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: 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.
Contact Person: Abdallah Mukiibi.
Description: coffee processor and exporter.
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.
Contact Person: Jeffrey Steinberg. Email: info@latitudetrade.co.
Established: 2016.
Certification: Certified B Corporation, Organic Certification (US NOP and EU).
Description: Latitude is a social enterprise in Uganda producing and exporting specialty cocoa, bean to bar chocolate and cocoa derivatives. The company works with over 5000 certified organic cocoa farmers in Uganda to provide training and a stable market for wet cacao purchased directly from registered farmers at rural village collection points. Latitude operates central fermentation and drying facilities for the production of fully traceable specialty cocoa from several regions of Uganda, supplying chocolate companies in the US, EU and Asia markets. Latitude also produces its own bean to bar chocolate brand (Latitude Craft Chocolate), cocoa powder and cocoa butter at its factories in Kampala for sale in East Africa, US, EU and Japan markets.
Contact person: Senjovu Dan, Director. Mob: +256 701 930 716.
Description: Robusta coffee nursery.
Description: Coffee processor and exporter
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.
Description: coffee processor and exporter.
Contact person: Acidri Manasseh, Director.
Description: Robusta coffee nursery operator.
Contact person: Samuel Obulaka, Chairperson. Mob: +256 772 512 051.
Description: Arabica coffee nursery operator.
Balton distributes and sells agrochemicals (fertilizer foliar nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides); irrigation kits and knapsack sprayers.
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
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
Established: 1997. Description: coffee processor and exporter.
Description: Coffee and cocoa processors and exporters.
GPS Coordinates: 0.3504, 32.6641.
Contact Person: Sabiiti Bernard, Director.
Contact Person: Triumph Nimbareeba, Exports Manager and Logistics. Mob: +256 774 850 847, +256 704 300 697. Email: triumphbesmarkcoffee@gmail.com.
Description: Coffee processor and exporter
Contact Person: Kagga Badru, Board Secretary. Description: Robusta coffee growers.
Contact Person: Ezra Biyara, Director.
Description: Since 2015, Ezra BR Agency has been buying good quality cocoa beans from farmers and selling it to exporting companies. The agency currently supplies to African Trade Winds. It is seeking for more customers interested in locally grown cocoa.
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