Description: FAO works with different stakeholders to promote cocoa and coffee value chains in Uganda.
Contact Person: Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira, Managing Director. Email: emmanuel.iyamulemye@ugandacoffee.go.ug.
Description: The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is a government agency responsible for regulating all “on” and “off” coffee farm activities. UCDA’s mission is to facilitate increase in quality coffee production, productivity, and consumption. The agency is also responsible for providing license to businesses that export coffee out of Uganda among other activities.
Contact Person: Ponsianno Ssenyonyi, Chairman. Coffee farmers.
GPS Coordinates: 0.69915, 34.18202.
Contact Person: Bukawa Wanaguttu Kassim Jr.
Founded in: 1986.
Awards: Gold Star Award from Chicago in U.S.A. in 2006 and Packaging of the Year 2006 in London.
Partners: Seniors without Borders (Denmark)
Membership: Uganda Manufacturer Association.
Description: Elgonia Coffee was the first coffee roasting company in Uganda in 1986. It processes and exports Arabic and Robusta coffee. It has the following brands: Elgonia Coffee House (Elgonia Superior Blend; Elgonia Dark Chocolate; Elgonia Soft Cream Caramel; Elgonia House Blend; Elgonia Vanilla; Elgonia Black Gold); Elgonia Kisubi Tea. It partnered with OneCafe International to form Elgonia OneCafe International Limited.
GPS Coordinates: 0.4499, 33.6904.
Contact Person: Moses Batibwe, Factory owner.
Established in: 2009. Member of: Busoga Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited. It buys, mills and sells Robusta coffee.
Contact: Kawacom Uganda Limited.
Description: coffee processor and exporter.
GPS Coordinates: -0.26773, 31.64644.
Contact Person: Ssembajjwe Daniel, Treasurer Board. Mob: +256 782 520 839, +256 702 138 889.
Certification: Fairtrade.
Established: 1995.
Partners: UCDA, Solidaridad, Nordic Climate Facility (NCF), BTC Uganda, AgriTerra, USADF, UGACOF, UDB, UDET e.t.c.
Description: It consists of over 2,000 farmers that produce, process and sell natural Robusta coffee. It produces and packages roasted and ground coffee.
GPS Coordinates: 0.44961, 33.68904.
Description: Coffee factory and processing
GPS Coordinates: 0.31479, 32.59103.
Contact Person: Joseph Nkandu, Executive Director. Mob: +256 772 595 030. Email: joseph.nkandu@nucafe.org
Contact Person: Nuwagaba Deus, Deputy Executive Director and Operations Management. Mob: +256 774 300 628, +256 706 717 260. Email: deus.nuwagaba@nucafe.org.
Description: NUCAFE is an umbrella national coffee farmers’ organization founded in 2003 as a successor of the Uganda Coffee Farmer’s Association (UCFA). NUCAFE has grown and evolved as a vibrant private sector led farmer organization formed to serve and position farmers well in the liberalized coffee value chain in Uganda
Contact person: Alfred Ocaya, Secretary. Mob: +256 775 482 042.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery.
Contact Person: Rose Kato Nakayenga.
Founded: 1984.
Description: coffee processor and exporter.
Contact Person: Ashiraf Lutaya, Manager. Mob: +256 755 445 540.
Contact Person: Muhammudu Zziwa. Mob: +256 776 141 668.
Established in: 2020. Description: Buys, mills and sells Robusta coffee.
Contact Person: Paul Siya Lubega, Chairman. Mob: +256 700 261 718, +256 700 000 000. Email: paulslubega1985@gmail.com.
Contact Person: Zam Mulindwa, Secretary.
Description: the cooperative buys cocoa beans from member farmers and sells them in bulk to exporting companies. It also supplies farmers with seedlings, extension services on cocoa agricultural practices and continuous seeks better markers for its members
Contact Person: Samba Musawale Alex.
Description: Coffee processors and exporters
Contact Person: Luyombo Muluya Phillip, Chairman. Description: Robusta coffee growers.
Contact Person: Kenneth Barigye, Managing Director. Email: kbarigye@mountainharvest.com.
Contact Person: Nico Herr, Coffee Quality and Marketing Manager.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZudiHiIO5L7riKxHJbuJRg
Established in: 2017.
Certifications: USDA Organic
Awards: Best of the Pearl Winners in Natural, Honey and Washed years 2021 and 2022
Membership: Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), International Women’s Coffee Association (IWCA), African Fines Coffees Association (AFCA) and Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF).
Participate in Networking Events: SCA Expo, World of Coffee, Roasters Guild Retreat and Golden Bean among other events.
Target market: Specialty coffee buyers interested in intriguing coffee profiles that have impact.
Description: Our vision is bold and so is our approach. Mountain Harvest is driven by the belief that what tastes best in your cup can and should provide a living income for farmers and be sustainable for the environment. To achieve this, we must deliver quality coffee for quality impact. High on the slopes of Uganda’s fertile mountains, Mountain Harvest is working side-by-side with farmers to produce the country’s best Arabica coffee “coffee that not only tastes great, but fuels a higher quality of life for farmers, their families, and the soil beneath their feet”. Mountain Harvest buys coffee from farmer cooperatives for export purposes.
Description: Coffee processor and exporter
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: Ysakor Hailesselassie Hailu, Country Representative. Mob: +256 756 080 402. Email: selassie@agriterra.org.
Contact Person: Jasper Spikker, Regional Manager. Email: uganda@agriterra.org.
Established: in 1997 by the Dutch farmer organizations like ZLTO, LTO, NCR among others.
Partners: Uganda Cooperative Alliance (UCA) and Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC).
Networking events: Harvest Money Expo.
Target market: Cooperatives
Interest: To network with development partners
Description: Agriterra is an Agri agency that provides high quality hands-on advice, training and exchange services to cooperatives and farmer organizations with an aim to improve the socio-economic conditions of the people in the rural areas.
Description: Coffee processors, roasters and exporters.
Contact Person: Orisa Raphael Jawino, Managing Director.
Description: Joris supports small holder farmers to grow coffee and cocoa. It offers farmers seedlings, linkage to markers, extension services and finance support. The company aims at adding value to the produce and access UAE and European markets.
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