International Women in Coffee Association (IWCA) and her partners in the coffee sector today engaged in how the legal and regulatory sector framework needed to be leveraged for the sake of women inclusion. Summary Highlights of proceedings below captured responses from the event. Participants generally emphasized how Uganda needs to […]
Sometimes dreams live in strange places. When I met Annet Nyakaisiki, a coffee entrepreneur and CEO at Barista House, I could tell that her dreams indeed lived in a strange place. Her office is located in between multiple garages in a crowded part of Kampala. As a teenage girl, born in […]
By Eddie Ssemakula When Apollo first met Sheila, she was taking care of her late father’s coffee farm. As they got to know each other, Apollo, who had been a business manager in his previous role in a company that promoted gender equity was a bit alarmed. The machinery Sheila […]
By Eddie Ssemakula You haven’t met Maria, but Maria is a 40-year single mother and coffee farmer 2 hours away from our head office in Uganda’s capital Kampala. Growing coffee is what her family has been famous for, and she took it on almost naturally, it’s been her 13- year […]
The IWCA Uganda Chapter Board, under the stewardship of the Chapter President and Board Chairperson, Ms. Doreen Rose Rweihangwe is committed to advancing its cause in advocating for equitable and meaningful involvement of women involved in coffee activity acros the different value chains. The predominant phenomenon of depriving a woman’s […]
The IWCA Uganda Chapter echoes the message of the IWCA Executive Director against racism, published on 9 June 2020. The original message is available at https://www.womenincoffee.org/blog/2020/6/8/denouncing-racism-committed-to-human-rights. – Racism and oppression are incompatible with empowerment and counter to the mission and values of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance. Our global network […]
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials from Yunnan International Coffee Exchange (YCE) in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 21 September 2019. The delegation held meetings with UCDA Management, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, […]
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials from Yunnan International Coffee Exchange (YCE) in Kampala, Uganda, from 15 to 21 September 2019. The delegation held meetings with UCDA Management, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, […]
IWCA Uganda Chapter finalized its three-year Strategic Plan, 2019-2021. It sets out the strategic interventions that will shape its operations over the next three years. It also highlights the likely challenges and the appropriate strategic actions and the resource mobilization agenda. It draws on the experience of the IWCA Uganda […]
This is a shortened version of an article that was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Coffee Report Magazine. It is available online at https://gcrmag.com/profile/view/cleaning-equipment-and-maintaining-hygiene-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic. To learn more about Cafetto, visit www.cafetto.com. To access to the Global Coffee Report Magazine, visit https://www.gcrmag.com/ Download the Global Coffee Report […]