Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has invested $515,000 (UGX 1.814 billion) in Enimiro, a Ugandan vertical supply chain partner. This marks the fund’s first new deal this year after hacking four companies in 2021.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 515,000 in Enimiro in a blend of equity and Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares.This marks the Fund’s twelveth investment into the Ugandan agriculture SME sector.
Food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa and Asia, face direct stress from climate-induced changes and house a large population of smallholder farmers who are dependent on their immediate environment for their livelihoods, food and nutrition.
Uganda earned $811.18m (about sh2.9 trillion) from coffee exports in the last 12 months, up from $535.93 (sh1.9 trillion) in the previous coffee year, a report by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has said.
Despite growth in several sectors of the economy, agricultural productivity has been stagnating over the last fifteen years. There is a need to allocate more funding to boost production,” said Pozhi …
The best coffee country in the world is Ethiopia, if hundreds of professional coffee tasters are to be believed.
The two-year lockdown has made many people realise the importance of agriculture, not only to the world’s economy, but also to the individual incomes.
Women make up the majority of the world’s poor and are more reliant on natural resources for a living and this is same locally in Uganda and mostly rural communities. With Climate-related issues, such as prolonged dry seasons and floods becoming more common and threatening agricultural livelihoods and food security, women are more affected due to their critical role as food security enablers.
Resilience, agility, and adaptation are three important qualities adopted by enterprises over the past two years to support business continuity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
How we made it in Africa has interviewed many of the top entrepreneurs – both up-and-coming and established – operating in East Africa’s agribusiness and food industry. Here is a selection of nine businesspeople capitalising on the sector’s potential.