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Nyakasanga, Nyamwamba, along Kasese-Bwera highway (40Km from Kasese town), Kasese.

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

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Kasese 25.28 km
+256 705 873 242+256 705 873 242

Contact: Jerald Ampumurize, Director.

Description: Deals in buying and selling of cocoa beans since 2020.

Contact Person: Jimmy Njoroge Kibinge. Country Director. Mob: +256 758 749 415. Email: jimmy@longmilescoffee.com.

Contact Person: Ritah Masika, Finance and Admin Manager. Mob: +256 781 465 735.

Established: 2021.

Founder: Ben Carlson.

Partnership with: Mt. Rwenzori Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union.

Networking Event: SCAA Expo and AFCA

Target market: USA, Sweden, UK and Australia.

Interests: Looking for opportunities to network with other coffee producers and institutions.

Description: Producers of coffee and buyers of red cherry which is processed through washing stations and prepared for export

Kasese 26.59 km
+256 782 056 177+256 782 056 177

Contact person: Winnifred Namwirya, Director.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery.

Kasese 28.78 km

Contact person: Mugisha Dan. Mob: +256 776 844 654.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery.

Kasese 29.47 km

Contact person: Nyamutale Charles, Director. Mob: +256 772 470 927.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery operator

Kasese 30.45 km

Contact person: Edson Kushaba, Director. Mob: +256 779 934 133.
Description: Coffee nursery.

Kasese, Bundibugyo, Kampala 36.73 km

GPS Coordinates: 0.17272, 30.08108. Other districts: Bundibugyo, Kampala.

Contact Person: Bwambale Constantine, Director. Mob: +256 772 482 248.

Contact Person: Muhimbi Fred Kule, Administrative Cashier. Mob: +256 787 504 388. Email: fmuhimbi@gmail.com

Established in: 1994.

Member of: Uganda Cocoa Exporters Association and Uganda Manufacturers Association.

Interest: To access international markets.

Description: Buyers and exporters of cocoa, coffee, rice and papain

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.

GPS Coordinates: 0.18882, 30.09361.

Twitter: @kiimafoods.

Facebook: @kiimafoods.

Contact Person: Baita Francis, Director. Mob: +256 772 382 498. Email: kulebaita@gmail.com

Contact Person: Muhindo Edith, Deputy Director. Mob: +256 774 802 690. Email: muhindo0edith@gmail.com

Contact Person: Thembo Charles, NBS Field Project Officer. Mob: +256 783 907 115.

Founded: 1995.

Partners: NOGAMU, KRC and SATNET.

Current projects (2022): 5-year MoU  with Kasese District Local Government in monitoring the activities implemented in the district; InnovateUK for minigrid solar panel project; WWF- nature based solutions project.

Interest: Network with local and international stakeholders, donors, partners and collaborators.

Description: Support organized registered primary cooperatives to grow into unions within coffee, maize and beans.

Kitagwenda 62.61 km

Contact person: Nanukunda Doreen, Director. Mob: +256 774 286 306.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery

Bunyangabu 67.83 km
+256 772 900 292+256 772 900 292

Contact person: Mugabi Christopher, Nursery Owner.
Description: Arabica and clonal coffee nursery.

Bunyangabu 70.86 km

Contact Person: Kaggwa R., Managing Director. Mob: +256 772 628 966.
Contact Person: Father Christopher Nuwahereza. Mob: +256 773 786 170.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery.

Buhweju 72.91 km

Contact person: Richard K., Manager operator. Mob: +256 786 905 314.
Contact person: JohnBosco Kaliisa, Director. Mob: +256 772 658 709.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery operator.

Bunyangabu 74.77 km

Contact Person: Robert Kavuma and Phoebe Kisibo.
Established in: 2017. Description: Coffee farmers.

Bushenyi 75.62 km

GPS Coordinates: -0.54164, 30.14822.

Contact Person: Bahati Yassin, Director.

Contact Person: Matovu Hussein, Manager. Mob: +256 784 421 717, +256 757 050 995. Email: husseinmatovu@gmail.com.

Established in: 2018.

Interest: connect with more exporters.

Description: buys and bulks Robusta and Arabic coffee from farmers and traders, mills coffee and sells it to buyers who are exporters.

Bushenyi 75.64 km
+256 772 846 676+256 772 846 676

GPS Coordinates: -0.54225, 30.14754.

Contact Person: Monica Kiconco, Manager. Mob: +256 772 683 271.

Contact Person: Isaac Ssemuweba, Factory owner. Mob: +256 772 846 676.

Established: 1998.

Interest: Access more coffee buyers and exporters; traders with coffee to mill.

Description: Factory offers milling services; buys Arabica and Robusta coffee from farmers and traders (Mitooma, Bushenyi, Rubirizi), mills the coffee from kiboko to clean which is sold to the exporters.

Bushenyi 75.66 km
+256 704 438 146, +256 788 731 705+256 704 438 146, +256 788 731 705

GPS Coordinates: -0.54262, 30.14736.

Contact Person: Ashaba Umar, Chairman. Mob: +256 704 438 146, +256 788 731 705.

Contact Person: Sarah Nisiima, Manager.

Description: Buys, mills and sells Arabica and Robusta coffee from farmers and traders to exporters

Bushenyi 75.67 km
+256 771 902 754+256 771 902 754

GPS Coordinates: -0.54222, 30.14817.

Contact Person: Baguma. Mob: +256 771 902 754.

Established in: 1999.

Description: Factory buys Arabica and Robusta coffee from small millers in the villages and the traders, mills

Bushenyi 75.68 km
+256 772 683 271+256 772 683 271

GPS Coordinates: -0.54193, 30.1488.

Contact Person: Monica Kiconco, Manager. Mob: +256 772 683 271.

Contact Person: Isaac Ssemuweba, Factory owner. Mob: +256 772 846 676.

Established: 1998.

Interest: Access more coffee buyers and exporters; traders with coffee to mill.

Description: Factory offers milling services; buys Arabica and Robusta coffee from farmers and traders (Mitooma, Bushenyi, Rubirizi), mills the coffee from kiboko to clean which is sold to the exporters.

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