Mainly made up of small producers, Kibinge was founded in 1995 by coffee farmers in the Masaka region (south of Uganda). They seek to provide technical services in agricultural production, gender integration, poverty eradication, value addition and market access to complement the Uganda governmental programmes. By providing services directly linked to coffee production and sales to its members (processing, certification, transport, marketing, etc.), Kibinge has remained true […]
Land: Ouganda
Established in 2013, the Fairtrade certified cooperative located in Binyangabu District, Kabonero Sub County is made up of 757 coffee farmers (of which 18 are persons with disabilities, 252 are women and 236 are young adults). The coffee is carefully handpicked and processed at an altitude of up to 1990m, bringing out hints of caramel, chocolate, berry and forest fruit flavours. As a […]
Made up of 2,000 members and located in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda, BOCU started in 2011 as a consortium of six NGOs which promoted organic agriculture in Bukonzo. Using the very successful micro-washing station model to promote traceability and increase farmers’ income, the consortium gradually turned into a cooperative and a coffee exporter. It even became a […]
farmers. The company holds organic and Fairtrade certificates based on small-holder group certification and an operational internal control system. Its current activities include production, processing and export of organic and fair trade fresh and dried exotic tropical fruits (Cayenne pineapple, hybrid purple passion fruits, bananas, jumbo avocado, dried papaya…). DIVERSIFICATION & EDUCATION BioUganda encourages diversification in fruit production to strengthen income […]
Registered in 2011 by former members of Abanya Rwenzori Mountaineering Association, a community tourism project, the cooperative is composed of 25 member groups operating in Kabarole, Bundibugyo and Ntoroko districts in the Rwenzori region of western Uganda. The cooperative’s main products include Arabica and Robusta coffee and they became Fairtrade certified at the end of 2016. The inspiration for the cooperative came from an AMA Field Officer working together with […]
Karangura Peak Coffee, located in Karanugra sub country, started in 2013 as a registered association and later transformed into a cooperative society in 2017, producing natural Arabica coffee. The now Fairtrade-certified cooperative was created with the support of TJX, with the central aim of tackling the low levels of education beyond the primary level in the two communities of Mount Gessi […]
Kanyenze People’s Co-operative started as a community-based organisation in 2000 and became fully registered in June 2007 by the registrar of cooperatives. During the war (1996-2001), people lost their homes and poverty dotted the region. After the war, people returned and were mobilized to address issues of poverty and female empowerment, among others. They realized that natural Arabica coffee was a common commodity among all farmers, […]
Ankole Coffee Producers est une coopérative située dans le sud-ouest de l’Ouganda, née en 2006. Active dans le café, elle regroupe 25 coopératives primaires, et représente quelque 10 000 producteurs. La plupart d’entre eux possèdent la double certification bio et Fairtrade. La coopérative a bénéficié d’une trajectoire de coaching en marketing de 2016 à 2017 du TDC. La coopérative ACPU reçoit actuellement un appui financier […]
Established in 2007 with its headquarters in Kampala, Uganda and its country offices in Kenya and Burundi, Africa Coffee Academy is an independent source of coffee knowledge consultancy, training and direct services. ACA is a private sector-led initiative that aims to provide technical assistance to the coffee value chain to ensure compliance to international market requirements […]
