We are happy to share the information on Memorandum of Understanding signed between WBIFF and Inspire Africa, a private Ugandan Human Developmental organization, done in Chicago on 18th of December, 2022.
WBIFF shall support and identify the targeted markets in South East Europe and UAE for the fully finished coffee products at an agreed amounts/Prices of the different coffee products.
Coffee is a main commodity of Uganda and the biggest foreign exchange earner being among the top five products exported to the United States from Uganda. Uganda has experienced growth in the coffee industry, making it the largest exporter of coffee by volumes. Uganda is also the leading producer of Robusta and second largest producer of Arabica coffee, after Ethiopia, in Africa.
Uganda grows 2 types of coffee: Robusta and Arabica in the ratio of 4:1. Arabica is grown at altitudes ranging between 1,300-2,300m above sea level; while Robusta is grown at altitudes ranging from 900-1,500m above sea level making Ugandan coffee to possess very good intrinsic qualities due to high altitude, soils and farming systems not easily found elsewhere in the world. Ugandan Robusta has a remarkably impressive cup when wet processed. It is commonly deemed to be of exceptional quality and retains its flavor qualities very well, which cannot always be said of other washed Robusta coffee. The variety of Wild Robusta Coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests is thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.
Importantly UGANDA's Robusta coffee is now being used as a benchmark for coffee across the world, because of its high altitude than any other origins (species). It's not propagated by any genetic modification, but vegetatively multiplied by rooted cuttings and elite seed.
