GPS Coordinates (Sheema): -0.58168, 30.38865.
Collection Centre (Ishaka): -0.54254, 30.14845.
Profile Videos: https://youtu.be/lByYilLCe2Y
Contact Person: John Nuwagaba, Managing Director. Mob: +256 772 000 000.
Email: john.n@acpcultd.com, jmnuwa@yahoo.com.
Contact Person: Stanley Maniragaba, Operations Manager. Email: stanley.m@acpcultd.com.
Certifications: Fairtrade, USDA Organic, Rainforest Alliance and Carbon Neutral.
Standardization: ISO, HACCP.
Awards: Best of the Pearl Robust 2021, Top 100 Mid-Sized Companies in Uganda 2015/2016, Best Special Category 2018/2019.
Membership: Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA), Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA), Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF), Uganda Fairtrade Network (UFN).
Participate in Networking Events: African Fines Coffee Association Expo (AFCA), Specialty Coffee of Europe, BIOFACH trade fair
for organics food and Specialty Coffee Expo organized by Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) among other events.
Target market: Europe, Japan and North America.
Partners: aBi Development Ltd, United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and Rabobank.
Established in: 2006.
Description: ACPCU is a farmer-owned coffee cooperative union consisting of 20 primary cooperatives and over 8,200 members. It deals in coffee extension, procurement, processing and export of green beans. It is a certified fair trade exporter of specialty organic coffee. The cooperative was certified by CERES GmbH for processing and exporting coffee. It exports some of its coffee to Germany among other countries. It deals in both Arabica and Robusta coffee grown in South Western Uganda within areas of Bushenyi, Sheema, Ntungamo, Ibanda, Rubirizi and Mbarara. ACPCU has a capacity of selling over 200 containers annually. It runs a coffee nursery project to supply quality coffee seedlings to its farmers. ACPCU does different corporate social responsibility activities within the communities in health, finance, education, environment, energy and organic farming.
Contact Person: Niwahebwa Nelson, Managing Director.
Established: 1958. It deals in coffee exporting, processing, grading and marketing
Contact Person: Robert Kavuma and Phoebe Kisibo.
Established in: 2017. Description: Coffee farmers.
Contact Person: Bwambale Costa. Mob: +256 785 125 303.
Contact person: Sibayirwa Milton, Coordinator.Mob: +256 782 358 052.
Description: coffee growers.
Contact Person: Baseka Boniface. Mob: +256 777 291 590, +256 792 687 543.
Contact Person: Basisa J, Chairperson. Mob: +256 705 214 095.
Description: Coffee producers
GPS Coordinates: 1.07416, 34.18103.
Contact Person: Gibez Yunusu, Chairperson.
Description: Coffee growers, processors and exporters
GPS Coordinates: 1.0111, 34.41734.
Contact Person: Muyama Florence Wakooba, Chairperson.
Established: 2003. Description: A legally registered CBO farmer cooperative that grows Arabic coffee consisting of 250 member farmers. It currently sells most of its coffee to Endiro Coffee which supports them with trainings and equipment.
Profile video: https://youtu.be/DDr4ejbkQcQ
Contact Person: Baluku Paineto, Managing Director.
Established: 1999.
Description: BJCU produces, processes and exports organic fully washed Arabica coffee from Rwenzori mountains. Its coffee is branded as “Owemba” which is grown at elevation of 1,400 to 2,200 meters above the sea level. The cooperative consists of over 5,500 members who grow and mill fair trade organic certified washed Arabica coffee. It consists of certifications provided by FLO, EU and NOP Organic. It processes coffee through micro-washing stations and dry it on raised beds under cover. The coffee harvest season is September to December for main season and from February to May for fly harvests. Its annual production is about 15 to 22 containers.
Email: bukonzoorg@gmail.com. Contact Person: Jacinta Bwambale Kabugho.
Partners: BTC, BD, aBi Development Ltd, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), NUCAFE, USADF, PURPROJET, AGRITERRA and Kiima Foods among others. Description: BOCU is a union composed of 13 primary cooperatives founded in 2009. It consists of 2,552 farmers who produce certified fair trade organic specialty hand-picked Arabica coffee grown from the foothills of Rwenzori mountains in western Uganda at the elevation between 1,200 and 2,000 meters. It grows SL28 and SL14 coffee varieties grown in old tectonic soil. Main harvests happen between August to November and fly crop is in March up to May. It produces 15 containers per year through its 46 micro washing stations. It supports the local communities through beekeeping, SACCOs, energy cook stoves, passion fruits e.t.c
Contact Person: Alfred Wonyaka (Rev.), Founder.
Established in: 2009. Interest in: coffee buyers and development partners. Description: A group of smallholder and grassroots farmers that grow Arabic coffee.
GPS Coordinates: 1.05342, 34.34892. Contact Person: Samuel Wakinya, Chairperson. Mob: +256 778 097 293, +256 751 533 313. Email: wakinyasam@gmail.com.
Contact Person: Wamboka Abner Shadrach. Mob: +256 779 329 517.
Founded in: May, 2010 by ten primary cooperatives.
Certification: Fairtrade. Partners: Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and United States African Development Foundation (USADF).
Interest: networking with other coffee stakeholders for better markets.
Description: Bushika is on the secondary level cooperative of farmers growing Arabic coffee in the highland on the slopes of Mt. Elgon at 1,500 to 2000 meters above sea level. Its coffee has a cupping score of 80 to 86. They produce different coffee varieties (SL 14 and SL 25).
Contact Person: Muligi Ntambi Emmanuel (Ssalongo), Chairman. Description: coffee growers.
GPS Coordinates: 0.21469, 32.43611.
Contact Person: Buule Ronald, Executive Director. Mob: +256 772 929 680. Email: ronald.buule@cecofa.org.
Contact Person: Vivian Namata, Human Resource Administrator. Mob: +256 703 806 194. Email: nv@cecofa.org.
Certifications: Fairtrade, 4C Association and Rainforest Alliance.
Networking Events: SCAA, AFCA and SCAE.
Partners: United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and Uganda Development Trust (UDET).
Interest: increase visibility of their farmers’ coffee to more markets.
Description: CECOFA was established in 2017 and it buys Robusta coffee from farmers in the different areas (Wakiso, Masaka, Bukuya and Luweero) which is sold to different markets. The company offers training on the best agricultural practices, post-harvesting handling, gender training and sessions on climatic changes in
Agriculture.
Contact Person: Dr. Ian Thomas John Clarke, Founder.
Partners: Pearl Capital Partners, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), UGACOF, IFDC e.t.c.
Description: Clarke Farm is a 1,500acre farm located in Katambale, Kyarusozi Kyenjojo district in Uganda. Approximately half the farm is planted in Robusta coffee. The farm consists of The Coffee Lodge for tourism purposes. It also processes, roasts and packages coffee for both local consumption and export purposes.
Description: Member farmers produce coffee and cocoa.
Contact Person: Kyompaire Generous, Programs Manager. Mob: +256 779 227 846. Email: gennykyomps@gmail.com.
Contact Person: Kabalega Lauren, Manager. Mob: +256 775 202 832.
Contact Person: Peace Natwijuka, Accounting Officer. Mob: +256 779 734 143
Established: 2018.
Description: Buys ripe or dried coffee, mills and sell it to exporters.
Contact Person: Mulumba Mathias Ssuuna, Founder Director. Mob: +256 772 537 222. Email: mulumba22@gmail.com.
Contact Person: John Mark, Director.
Established in: 2016. Product Brand: Masaka Coffee.
Membership: Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD) and Masaka Union.
Networking Events: MARKUP, TBN, CEPARD and ITC.
Target Market: Dubai, Europe and Asia.
Description: The cooperative supports members with extension services across the coffee value chain from nursery to cup. It produces Masaka Coffee tin and sacket
ready to drink coffee and quality green coffee beans for export purposes.
Contact Person: Luyombo Muluya Phillip, Chairman. Description: Robusta coffee growers.
Coffee House,
Plot 35 Jinja Road,
P.O.Box 7267,Kampala, Uganda
Tel: (+256)-414-256940 / 312-260470
Fax: +256-414-256994
Email: info@ugandacoffee.go.ug
