Ugandan owned Inspire Africa Coffee to export Quality processed coffee
Drake Nyamugabwa
By Darlington Mabonga
The president’s deliberate encouragement of citizens to participate in product value addition systems has started paying off as Inspire Africa Coffee is in its final stages of exporting its coffee to the world coffee market soon
According to Tony Miiro, the chief executive officer [CEO] Coffee investors Consortium Uganda [CICU] which is the flagship project of Inspire Africa coffee he told our reporter over the weekend during an exclusive interview that they are set to flag off the export of their highly processed Ugandan high quality organic coffee to the world market by July this year.
Miiro observed that as the country celebrates the NRA/M 39 the victory day at Mubende district this Sunday 26th January 2025, they are working around the clock to ensure that their first batch of coffee exports are flagged off in July which development he said was a milestone for the country.
‘Our target to process at least 150,000 metric tons about 20-30% of current production into value added coffee comes into reality and all efforts are being reached to l ensure that come July 2025 our first production shall be ready for the export markets’ he noted.
‘We are working around the clock to ensure that the production capacity of our flagship project of Inspire Africa coffee park facility at Ntungamo launches their first batch of fresh processed coffee export to the world market effective July 2025 and are appealing to both government and all stakeholders to support us as we move into this historical venture’ noted Miiro.
He observed that CICU was set up in 2004 with mandate to promote an increase in value added coffee including roast, ground and ready to drink profiles and have been in the recent past building capacities of sector members into the green bean processing structures that shall effectively provide varieties of coffee to the hub
They are looking at developing and setting up more similar structures across the country which is a direct venture of creating new outright employment opportunities to more citizens as well as empowering them economically to fight household poverty.
Government officials and inspire Africa coffee bosses w elcome President Museveni at their Ntungamo facility
He noted that in the past years they have been majorly engaged more in readiness to export, in terms of capacity, quality and technologies as well as logistical handling services.
He pledged to work with all stakeholders in ensuring that their coffee opens up the wider market potential for Uganda given its naturally endowed aroma
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