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.
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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.
Contact person: Acidri Manasseh, Director.
Description: Robusta coffee nursery operator.
Contact person: Isaac Alema, Managing Director.
Description: Robusta coffee nursery operator.
Contact person: Kizito A., Chairperson.
Description: Robusta coffee nursery operator
Elgon Roast are the producers of the best locally roasted and ground Arabica coffee in Uganda. Our products are certified for quality by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), and include 15g sachets, 50g and 150g bags. Quantities beyond that are made on special order. We also provide roasting services.
We aim to supply high-quality 100% Bugisu Washed Arabica Coffee products that come from our family farm and small neighborhood out growers where we guarantee high-quality Arabica coffee beans.
We are a young and growing company with a big vision to market our brand on both the local and international markets.
Twitter: @machericoffee
Contact Person: Andrew Wakabi, Business Development. Mob: +256 756 232 529. Email: Andrew.Wakabi@cevalogistics.com.
Description: clearing & forwarding.
Description: Currently partnering with United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and Government of Uganda (GoU) in managing grantees in Uganda within coffee sub-sector
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.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgriShareUG/.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgriShare_UG.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgyk2eojBU.
Contact Person: Paul Zaake, Managing Director. Mob: +256 759 260 260, +256 779 627 992. Email: paul.zaake@agrishare.co.ug.
Contact Person: Caroline Nalubwama, Marketing Officer. Mob: +256 779 906 962. Email: caroline.nalubwama@agrishare.co.ug.
Description: AgriShare connects coffee and cocoa farmers to land for rent, tractors, irrigation, farm workers, trucks, and processing equipment. AgriShare Uganda Ltd provides services through AgriShare App, AgriShare web portal (www.agrishare. app), Agents and Customer Centre. Currently we operate in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Contact Person: Teddy Namaganda, AG. Executive Director and PA to Group CEO. Mob: +256 788 720 417. Email: tnamaganda@africacoffeeacademy.com.
Contact Person: Hellen Mirembe, Chief Operations Officer. Mob: +256 702 817 060. Email: hmirembe@africacoffeeacademy.com.
Facebook page: AfricaCoffeeACA.
Twitter handle: @AfricaCoffeeACA.
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9UcWLF3I-c
Members to: Uganda Coffee Federation (UCF), Africa Fine Coffees Association (AFCA), Centre for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED)
Networking Event: AFCA Conferences.
Partners with: Great Lakes Coffee- Uganda, CBI- Netherlands, aBi Trust, Solidaridad, USAID, Hivos
Target market: Regional and International Coffee Value Chain Actors.
Interest: To widen ACA’s networks and increase its visibility to the entire coffee value chain actors to provide them with support for a Total Coffee Experience from the Garden up to the Cup through educating, training, and other high-value professional services.
Description: Africa Coffee Academy (ISO 9001; 2008) is an independent source of coffee knowledge consultancy, training, and direct services. At Africa Coffee Academy [ACA] Coffee is our business. ACA is a private sector-led initiative that aims at providing professional, business, and technical support to the coffee value chain to ensure compliance to ensure resilience and profitable coffee enterprises through organized training, research, coaching and mentoring, advisory and technical services in the entire value chain. ACA offers the following courses: Coffee Agronomy; Barista Course; Coffee Trading and Entrepreneurship; Coffee Sustainability; Coffee Quality Management; Training of trainers; Coffee Price Risk Management; SPS Management and Selling Skills Course.
ACA also provides private contract third party quality assurance services to coffee exporters and farmer associations that include Savannah Commodities Ltd, Kampala Domestic Stores Ltd, Star Cafe, Kyagalanyi Coffee and NUCAFE and international buyers including; TATA Coffee of India, CTCS (UK), Africa Tea & Coffee of Mombasa Kenya, Altimo and Supremo both of Belgium.
The Academy has built strategic linkages with the key players in the coffee value chain. ACA has also provided worked with smallholder producers from; the National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA); Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union, Tororo based One Café, Budadiri Arabica Coffee Factory Ltd. (BACFL).
Contact Person: Julius Wetala, C.E.O
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
