According to reports by Quartz Africa, Uganda consumed only 3% of its total coffee production last year. This is far below what its neighbor, Ethiopia, who produces more coffee than Uganda is consuming. Ethiopia consumes about half its total coffee production yearly. Inspire Africa, a development agency that promotes coffee consumption […]
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Java House, one of the biggest coffee shops in East Africa has opened its first shop in Kigali, reports All Africa. The coffee shop which started in Kenya has expanded to Uganda, and now Rwanda, has a total of 56 branches in these countries with 2000 employees . According to the […]
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The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) held its 56th Annual General Assembly in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon on November 28 to December 3rd 2016. The theme of the symposium was “Inclusive Value Chain Transformation in African Coffee Industry”. Under the chairmanship of Cameroon’s Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello […]
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Coffee farmers and traders in Uganda are happy as coffee prices have gone up this season as compared to same period last year (reports All Africa). Ugandan Coffee Farmers Smile The price of fresh coffee cherries has gone up to Shs1,200 per kilo compared to Shs800 last year, meanwhile a […]
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A farmers’ group in Uganda has called on the government to pass a law to protect the country’s coffee quality (Bloomberg). If such a law is passed, it will provide for crop management methods and those who mismanage their output and produce low quality will be punished, Gerald Ssendaula, the […]
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Ugandan Coffee Farmers Alliance, UCFA, has been using a smartphone app to monitor and manage coffee delivery. The app created in 2013 by software manufacturer SAP was part of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH develoPPP.de program, which they implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for […]
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A Minneapolis-based coffee franchise, Dunn Brothers Coffee has partnered with the American Refugee Committee (ARC) to help them raise funds for its humanitarian relief program. In a press release published by PR Newswire, in its Changemakers Collection, Dunn Brothers Coffee will offer to its customers Ugandan coffee bean. $10,000 of […]
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Extreme weather conditions in the East African country of Uganda continuously threatening its coffee industry. The drought situation which is expected to bring about a 5% reduction in production this season, is not the only call for concern. With the dry climate, shrinking forest cover have given room for the […]
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