Highlights from our Legal Framework and Women Inclusion Workshop International Women in Coffee Association (IWCA) and her partners in the coffee sector today engaged in how the legal and… Read More Against All Odds, She is Using Coffee To Build Young Girls’ Lives in Uganda. Sometimes dreams live in strange places. When I met Annet Nyakaisiki, a coffee entrepreneur and CEO at Barista House, I… Read More Breaking the Bias For Women in the Coffee Value Chain By Eddie Ssemakula When Apollo first met Sheila, she was taking care of her late father’s coffee farm. As they… Read More What we have been up to and way forward after COVID-19 By Eddie Ssemakula You haven’t met Maria, but Maria is a 40-year single mother and coffee farmer 2 hours away… Read More IWCA Uganda On Course To Steer Meaningful Women Involvement In Coffee Value Chains The IWCA Uganda Chapter Board, under the stewardship of the Chapter President and Board Chairperson, Ms. Doreen Rose Rweihangwe is… Read More Denouncing Racism, Committed To Human Rights The IWCA Uganda Chapter echoes the message of the IWCA Executive Director against racism, published on 9 June 2020. The… Read More Uganda Hosts, Signs Agreement With China’s Yunnan International Coffee Exchange Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials… Read More Uganda Hosts, Signs Agreement With China’s Yunnan International Coffee Exchange Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials… Read More IWCA Uganda Chapter Unveils Three-Year Strategic Plan, 2019-2021 IWCA Uganda Chapter finalized its three-year Strategic Plan, 2019-2021. It sets out the strategic interventions that will shape its operations… Read More Cleaning Coffee Equipment And Maintaining Hygiene In The Wake Of The COVID-19 Pandemic This is a shortened version of an article that was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Coffee… Read More Coffee Farming And Beekeeping: Diversifying To Save A Natural Partnership Diversification in specialty coffee farming means introducing new products to the farm so that coffee isn’t the farmer’s sole source… Read More IWCA Uganda Chapter Members Donate To Fight Against COVID-19 This story is an excerpt from the article, “Coffee sector donates coffee, food, vehicles and medical equipment to fight COVID-19”… Read More Upholding Quality Standards Across The Coffee Value Chains I have the pleasure to welcome you to our June 2020 issue of Women in Coffee News, the IWCA Uganda… Read More Access To Finance Capacity Building Program For SMEs And Cooperatives – 2020 Within the framework of the “Market Access Upgrade Program” (MARKUP) implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the access to… Read More Outcomes Of The 2020 World Coffee Research Stakeholder Consultations Published IWCA Uganda Chapter was represented during the World Coffee Research (WCR) Stakeholder Consultations that were held in February/March of this… Read More Engaging In Coffee Trade: Best Practices And Take-Aways From The MARKUP Training You can’t manage what you can’t measure” was an important piece of message that came ringing in my mind after… Read More Domestic Coffee Consumption In Uganda: Women Leading The Way Meet Rose Kato, the legendary woman at the forefront of driving domestic coffee consumption in Uganda. Rose is the proprietor… Read More Coffee Farmer Groups Benefit From IWCA Advocacy Training In Mityana On 13 September 2019, the IWCA Uganda Chapter held an advocacy training, engaging Duty Bearers and enabling them to directly… Read More Bloomberg Philanthropies Giving $10M Toward Women-Grown Coffee Development At its U.S.-Africa Business Forum today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute, established to… Read More Sustainable Harvest Kicks Off Rwanda Initiative With Let’s Talk Coffee Offshoot Sustainable Harvest, the green coffee company that annually hosts the popular farmer-focused Let’s Talk Coffee event, is preparing to host… Read More
Highlights from our Legal Framework and Women Inclusion Workshop International Women in Coffee Association (IWCA) and her partners in the coffee sector today engaged in how the legal and… Read More
Against All Odds, She is Using Coffee To Build Young Girls’ Lives in Uganda. Sometimes dreams live in strange places. When I met Annet Nyakaisiki, a coffee entrepreneur and CEO at Barista House, I… Read More
Breaking the Bias For Women in the Coffee Value Chain By Eddie Ssemakula When Apollo first met Sheila, she was taking care of her late father’s coffee farm. As they… Read More
What we have been up to and way forward after COVID-19 By Eddie Ssemakula You haven’t met Maria, but Maria is a 40-year single mother and coffee farmer 2 hours away… Read More
IWCA Uganda On Course To Steer Meaningful Women Involvement In Coffee Value Chains The IWCA Uganda Chapter Board, under the stewardship of the Chapter President and Board Chairperson, Ms. Doreen Rose Rweihangwe is… Read More
Denouncing Racism, Committed To Human Rights The IWCA Uganda Chapter echoes the message of the IWCA Executive Director against racism, published on 9 June 2020. The… Read More
Uganda Hosts, Signs Agreement With China’s Yunnan International Coffee Exchange Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials… Read More
Uganda Hosts, Signs Agreement With China’s Yunnan International Coffee Exchange Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Beijing, China hosted officials… Read More
IWCA Uganda Chapter Unveils Three-Year Strategic Plan, 2019-2021 IWCA Uganda Chapter finalized its three-year Strategic Plan, 2019-2021. It sets out the strategic interventions that will shape its operations… Read More
Cleaning Coffee Equipment And Maintaining Hygiene In The Wake Of The COVID-19 Pandemic This is a shortened version of an article that was published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Coffee… Read More
Coffee Farming And Beekeeping: Diversifying To Save A Natural Partnership Diversification in specialty coffee farming means introducing new products to the farm so that coffee isn’t the farmer’s sole source… Read More
IWCA Uganda Chapter Members Donate To Fight Against COVID-19 This story is an excerpt from the article, “Coffee sector donates coffee, food, vehicles and medical equipment to fight COVID-19”… Read More
Upholding Quality Standards Across The Coffee Value Chains I have the pleasure to welcome you to our June 2020 issue of Women in Coffee News, the IWCA Uganda… Read More
Access To Finance Capacity Building Program For SMEs And Cooperatives – 2020 Within the framework of the “Market Access Upgrade Program” (MARKUP) implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC), the access to… Read More
Outcomes Of The 2020 World Coffee Research Stakeholder Consultations Published IWCA Uganda Chapter was represented during the World Coffee Research (WCR) Stakeholder Consultations that were held in February/March of this… Read More
Engaging In Coffee Trade: Best Practices And Take-Aways From The MARKUP Training You can’t manage what you can’t measure” was an important piece of message that came ringing in my mind after… Read More
Domestic Coffee Consumption In Uganda: Women Leading The Way Meet Rose Kato, the legendary woman at the forefront of driving domestic coffee consumption in Uganda. Rose is the proprietor… Read More
Coffee Farmer Groups Benefit From IWCA Advocacy Training In Mityana On 13 September 2019, the IWCA Uganda Chapter held an advocacy training, engaging Duty Bearers and enabling them to directly… Read More
Bloomberg Philanthropies Giving $10M Toward Women-Grown Coffee Development At its U.S.-Africa Business Forum today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute, established to… Read More
Sustainable Harvest Kicks Off Rwanda Initiative With Let’s Talk Coffee Offshoot Sustainable Harvest, the green coffee company that annually hosts the popular farmer-focused Let’s Talk Coffee event, is preparing to host… Read More
