#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇩In his closing remarks, Hon. John Mulimba @MulimbaJohn1 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Regional Affairs described the 9th Session of the Uganda–DRC Joint Permanent Commission as historic, noting that both countries had moved beyond addressing security challenges to strengthening regional integration, trade, infrastructure, and economic cooperation. He reaffirmed the commitment of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to implementing joint security measures, enhancing intelligence-sharing, and advancing regional peace under the Luanda and Nairobi processes.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪The Germany–Uganda Coffee Origin Familiarisation Tour today continued to the eastern region of Uganda, with a visit to Kapchorwa District at Sera Wild Farm, owned by Mr. Bruno Katusiime, who is widely recognised for promoting organic farming practices on the slopes of Mount Elgon. During the visit, coffee roasters, investors, and coffee quality assurance professionals gained firsthand insight into Uganda’s sustainable coffee production systems, as well as the realities faced by smallholder farmers committed to organic agriculture. Discussions at the farm highlighted the innovative modern irrigation system established across the 50-acre model farm, alongside an integrated beekeeping initiative comprising nearly 1,000 beehives that support pollination and enhance coffee productivity. In his remarks, Mr. Bruno emphasised the advantages of Uganda’s fertile volcanic soils and favourable climatic conditions for the production of premium-quality coffee. He also noted several challenges affecting the sector, including difficult terrain, high production costs, limited processing infrastructure, and increasing competition in global markets.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 6 of the Germany–Uganda Coffee Origin Tour continues to highlight Uganda’s growing commitment to sustainable agriculture and improved coffee production through innovative organic farming practices. During a visit to Mr. Tom’s farm in Nakasongola, discussions between local farmers and the delegation exploring Uganda’s coffee sector focus on the increasing use of Black Soldier Flies (BSF) to produce organic manure as a cost-effective alternative to inorganic fertilizers. The engagement also showcases the development of environmentally friendly pesticides made from fermented cow urine, chili, and ash.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 5 of the Germany–Uganda Coffee Origin Tour 🇩🇪🇺🇬 concluded at JOKISA Mixed Farm in Kabonera Sub-County, near Masaka City- a remarkable model of Uganda’s hybrid Robusta coffee production system. ☕🌱 Led by farmer Ssalongo Kigozi John, the 120-acre plantation, projected to expand to 180 acres by 2026, showcased the strength of Uganda’s smallholder coffee ecosystem under the Kabonera Robusta Community cooperative.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 5 of the Germany–Uganda Coffee Origin Familiarisation Tour 🇩🇪🇺🇬, spearheaded by the Uganda Embassy in Berlin, continued to showcase Uganda’s exceptional coffee heritage, innovation, and growing reputation as a premier global coffee origin. The German delegation visited coffee farmers and processing facilities in Ssange owned by Pr. Fredie Ssekyewa under Hope Coffee Uganda Limited. Founded in 2016, the company now works with over 5,200 farmers across the districts of Kyotera, Masaka, Lwengo, Rakai, and Kiruhura. Specializing primarily in Robusta coffee, the factory exports approximately 80 tons of high-quality coffee to Germany, further strengthening Uganda’s position within the international coffee market. The delegation gained firsthand insights into Uganda’s sustainable coffee production, traceability systems, premium processing standards, and value addition initiatives that are transforming rural livelihoods.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 5 of the Germany–Uganda Coffee Origin Familiarisation Tour 🇩🇪🇺🇬, spearheaded by the Uganda Embassy in Berlin, continued to showcase Uganda’s exceptional coffee heritage, innovation, and growing reputation as a premier global coffee origin. The German delegation visited coffee farmers and processing facilities in Ssange owned by Pr. Fredie Ssekyewa under Hope Coffee Uganda Limited. Founded in 2016, the company now works with over 5,200 farmers across the districts of Kyotera, Masaka, Lwengo, Rakai, and Kiruhura. Specializing primarily in Robusta coffee, the factory exports approximately 80 tons of high-quality coffee to Germany, further strengthening Uganda’s position within the international coffee market. The delegation gained firsthand insights into Uganda’s sustainable coffee production, traceability systems, premium processing standards, and value addition initiatives that are transforming rural livelihoods.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day Four of the Germany coffee origin tour to Uganda From a remarkable early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, featuring a rare sighting of lions at rest to high-level engagements in Uganda’s coffee value chain, the German delegation on the Origin Coffee Familiarisation Trip has experienced a day rich in both natural beauty and economic insight 🇺🇬☕️ At Nyabihoko Coffee Farm in Ntungamo, the delegation has explored an exemplary integrated farming model combining coffee cultivation with over 20,000 poultry and cattle rearing for export market which demonstrate the powerful link between agriculture, agribusiness, and rural transformation. Intercropping coffee with banana plants further highlighted sustainable practices that enhance productivity and environmental stewardship. The visit has culminated at the Africa Coffee Park in Rwashamaire, where Dr. Nelson Tugume (CEO, Inspire Africa Group) has showcased advanced coffee-processing technologies from wet and dry milling to roasting, freeze-drying, and modern packaging.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 The German coffee business representatives, on the coffee origin trip facilitated by the Uganda Embassy in Berlin, have experienced Uganda not only as a premier coffee origin but also as a destination that seamlessly blends business with leisure. En route to Queen Elizabeth National Park, the representatives paused at the iconic Kikorongo Equator Point for a brief yet memorable photo session, symbolically standing at the intersection of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, an engaging and refreshing interlude. As part of the Embassy’s efforts to position Uganda’s coffee within a compelling origin story, the visit to the park added a valuable dimension. Through a guided game drive, they encountered notable wildlife, including buffaloes, elephants, and hippopotamuses, highlighting Uganda’s rich biodiversity and reinforcing the narrative of coffee grown in a vibrant, sustainable environment.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 3 of the Germany Familiarisation Tour commenced with a field visit to Mountain Harvest coffee farm, under the stewardship of Mr. Kenneth Barigye. Led by Amb. Mubiru, the delegation has experienced Uganda’s renowned Arabica coffee celebrated globally for its premium quality and distinctive flavor while gaining hands-on insights into meticulous post-harvest handling and drying processes that ensure consistency and excellence. Spanning 203 hectares, Mountain Harvest stands as a model of modern, sustainable coffee production.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 Day 2 of the Coffee Familiarization Trip is underway, as Stephen Mubiru leads a German delegation interested in Uganda’s coffee sector to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries. The delegation has been received by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fred Bwiino Kyakulaga who has chaired a meeting and highlighted Uganda’s diverse coffee varieties, emphasizing that the country’s agriculture thrives on rich natural endowments. Fertile soils and a favorable climate that enable crops to grow with minimal intervention as illustrated by bananas that often thrive naturally, reflecting Uganda’s strong agricultural potential. Amb. Mubiru has noted that Uganda–Germany trade stands at nearly USD 500M, with exports to Germany accounting for approximately USD 300M, largely driven by coffee.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇩🇪 The Uganda Embassy in Berlin has launched a 9-day Coffee Familiarisation Trip across Uganda, commencing with a visit to the National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI). During the engagement, Dr. Geofrey Arinaitwe, Director of NaCORI, delivered a comprehensive briefing on Uganda’s coffee sector, highlighting coffee as a key driver of rural transformation. He underscored its strong contribution to improving household incomes and noted Uganda’s growing export leadership, now surpassing Ethiopia in coffee exports. He also emphasized emerging opportunities in specialty coffee markets, enhanced traceability, and value addition, reaffirming that sustained investment in research, resilient varieties, and market-driven innovation will further strengthen Uganda’s global competitiveness.

#MofaUpdate🔔: The Uganda–Tanzania Tourism Roadshow 🇺🇬|🇹🇿 The event concluded with productive B2B sessions and informal networking engagements between members of the Uganda Tourism Association and the Tanzania Association of Tour Operators, fostering new business linkages and opportunities for collaboration between Ugandan and Tanzanian tour operators.

#MofaUpdate🔔: The Uganda–Tanzania Tourism Roadshow 🇺🇬|🇹🇿 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Zanzibar Association of Tour Operators (ZATO), Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO), and the Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), marking a significant step toward strengthening regional tourism cooperation. The parties expressed a shared commitment to promoting tourism development, enhancing sustainable growth, and positioning East Africa as a unified destination through joint marketing, business collaboration, knowledge sharing, and capacity building.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 The Chinese delegation finalised their Western Uganda tour with a visit to Clarke Farm and Coffee Estate, where they were warmly received by General Manager Mr. Sylvester. He briefed them on the farm’s operations, noting that coffee is the main enterprise, with approximately 800 acres dedicated to production out of a total 2,100-acre estate. About half of the farm is planted with Robusta coffee, while other sections support crops such as eucalyptus, macadamia, Irish potatoes, maize, mangoes, and oranges.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 On their way to Mweya for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, the delegation made a brief stop at Lake Nyamunuka, a crater lake rich in sulphur, locally known as the “bad smell” lake. The lake is believed to serve as a natural healing spot for animals, particularly wounded buffaloes that frequent its shores. During the boat ride, guided by Mr. Lawrence, the delegation explored the Kazinga Channel, a 40km natural waterway connecting Lake George and Lake Edward, with water flowing from Lake George to Lake Edward. The channel, with an average depth of about 4 metres, is renowned for its rich biodiversity, hosting numerous bird species such as kingfishers, African skimmers, gulls, pelicans, cormorants, and African fish eagles. 𝘍𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵😂: 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 The Chinese delegation went on a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s second-largest national park after Murchison Falls National Park, spanning appx. 1,978 square kilometres across the savannah plains of Kasese. Guided by Deo, the delegation was taken through the park’s rich history, gazetted in 1952 as Kazinga National Park and later renamed in 1954 following a visit by Queen Elizabeth II. He highlighted that it is Uganda’s only biosphere reserve where humans coexist with wildlife, with about 11–12 fishing villages permitted within the park. 𝘍𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵😂: 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬, “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘪 (𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵) 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺?” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 The Chinese delegation explored Bwindi Impenetrable National Park at the Buhoma section for a memorable gorilla trekking experience, where they were warmly welcomed with vibrant cultural performances by the Buhoma Handcraft Women Group. Park ranger Afande Omax briefed the delegation on the park’s history and significance, noting that it spans 321 square kilometres, was gazetted in 1991, hosted its first gorilla trekking experience in 1993, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. He highlighted that mountain gorillas are only found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with Bwindi hosting 459 of the 1,063 gorillas recorded globally during the last census in 2018.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬🤝🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 The Chinese prospective investors kicked off their Western Uganda tour with a visit to Ankole Coffee Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (ACPCU)@acpcu_ltd , where they were warmly received by Operations Manager Mr. Stanley. He briefed the delegation on the Union’s journey since its establishment in 2008 with just 10 members, growing into a major cooperative representing over 20,000 smallholder farmers primarily producing Robusta coffee. He noted that the Union was formed to strengthen coffee marketing and has since expanded to employ over 100 workers, currently exporting up to 180 containers to markets such as Japan and Europe. The coffee laboratory and hulling factory, commissioned by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in November 2022, plays a key role in value addition and quality assurance.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬 | 🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 Representing the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. @Anite__Evelyn Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Investment and Privatisation). In her remarks, Hon. Anite warmly welcomed the delegation on behalf of the Government of Uganda and applauded the longstanding relationship between Uganda and China, which spans over 64 years. She emphasized the need to harness the full benefits of this partnership, noting that it has already yielded significant results, including the establishment of major industrial hubs such as the Liaoshen Industrial Park and the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park, both hosting several factories operated by Chinese investors. Hon. Anite highlighted Uganda’s investor-friendly environment, noting that business registration in Uganda is streamlined and can be completed within 45 minutes at a minimal cost. She outlined key incentives available to investors, including a 10-year tax holiday, tax exemptions on imported machinery, and access to free land for strategic investments. She further revealed that H.E. the President has mandated her office to mobilize and allocate land to serious investors, emphasizing that job creation for Ugandans remains a key expectation in return. She also underscored Uganda’s agricultural potential, describing the country’s land as highly fertile and ideal for large-scale agricultural investment. Referencing Winston Churchill, she reiterated Uganda’s reputation as the “Pearl of Africa,” positioning it as a prime destination for investment.

#MofaUpdate🔔: 🇺🇬|🇨🇳 Uganda - China Coffee Investment & Destination Tour 2026 The engagement reaffirms the strong and growing economic ties between Uganda and China, with a focus on unlocking investment opportunities in the coffee value chain and broader agro-industrial sector. The meeting was presided over by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Investment and Privatisation), Hon. Evelyn Anite, was representing the Minister of Finance. She was joined by Uganda’s Ambassador to China, Oliver Wonekha, and the leader of the Chinese delegation, Diao Chunhe. Ambassador Wonekha, in her remarks, emphasized the critical role of economic diplomacy in strengthening Uganda–China relations and facilitating mutually beneficial investments. She commended the delegation for their interest in Uganda’s coffee sector and broader economy, noting that such engagements are key to translating diplomatic ties into tangible development outcomes.