Tag Archives: coffee

  COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | Efforts to promote coffee growing in Karamoja, Acholi, Lango, and West Nile represent a significant advancement; it will allow the inhabitants of these areas to gain more from coffee profits, akin to other subregions such as the Central region (Buganda) and Bugisu. Hats off to …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fort Portal Catholic Diocese has launched a five-year diocesan coffee policy (2025–2030) aimed at promoting sustainable coffee farming, food security, and economic self-reliance among Christian families. The launch event was held on Wednesday at the Diocesan Model Farm in Nkuruba, Rutete Sub …

  Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of farmers in Masaka District is appealing to the government to reawaken the heightened security deployment similar to the one implemented during COVID-19, as a viable response to the rampant theft of coffee and livestock. The different parts of the area are …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers from the National Agricultural Research Organisation Coffee Research Institute (NACORI) have turned to art to market coffee growing in Northern Uganda. Through an initiative dubbed WALK—an acronym for West Nile, Acholi, Lango, and Karamoja—NACORI is rolling out an intensive public sensitisation campaign aimed at …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has overtaken Ethiopia to become Africa’s leading coffee exporter, according to a report released Tuesday. In a statement issued in the capital, Kampala, Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries said the country exported 793,445 60-kg bags of coffee in May, earning 243 …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s exports of goods and services grew by 27 percent in the 12 months ending in March, a senior government official said Thursday. Presenting the national budget estimates for the 2025/2026 financial year, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said exports rose from 9.56 billion U.S. dollars …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | aBi Development Ltd, in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation, convened a high-level stakeholder engagement at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Tuesday to galvanise support for empowering young women entrepreneurs in agriculture through Uganda’s coffee sector. The gathering brought together representatives from government, the private …

CHANGSHA, CHINA | Xinhua | On a bustling street in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, a cafe buzzes with activity as order slips are spit out from the machine and a line of customers stretches toward the door. What captures people’s attention most isn’t the launch of new …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The call for Africa to move beyond being merely a supplier of raw materials in the global coffee industry is growing stronger in coffee-producing countries like Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. One of Kenya’s strategies to achieve this goal has been the formation of smallholder coffee …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | In a cozy café nestled in Nairobi’s Karen district, chestnut-colored AA-grade Kenyan coffee beans are carefully ground, extracted and brewed under the focused gaze of a local barista. The bitterness transforms into something wondrous, a bright acidity blossoms, reminiscent of ripe, juicy tropical fruits. The …