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 […]
Land: Uganda
BioUganda is a social company which guides 200 small, rural contracted 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 & […]
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 […]
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 […]
Established in 2006 and headquartered in Bushenyi, the Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union (ACPCU) has become a formidable force in the Ugandan coffee sector. Serving a network of approximately 100,000 farmers in southwestern Uganda, the cooperative specialises in marketing high-quality coffee, alongside cocoa and cashew nuts. With a workforce of 135 employees and an annual […]
