About AFCA The African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) is a member-based, non-profit organisation founded in July 2000 and headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. AFCA represents a broad spectrum of the African coffee sector, including producers, traders, governments, and supporting organisations across 11 member countries—Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, […]
Land: Uganda
Background information Plutus Coffee Group, founded in 2021, is the brainchild of Johannes De Heer, whose 40 years in the coffee business shaped its direct and practical mission: to get local farmer groups ready for successful international exports. To make this happen, Plutus provides a wide array of support. They offer market intelligence, hands-on agricultural […]
Background information Kihungu Kasebere Cooperative Society ltd started in 2006 by coffee farmers in the sub county of Kitabu, Kasese District, western Uganda. It has a membership of 235 (125 males 110 female). The society has a mandate of mobilizing and supporting its members to increase their coffee production, productivity, value addition and pool marketing. […]
Background information The Kyotera Biikira Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society Limited is a registered cooperative in Uganda’s Kyotera District. Formed with the goal of enhancing the coffee bean value chain, the cooperative focuses on improving production, marketing, and advocating for coffee farmers. Its mission is to empower these farmers, fostering their household welfare through sustainable agriculture, […]
Rwenzori Organic Coffee Farmers Mountain Harvest Cooperative Limited (ROCS) has been in existence since the year 2020. However, it was legally registered by the ministry of trade, industry and cooperatives in 2023. ROCS is a member owned primary society whose membership so far is comprised of 754 coffee farmers who are double certified fair trade […]
Balandiza Kimeze Bukulula Farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited (BBFCS) has been in existence since the year 2020. BBFCS is a cooperative society located in Uganda, currently composed of 32 employees and 553 members. A member must be a coffee farmer (owning, on average, three-quarters of an acre of land), resident in the Kalungu district, willing to […]
ZICOFE is a social coffee trading company established in 1984, incorporated in March 1991, and began exporting in 1992. Located along the Mityana main highway in Mityana District, Zigoti Parish, in Uganda’s central region, the company also operates in the hospitality and beverage distribution sectors. ZICOFE is described as a “2005 Mercedes, robust with a […]
Made up of 10,044 smallholder expert coffee farmers, Gumutindo was created in 2000 by some of the basic cooperatives (primary societies), which emerged from the ruins of the older Ugandan cooperative system. Since the organisation is located on the slopes of Mount Elgon where the subtropical climate and the fertile volcanic soil is ideal for coffee production, it is […]
Founded in 1992, the National Association of Women Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) is a non-governmental umbrella organisation for more than 1,000 local women’s associations in Uganda. Their objective is to promote the growth of a strong women’s movement that advocates for the rights of women and to enhance their social-cultural, economic and political status. Originally established to coordinate and represent […]
Linking Ugandan farmers to the organic and fair trade markets Everyone who has visited Uganda agrees that its fruit and vegetables are delicious and of superior quality. However, the farmers who grow them barely make enough money to provide for their families. For this reason, the Trade for Development Centre partnered with NOGAMU, the National Organic Agricultural […]
