Uganda’s coffee businesses are navigating a difficult operating environment. Coffee prices remain volatile, fuel costs are significantly higher than a year ago and the shilling has weakened sharply against the US dollar. For farmers, traders, transporters, processors and exporters, the…
The opportunity to source from Bangladesh should not be interpreted as a case for importing everything that East African businesses need. For Uganda and the wider region, the bigger objective should be to build stronger and more competitive local manufacturing…
Uganda wants Italian investors to move beyond buying its coffee, milk and minerals to processing them locally, transferring technology and manufacturing finished products for regional and international markets. The Uganda–Italy Business and Investment Forum in Rome has opened discussions around…
For Robert Matsiko, animal feed started with a problem many Ugandan livestock farmers knew too well, finding reliable, locally produced feed was difficult. In 1995, after losing his job at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Matsiko returned…
Uganda’s cocoa industry is growing rapidly, but the bigger opportunity may lie in what happens after the beans leave the farm. The country exported 72,545 tonnes of cocoa worth US 620.76 million in the financial year 2024/25, up from 51,678…
Uganda does not need to convince Italy to buy its coffee. Italy is already one of its largest export markets. The bigger opportunity is to turn that established trade into businesses that create more value locally, from processing and roasting…
Uganda is expanding access to agricultural machinery, but the bigger test of its mechanisation drive begins after the machines are handed over. On September 19, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) commissioned and handed over 150 single-axle…
Uganda has moved closer to one of its most ambitious economic targets. The economy, according to Trade and Industry Minister Sanjay Tanna, has grown from roughly $50 billion when the government set out its $500 billion ambition to about $69…
Uganda’s cocoa industry is entering a new phase. The crop is no longer a small agricultural story; it is becoming a significant export business. The opportunity now is to build the businesses and infrastructure around it so that more of…
Pearl Bank says “When You Grow, Uganda Prospers.” The more interesting question is whether the economics behind that promise can be seen and measured. Consider a maize farmer in Rakai. He has land, a crop to grow and potentially a…
Kenya’s milk shortage has exposed a contradiction at the heart of East Africa’s food economy: one of the region’s largest dairy producers is struggling to meet consumer demand while its neighbour, Uganda, continues to produce enough milk to maintain a…
Uganda is exporting coffee at record levels. But with more than 95% of production still leaving the country as green beans, the next agribusiness opportunity may lie not in growing more coffee, but in capturing more value from what Uganda…
Tanzania’s agricultural development bank has just published numbers that are hard to ignore. The Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) has disbursed Sh1.55 trillion to 862 projects, reaching more than 2.6 million people, and Sh1.32 trillion of that, 84 percent of…
By Publicist East Africa Uganda’s agricultural future is increasingly being shaped by a new generation of women who are proving that agribusiness extends far beyond farming. They are building enterprises, creating markets, influencing policy, advancing technology, and transforming agricultural waste…
Uganda’s agricultural sector presents one of the country’s most enduring contradictions. It employs the majority of the population, contributes significantly to export earnings, occupies a central place in government policy and is frequently described as the backbone of the economy.…