requires a focus on food security, climate change mitigation and financial literacy.

Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) Ltd is an umbrella organization for all cooperatives in Uganda established in 1961. It serves as the voice of the cooperative movement at both national and international level with a mandate to recommend to government on matters of policy relating to cooperatives arbitration (settlement of disputes) advocate.

Contact Person: Ivan Muhumuza, Chairperson.

Established: 2019.

Description: The group was founded by coffee farmers in Kyamasamba village. It deals in growing coffee, drying coffee beans and selling it to traders in form of kiboko.

Contact Person: Kenneth Kyamulesire, Farm Owner.

Description: Farmer that grows 5 acres of Robusta coffee.