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contentsAcronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................................................................

0. Summary...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Who is CURAD?............................................................................................................................................................................................

1.1 CURAD Vision and Mission Statements.........................................................................................................................................

1.2 Service Areas..................................................................................................................................................................................................

1.3 Business Goals...............................................................................................................................................................................................

1.4 Governance and Management..........................................................................................................................................................

1.4.1 Statement from the Chairman of the Board of Directors...................................................................................................

1.4.2 Statement from the CURAD Founding Entrepreneur...........................................................................................................

1.4.3 Statement from the Chairman of the Technical Working Committee.......................................................................

1.4.4 Statement from the Managing Director........................................................................................................................................

1.4.5 CURAD Board Meetings and the Strategic Planning Process..........................................................................................

2. Introduction and Background.............................................................................................................................................................

3.0 Major Achievements..................................................................................................................................................................................

3.1 CURAD Awards, Community Involvement and Policy Advocacy..................................................................................

3.2 CURAD Visibility and Promotion........................................................................................................................................................

3.2.1 The Grand CURAD Launch and its Inaugural Agribusiness Innovation Challenge............................................

3.2.2 The Launch of the Youth to Youth Fund at the UMA Show Grounds.........................................................................

3.2.3 CURAD Press Coverage............................................................................................................................................................................

3.2.4 Other Interventions for CURAD Visibility and Promotion...................................................................................................

3.3 Acquisition of Land from UIA & Construction of the CAFÉ Coffee Processing Facility.....................................

3.4 CURAD Incubation Facility, Spread of CURAD Incubatees, Incubation and Other Support Services..... 24

3.4.1 CURAD Incubation Facility.....................................................................................................................................................................

3.4.2 Geographical Spread of CURAD Incubatees..............................................................................................................................

3.4.2 Details and Status of the CURAD Supported Incubatee SMEs........................................................................................

3.4.3 CURAD Support to Incubatees through CURAD Partners and Partnerships..........................................................

3.4.4 Incubatee Linkages to Relevant Markets and Authorities..................................................................................................

3.5 Internship and Mentorship ...................................................................................................................................................................

3.6 Capacity Development............................................................................................................................................................................

3.7 Exhibitions and Information Exchange..........................................................................................................................................

4.0 Challenges.......................................................................................................................................................................................................

5.0 Lessons Learnt and Recommendations........................................................................................................................................

6.0 Future Plans.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

6.1 Key Plans for 2015 ........................................................................................................................................................................................

6.2 Sustainability Plan ........................................................................................................................................................................................

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

AgBIT Agri-Business Incubation Trust

ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific

AIIC Agribusiness Innovation Incubation Consortium

ANAFE African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education

ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa

CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

CCARDESA Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development in Southern Africa

CORAF Conseil Ouestet Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles

CURAD Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited

CAES College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

CAFÉ Centre for Agribusiness and Farmer Entrepreneurship Enhancement

CEBU Coffee Entrepreneurship Bureau of Uganda

CDO Community Development Officer

CWW Challenges Worldwide

EAYL Earn As You Learn

EU European Union

FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

FOM Farmer Ownership Model

FSTBIC Food Science and Technology Business Incubation Centre

GMPs Good Manufacturing Practices

ICT Information and Communications Technology

ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agro-forestry

ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics

ILO International Labour Organisation

ILO-YEF ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

IYB Improve Your Business

MAAIF Ministry of Agriculture Animal industry and Fisheries

MSc Master of Science Degree

MUARIK Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Kabanyolo

NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services

NAYIE National Youth Inventions and Innovations Exhibition

NARL National Agricultural Research Laboratories

NARO National Agricultural Research Organisation

NUCAFE National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises Limited

PanAAC Pan African Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Consortium

QMS Quality Management System

SVDC Sorghum Vlue Chain Development Consortium


TeWoCo Technical Working Committee

UCDA Uganda Coffee Development Authority

UIA Uganda Investment Authority

UMA Uganda Manufacturers Association

UNBS National Bureau of Standards

UTL Uganda Telkom

UIRI Uganda Industrial Research Institute

SAS School of Agricultural Sciences

SME Small and Medium Enterprises

TIMPs Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices

UniBRAIN Universities, Business and Research in Agricultural Innovation

USAID United Stated Agency for International Development


0. Summary

Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD) is a non-profit

company limited by guarantee established in February 2012 in Uganda to support profit-oriented agribusiness.

CURAD head office is located at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Kabanyolo. CURAD is a public-

private partnership initiative promoted by Makerere University, the lead institution, the National Union of Coffee

Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises Limited (NUCAFE) and the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO).

Vision: “To be the leading generator for young agribusiness entrepreneurs creating wealth and jobs in East Africa”

Service Areas

1. Promotion of coffee processing and value-added product SMEs

2. Business development support across the entire coffee value chain

3. Facilitating setting up of agribusiness enterprises and promoting them

4. Earn while you learn program for the university students

5. Curriculum review activities to promote entrepreneurial oriented graduates

CURAD has registered great achievements that involved the youth and women as very vital actors in the promotion

of agricultural innovations and entrepreneurship development in the various agricultural value chains.

CURAD facilitated curriculum reforms at Makerere University geared toward entrepreneur-oriented graduates. The

reforms are expected to prepare more young men and women to become entrepreneurs that will create jobs

and wealth in the coffee value chain in particular and other agricultural value chains and other related fields in

general.

The construction of the Centre for Agribusiness and Farmer Entrepreneurship Enhancement (CAFÉ) Coffee Processing

Plant at Kampala Industrial and Business Park in Namanve in collaboration with Uganda Investment Authority is yet

another collaboration effort to implement the university curriculum reforms and to support the youth and women

in agricultural innovations and enterprise development in the coffee value chain.

CURAD is proud to champion the Farmers Ownership Model (FOM), an award winning innovation that was started

by its founding director, Mr. Joseph Nkandu, with key investments in the CAFÉ coffee facility at Namanve set to

directly benefit up to 5000 farmers. Using the above-mentioned farmer ownership model, CURAD has involved

local communities and the youth in the coffee value chain development.

CURAD also advocated for a national coffee policy that was approved by Cabinet and CURAD involved and shall

continue to involve the communities in farming and to promote farmers’ cooperatives.

Hosting CURAD grand launch on the 9th May 2014, launching its inaugural annual national agribusiness innovation

challenge awards that identified 26 winners now enrolled in the CURAD incubation program, growing its incubatee


numbers along all categories including startups, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Earn As You Learn (EAYL)

program totaling to 37. The launch of the CURAD annual national agribusiness innovation challenge competition

provides a platform for young entrepreneurs and innovators to create a vibrant agri-business community not only

for Uganda but Africa at large.

CURAD has championed and opened new frontiers; creating and supporting more than 40 new agri-businesses,

attracting and nurturing more than 196 innovative young men and women in the inaugural innovation agribusiness

challenge with their business ideas.

More than 8 technologies and innovations from the NUCAFE, Makerere University and NARO have been

commercialized and others are being patented.

CURAD has incubatees/SMEs have generated more than 328 jobs.

Internship and attachment activities have also grown this year with over 81 students interned and graduated with

CURAD.

The European Union in Uganda and the International Labour Organization launched the Ugx 10 billion (€ 3 million)

Youth To Youth Fund at the UMA show grounds on 21 August 2014.

Other achievements are:

The CURAD incubation centre and office at MUARIK are fully operational and is hosting all CURAD activities. •

Coffee equipment, conference room furniture, boardroom furniture, computers, CURAD vehicle procured

Entrepreneurs involved in agricultural value chain systems stand to be beneficiaries of a Ush250m bounty, •

courtesy of the Agribusiness Innovations Challenge spearheaded by CURAD.

Draft CURAD Intellectual Property Policy 2014•

CURAD actively participated in various capacity development interventions as well as exhibitions where CURAD •

incubation services and products were marketed.

Other partners who were actively involved in CURAD’s various activities include Centenary Bank, Delloitte, Uganda

Telcom Ltd (UTL), SNV, USAID Fit, Oxfam, NAADS among others

CURAD strategic plan and sustainability plan for the period 2015-2020 were discussed, agreed upon and approved

by the Board.

The Strategic Plan priority areas are:

Sustainability of CURAD beyond 2015(current funding cycle) •

Attracting and growing new partnerships with the public and private sector•

Mainstreaming agribusiness incubation into government, regional and continental programs•

CURAD’s growth and development as a leading agribusiness incubator in the country and region at large•

Expansion of incubation facilities and focus beyond the coffee value chain•

CURAD sustainability is hinged on the following income strategies:

1. Incubatee enterprise finance and profit share

2. The Investment in coffee value chain facilities

3. Boosting the Farmer ownership model with CURAD and marketing support


4. Business support services and membership fees

5. Finance mobilization for incubatees

6. Leasing/letting office space and production facilities

7. Leasing/letting other processing equipment’s to incubatees

8. Trainings (with Makerere University)

9. Consultancy studies/projects involving Interns

10. Annual CURAD innovation challenge

11. Co-business incubation programs and entrepreneurship development projects

In order for CURAD to fully execute the strategic plan and the sustainability plan, CURAD humble request is for more

support up to USD3.5million to expand operations and address other agricultural value chains.

However, despite the successes registered there were some challenges like lack of uniform incubatee assessment

tools, sometimes funds were released later than expected, CURAD had insufficient staff capacity and lack of

production facilities for non-traditional coffee products like Coffee Liquor, lack of a custom-built premises to sort

this challenge of certification, support for the growing incubation services demands with limited resources and

attracting more finance and sizable new partnership for CURAD especially in its infancy were challenging.

The suspension of our mentorship program by PanAAC was a setback to CURAD. Finally, it was difficult in attracting

female entrepreneurs. However, we hope to do affirmative action to resolve this challenge.

The key lessons learnt are skills acquired in technology transfer in cereal processing, orange processing and

essential oils. Best practices in successful partnerships from ICRISAT like transparency, effective communication and

coordination, mutual respect and trust among partners, close supervision of work plan activities and timely delivery

of outputs were incorporated at CURAD

At CURAD the $100,000 support for the next incubatee uptake as challenge winners is a good start to leverage the

program. We recommend that incubates be given more professional and financial support.

The best strategies were put in place to ensure sustainability and we shall endeavour to manage as best as we can

to attain the programs objectives sustainably as the UniBRAIN funding is expected to cease at the end of 2015.


1. Who is CURAD?

Consortium for enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD) is a non-profit

company limited by guarantee established in February 2012 in Uganda to support profit-oriented agribusiness.

CURAD head office is located at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute, Kabanyolo. CURAD is a public-

private partnership initiative promoted by Makerere University, the lead institution, the National Union of Coffee

Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises Limited (NUCAFE) and the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO).

CURAD is one of the first six agribusiness incubators in Africa that is supported by the Forum for Agricultural Research

in Africa (FARA), an African Union program under the UniBRAIN (Universities, Business and Research in Agricultural

INnovation) facility with funding from DANIDA International.

CURAD encourages, hand holds and nurtures innovative young entrepreneurs and agribusiness start-ups and SMEs

to champion productivity and profitability of the agricultural sector that can grow into successful agro-enterprises

for jobs, growth and general wellbeing of the farming community in the country.

1.1 CURAD Vision and Mission Statements

Vision: “To be the leading generator for young agribusiness entrepreneurs creating wealth and jobs in East Africa”

Mission: “To produce young innovative and skilful agribusiness entrepreneurs through strategic partnerships that

support investment in agribusiness by fostering collaboration between Makerere university, NUCAFE and the NARO

coffee research centre to create cultures and environment that will value, encourage and enable innovation and

produce graduates who are problem solvers, decision takers and successful entrepreneurs”

1.2 Service Areas

6. Promotion of coffee processing and value-added product SMEs

7. Business development support across the entire coffee value chain

8. Facilitating setting up of agribusiness enterprises and promoting them

9. Earn while you learn program for the university students

10. Curriculum review activities to promote entrepreneurial oriented graduates

1.3 Business Goals

In line with its vision and mission, CURAD will pursue the following goals:

To promote youth and student start-ups in agribusiness, by creating and nurturing these young businesses 1.

through agribusiness incubation into successful enterprises

To support all graduates to have a personal growth path geared towards entrepreneurship and particularly 2.

promote agribusiness entrepreneurship across the gender divide especially young women and men.

To promote of the utilization of key national food and cash crops particularly coffee in Uganda through coffee 3.

value chain development and value addition

To benefit the food and cash crop farmers through agri-consultancy support, value addition, post-harvest 4.


Hon. Gerald Ssendaula,

ChairmanProf. Samuel Kyamanywa Mr. Joseph Nkandu, CURAD

Founding Entrepreneur

Dr. Agona Ambrose Dr. Africano Kangire Dr James Ssebuliba Prof. Bernard Bashaasha

Mr. Michael Kijjambu

handling and enhanced marketability by promoting SMEs and start-ups along the core national value chains

To promote the implementation and application of the reformed curriculum in Bachelors programs in 5.

Agriculture and Agribusiness to produce young innovative entrepreneurs and agribusiness leaders across all

universities in the country.

To promote the commercialisation of innovations from universities and research institutions through 6.

agribusiness incubation with public private partnership entrepreneurial initiatives

1.4 Governance and Management

CURAD incubator is governed by a Board of Directors made up of eight representatives of the promoters’ group.

The CURAD Board gives overall strategic advice and guidance, reviews progress. Its Chairperson is from the private

sector. The Board is assisted by the Technical Working Committee and Management.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ms. Ann Marie Mwaka Sabano Ms. Florence Nagawa


Mr. Julius Kwesiga Mr. Moses Katta

Prof. Samuel KyamanywaChairman

Mr. Joseph Nkandu, CURAD Founding Entrepreneur

Prof. Y. K. Zake

Dr. Frank Matsiko Dr James Ssebuliba Ms Elizabeth Balirwa

TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE (TeWoCo) OF THE BOARD

Mr. Deus Nuwagaba Dr. Gabriel Elepu Dr. Jackie Bonabana-Wabbi

Mr. David Muwonge

MANAGEMENT

Mr. Apollo Segawa,

Managing DirectorMr. Edmund Nsadhu,

Food TechnologistMs Margaret Nanyonjo

Accounts Administrator

Ms Beatrice Nginah

MICs Admin

Dr. J. Peter Egonyu


1.4.1

Statement from the Chairman of the Board of Directors

Behalf of the Board of CURAD and on my own behalf, I am pleased to present the CURAD

annual report for the period 2014. It has been a year of growth and development in all aspects of CURAD’s programs anchored in the vision ‘To be the leading generator of young agribusiness entrepreneurs creating wealth and jobs in East Africa’. All this would not have been possible without the unwavering support of the CURAD key internal and external stakeholders.

By and large, agriculture and agribusiness remain key sectors for household incomes and inclusive economic transformation of the African society and environmental conservation. CURAD has made great achievements and I believe the youth and women are very vital in the promotion of agricultural innovations and entrepreneurship development in the various agricultural value chains in Uganda and in Africa.

I am happy to note that CURAD started facilitating curriculum reforms at Makerere University geared toward entrepreneur-oriented graduates. The reforms are expected to prepare more young men and women to become entrepreneurs that will create jobs and wealth in the coffee value chain in particular and other agricultural value chains and other related fields in general.

I also believe that the construction and operation of Centre for Agribusiness and Farmer

Entrepreneurship Enhancement (CAFÉ) Coffee Processing Plant at Kampala Industrial and Business Park in Namanve in collaboration with Uganda Investment Authority is yet another collaboration effort to implement the university curriculum reforms and to support the youth and women in agricultural innovations and enterprise development in the coffee value chain.

CURAD is proud to champion the Farmers Ownership Model (FOM), an award winning innovation that was started by its founding director, Mr. Joseph Nkandu, with key investments in the CAFÉ coffee facility at Namanve set to directly benefit up to 1500 farmers. Entrenching and supporting this model will be further supported by the Board.

The launch of the CURAD annual agribusiness innovation challenge competition provides a platform for young entrepreneurs and innovators to create a vibrant agri-business community not only for Uganda but Africa at large.

To our development partners, DANIDA, FARA and the UniBRAIN programme, we are so grateful. However, CURAD is an ongoing concern, strong in the coffee value chain and other agricultural value chains and delivered much so far. CURAD humble request is for more support up to USD3.5million to expand operations and address other agricultural value chains as per strategic plan.

I would like to thank my colleagues on the CURAD Board, the Technical Working Committee and management for a job well done.

Hon. Gerald SsendaulaBoard ChairmanCURAD


1.4.2

Statement from the CURAD Founding Entrepreneur

It is very exciting and remarkable that in the past three years, the Consortium for enhancing University

Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD) has been an outstanding agribusiness incubator

to reckon with in this country. It is very inspiring that CURAD has championed and opened new frontiers; creating

and supporting more than 40 new agri-businesses, attracting and nurturing more than 196 innovative young men

and women in the inaugural innovation agribusiness challenge with their business ideas.

I am extremely delighted to note that the agribusiness services that CURAD has offered in the previous year

have been fundamental in contributing to the transformation and changing people’s mindset, skill-set and thus

stimulating the ever increasing interest of young entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. For the first time, Makerere

University curriculum is being reviewed with the involvement of the private sector incorporating entrepreneurial

skills development and change of delivery methodology. The year 2014, as presented in this annual report, is a big

milestone that CURAD registered remarkable achievements and successes.

My special thanks go to the Board of Directors chaired by Hon. Gerald Ssendaula, the Technical Working Committee

(TeWoCo) members led by Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa and management steered by Mr. Apollo Segawa for keeping

the candle lighting and providing light for thousands of struggling start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs to make it to

their esteemed destinations.

My special thanks to all our partners particularly FARA UNIBRAIN, ASARECA, ANAFE, PanAAC and DANIDA for their

continued support towards laying the foundation of sustaining this initiative to grow.

Joseph Nkandu

CURAD Founding Entrepreneur


1.4.3

Statement from the Chairmanof the Technical Working Committee

Year after year, the Consortium for enhancing

University Responsiveness to Agribusiness

Development Limited (CURAD) has continued to achieve

colossal and unbelievable milestones that we celebrate

as a team today.

With utmost gratitude, I am privileged to unleash the

second issue of our annual report for the year ended

2014. I am greatly enthused, than ever before, that

CURAD is more than focused and dedicated to the

development of young entrepreneurs and innovations

along the whole coffee value chain in Uganda.

It is not long from now that the great walls of the ivory

towers will be down producing a new breed of innovators

and agri-entrepreneurs that will change the agribusiness

profile in Uganda and foster economic development.

It is no question that CURAD is in pursuit of practical

hands-on solutions for the old age complex challenges

that include but not limited to high unemployment

levels among graduates, low value forms of agricultural

products and the high poverty levels among smallholder

farmers that the country in particular and Africa at large

always lamented about.

I am very optimistic that efforts to review Makerere

University curriculum that CURAD has started facilitating,

will provide a living transcend for many more universities

and tertiary institutions in this country to go beyond the

horizons in positively changing the status quo.

There is no doubt whatsoever that through this

public-private partnership initiative of Makerere

University, National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses

and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) Limited and National

Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), CURAD

will achieve its aim of producing innovative young

entrepreneurs and agribusiness leaders to champion

productivity and profitability of the agricultural

enterprises that can spinoff new enterprises. More

than 8 technologies and innovations from the

NUCAFE, Makerere University and NARO have been

commercialized and others are being patented.

I think this and yet more to come is a great foundation

to the development of SMEs and innovations in this

country.

I would like to acknowledge and appreciate the great

support received from our partners, FARA UNIBRAIN,

DANIDA, ANAFE, PanAAC, ASARECA, ABI-ICRISAT, the

Board, Technical Working Committee (TeWoCo) and

Management in moving forward much faster than

planned. Similarly the support from our promoters,

MAK, NUCAFE and NARO is greatly appreciated.

Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa

CURAD Director & Principal Investigator


1.4.4

Statement from theManaging Director

CURAD implemented the approved work plans for the

year 2014 and achieved several milestones, namely;

hosting its grand launch on the 9th May 2014, launching

its inaugural national agribusiness innovation awards

that identified 26 winners now enrolled in the CURAD

incubation program, growing its incubatee numbers

along all categories including startups, Small and

Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Earn As You Learn (EAYL)

program to close to 40. New partnerships especially with

Uganda Telkom (UTL), Microsoft and Fin-Africa have and

continue to be crucial in supporting CURAD’s incubation

efforts.

CURAD extended business development support of

over USD250,000 to its incubatees and has launched

several key projects that are geared towards nurturing

and developing graduates and youth into successful

agribusiness enterprises. Among the key supported

SMEs include Mak seeds Limited, a biotechnology seed

lab, Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa (RASA); a vibrant

coffee derivative start up, CURAD’s pilot coffee roasting

and packaging plant, its model Omukwano Coffee Shop

among a wide range of other supported enterprises.

Internship and attachment activities have also grown this

year with over 30 students interned and graduated with

CURAD. New partnership with Challenges Worldwide

(CWW) this year has further enhanced the internship and

incubation activities at CURAD.

Among the key plans for the next financial year

include developing the incubatee processing

facilities at Namanve Incubation Park with Uganda

Investment Authority (UIA) support; enhancing the

FOM with additional facilities across the core coffee

value chain; enhancing and supporting marketing

activities along this model to further benefit the small

scale farmers as well as creating new partnership and

models to ensure CURAD’s sustainability.

I would like to thank the Board Chairman, Hon. Gerald

Ssendaula, the founding director, Mr. Joseph Nkandu,

the program PI and Chairman of the CURAD Technical

Management Committee (TeWoCo), Prof Samuel

Kyamanywa and the entire TeWoCo members for

their professional guidance and support accorded to

me in executing the CURAD work plans.

I appreciate the technical support from management

and staff in the implementation of the work plan

activities in achieving the organization goals and

objectives.

I also thank, in a special way, Mr Alex Ariho, the

FARA UniBRAIN Facility Coordinator and the entire

UniBRAIN fraternity who are core to the successful

program delivery.

Apollo Segawa

CURAD Managing Director


1.4.5 CURAD Board Meetings and the Strategic Planning Process

The Board of Directors held four board meetings and TeWoCo and management separately held monthly meetings

in 2014 at which important decisions were made regarding long-term partnerships, incubation services, internships,

procurement, staff recruitment, public relations, work plans and their respective budgets, curriculum reviews,

strategic plan and sustainability plan.

Left photo: CURAD Board meeting 8th October 2014, One-day strategic plan development session: L-R J.Nkandu, Kumar Bhubesh, Dr. J. Ssebuliba, F. Nagawa, Prof. G. Nabanoga, M. Kijjambu, A. Segawa, Prof. S. Kyamanywa, Ann Mwaka, Prof A. Kangire, N. Margret (Staff), D. Nuwagaba, B. Nginah (staff)

Mr. Bhubesh Kumar from ICRISAT, India facilitating the strategic planning session of the strategic planning session of the Board meeting.

CURAD strategic plan and sustainability plan for the period 2015-2020 were discussed, agreed upon and approved

by the Board.

The Strategic Plan priority areas are:

• SustainabilityofCURADbeyond2015(currentfundingcycle)

• Attractingandgrowingnewpartnershipswiththepublicandprivatesector

• Mainstreamingagribusinessincubationintogovernment,regionalandcontinentalprograms

• CURAD’sgrowthanddevelopmentasaleadingagribusinessincubatorinthecountryandregionatlarge

• Expansionofincubationfacilitiesandfocusbeyondthecoffeevaluechain

CURAD sustainability is hinged on the following income strategies:


13. The Investment in coffee value chain facilities





18. Leasing/letting other processing equipment’s to incubatees






2. Introduction and Background

CURAD offered full incubation services that cover the core coffee value chain together with other agricultural value

chains in its combo model that will have impact and help create jobs and new agribusiness enterprises. CURAD

operations addressed the UniBRAIN (Universities, Business and Research in Agricultural INnovation) objectives

and expected outputs, which reflect the objectives identified by the African Union as captured in the UniBRAIN

programme document (January 2012-December 2015). UniBRAIN programme is financially supported by DANIDA

through the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).

UniBRAIN’s development objective is to contribute to enabling African countries to create jobs and raise incomes

through sustainable agribusiness development.

UniBRAIN’s immediate objective, which is also its value proposition, is to enable universities, business and agricultural

research institutions to commercialise agricultural technologies and produce graduates with entrepreneurial and

business skills through agribusiness incubator partnerships.

The UniBRAIN outputs are:

Output #1: Commercialisation of agribusiness innovations supported and promoted.

Output #2: Agribusiness graduates with the potential to become efficient entrepreneurs produced by tertiary

educa tional institutions.

Output #3: UniBRAIN’s innovative outputs, experiences and practices shared and up-scaled.

It is important to note that to realise the objectives and achieve outputs, relevant partnerships were formed with

the incubator partner organizations and UniBRAIN partners.

Business models

A mix of models including but not limited to the farmer ownership model and the Combo business Incubation

model are used to offer a mix of agribusiness and coffee value chain based incubation services to different categories

of clients but most importantly the young, women and the smallholder farmers who are organised in associations

and cooperatives. The incubator is the process facilitator in providing goods and services to stakeholders along the

coffee value chain using the farmer ownership model presented below


The services revolved around four main target areas

1. Practical training for university students

2. Empowering farmers and farmer organizations

3. Empowering students, young men and women to start small businesses

4. Sharing of innovations from research and development

Smallholder Farmer Empowerment•

CURAD continued to empower NUCAFE member smallholder farmers to participate competitively in the higher nodes

of the value chain. With support from CURAD, NUCAFE established 8 new farmer owned coffee value aggregation

centres and organizations in the coffee growing regions of Uganda. More than 5,528 households comprising over

16,584 smallholder farmers with 50% male, 40% female and 10% youth have cumulatively benefited.

Table: Farmer Organisations Supported

Farmer Organization Households Supported Farmers Supported

Kabonera Farmer Hub 956 2,868

Buwama Farmer Hub 434 1,302

Celebrate Hope Farmer Hub 635 1,905

Mabira Farmer Hub 842 2,526

Shema Farmer Hub 523 1,569

Kabarole Farmer Hub 632 1,896

Wakiso Farmer Hub 324 972

Bufumbo Farmer Hub 417 1,251

Kapchorwa Farmer Hub 437 1,311

Zombo Farmer Hub 328 984

Total 5,528 16,584


3.0 Major Achievements

CURAD achievements directly and indirectly impacted UniBRAIN objectives and outputs as well as other related

areas. The report, therefore, has presented CURAD achievements without having to categorise them according to

the UniBRAIN objectives and outputs.

3.1 CURAD Awards, Community Involvement and Policy Advocacy

3.1.1 Awards

i. The CURAD Farmer Ownership Model (FOM) won an award in the Netherlands. Across the entire spectrum,

the farmer ownership model has been employed and it distinctively emerged outstanding and best among the

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) top 20 innovations benefiting the smallholder

farmers worldwide.

ii. Awards attributed to CURAD

CURAD Found Entrepreneur and Founding MD elected an Ashoka Fellow

CURAD’s Chairman Hon. Gerald Ssendaula (centre) holding an African wide award at press conference in Kampala Uganda that NUCAFE received from AGRA Ghana; looking is NUCAFE’s ED Mr. Joseph Nkandu (right) and body’s DED Mr. David Muwonge (Left)

3.1.2 Community Involvement and Policy Advocacy

Using the above-mentioned farmer ownership model, CURAD has involved local communities and the youth in the

coffee value chain development (see news paper article below)


CURAD also advocated for a national coffee policy that was approved by Cabinet and CURAD involved and shall

continue to involve the communities in farming and to promote farmers’ cooperatives.

The CURAD Chairman Hon. Gerald Ssendaula advocates for a National Coffee Policy at the 4th National Coffee

Farmers’ Convention

Clockwise: Dr. Akinbamijo, ED FARA speaking at the CURAD Launch, Dr. Sharma (red tie)-ICRISAT, Dr. Akinbamijo (blue shirt), Mr. Apollo Segawa, CURAD MD and Mr. Joseph Nkandu-Founding Director CURAD at the launch. Dr Sharma (red tie) and Dr Aravazhi (right)-ICRISAT at incubatees exhibitions, Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa (coat & cup in the hand), CURAD Director checking out the novel coffee liquor.

The CURAD MD Mr. Apollo Segawa (Right) meeting Bukonzo Joint Cooperative

Union farmers, CURAD incubatees in Kasese

3.2 CURAD Visibility and Promotion

3.2.1 The Grand CURAD Launch and its Inaugural Agribusiness Innovation Challenge

The CURAD launch took place on 9th May 2014 under the theme “A new dawn for nurturing agribusiness

entrepreneurship” and was graced by the FARA Executive Director, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, who was Guest of Honour

and accompanied by Dr. Irene Annor-Frempong, FARA Director of Capacity Strengthening and Mr. Alex Ariho, the

FARA UniBRAIN Facility Coordinator. Other esteemed dignitaries from the Government of Uganda, Academia and

sister organizations also attended.


A coffee cake and specially brewed coffee formed part of this colourful CURAD launch ceremony.

“The CURAD Cake” Left-Right; Ms. Joan Kakwenzire (Senior Presidential Adviser, Uganda), Mr. Apollo Segawa (CURAD MD), Dr.

Africano Kangire (NARO), Dr Sharma(ICRISAT), Mr. J. Nkandu (CURAD Founding Director), Dr. Sebuliba (CURAD Director), Dr.

Irene Annor-Frempong (FARA), Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo (ED

FARA), Prof. Bazirake (AfriBanana Products Ltd), Mr. Alex Ariho (FARA UniBRAIN Facility Coordinator), Prof. David Munthali and

Dr. Pia Chuzu (FARA UniBRAIN)


i. Aim of the Launch

The primary aim of this activity was to share experiences and publicize the CURAD mission to attract potential

entrepreneurs and innovation and to seek new partnerships.

ii. Specific Objectives

The specific objectives of the launch was to:

a) Promote CURAD amongst all its stakeholders and the general public

b) Publicize CURAD to local and international stakeholders, media forums to develop new partnerships

c) Launch the first CURAD Agribusiness Innovation Challenge 2014 and to encourage entrepreneurs enter

the Innovation Challenge and present their business cases to support investment in commercializing or expanding

their businesses to promote the growth of food processing and exports.

d) Develop and foster new partnerships to further its objectives

CURAD achieved all its launch objectives.

iii. SCOPE and Key Launch Program Items

Part 1: Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming

This session was devoted to the presentation and discussion of the gender mainstreaming amongst incubator staff

to enable participants to engage this important tool in agribusiness development. The workshop was held from 5th

to 6th May, 2014 at CURAD Conference facility.

Part 2: Field Visit of CURAD Incubates by FARA Review Team

From R to L: Mr Henrik Vistisen, unveiling the plaque for the official opening of the MAK SEEDS Biotechnology lab, Dr Sharma (ICRISAT), Alex Ariho (UniBRAIN Facility Coordinator, FARA) and Dr. Mukasa the Incubatee looks on.

The FARA review team visited

CURAD incubatees including the

coffee processing facility NUCAFE-

CURAD venture “CAFÉ” and the

opening of the incubatee; MAK

SEEDS Biotechnology lab that was

officially opened by the DANIDA

foreign affairs representative Mr. Frik

at a colourful ceremony.

DANIDA and FARA officials also

visited other selected CURAD

incubatee sites like Volcano coffee

and had coffee at “1000 cups”, the

CURAD key mentor in coffee shop

incubation activity.


its partners. These categories include

Best Woman, Best Youth, Best ICT

Innovation for Agriculture, and Best

New Processing Technology, to

name a few of them.

The public poster announcing the

challenge including the key sponsor

attracted to support winners is given

on the left hand side.

A total of 196 applicants were

received for the innovation challenge

and 126 were screened for the short

listing process. The process for the

challenge activities accomplished

and dates are indicated below.

Launch Date: 9 May Closing •

Date: 16 June

Shortlisting of applicants 26 •

June

Presentation Skills Training: 21 •

July

Final Judging Event: 1 August •

July

Final Awards Ceremony: 16 •

August

The CURAD Agribusiness Innovation

Challenge was launched on 9th may

2014 and was open to all Ugandans

Part 3: Launching of CURAD, Incubatee Exhibition and CURAD Agribusiness Innovation Challenge

This was a grand ceremony with over 200 guests from Uganda and abroad

in attendances. Managers from SVDC (Kenya) and AgBIT (Zambia) attended

the event together with the full spectrum of partner SRO’s and international

collaborators. Dr Sharma from ICRISAT was a key presenter at the function.

The ceremony included the unveiling of the plaque and ribbon cutting on

the CURAD launch, its pilot coffee processing facility named “The Coffee

Entrepreneurship Bureau of Uganda (CEBU) and the launch of the first

CURAD Agribusiness Innovation Challenge 2014. This initiative was intended

to identify the first 27 entrepreneurs to benefit from business support and

technical awards in nine different categories of the competition. This is a

unique Challenge in that it is not a “winner take all” competition but rewards

a diverse group of entrepreneurs who will be encouraged to take their

businesses further with incubation support from CURAD as well as some of


involved in production and marketing of agricultural products. The Challenge was an opportunity to present

business cases to support investment in commercializing or expanding businesses to promote the growth of

food processing and exports. The aim was to provide winning businesses with incubation support and start-up or

expansion capital to enable entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector to thrive and benefit the Ugandan people

and economy.

196 entrants submitted their online or hand-delivered applications before the closing date of 16 June 2014. These

applications where vetted and a short-list of 96 emerged in the nine categories. These categories were:

i. Best Women Entrepreneur

This category was aimed at recognizing women entrepreneurs who have exhibited high potential and/or are

running exemplary agri-businesses that are contributing to generating employment and incomes for others within

their communities.

ii. Best Youth Entrepreneur

Youth in this category were aged between 18 and 30 years. The category was looking for young people who had a

great business idea and needed a combination of technical support and finance to get their businesses started.

iii. Best Start-up Enterprise

The category comprised innovative start-up ideas with a unique mix of creativity and intellectual talent. These were

business ideas that had been developed on the basis of sound technical and economic research.

iv. Best Established Enterprise

Business people that had identified a significant gap in the market that their companies exploited and had jobs

created in agriculture and/or agro-processing.

v. Best New Product (Coffee Industry)

The category was about ideas that advanced the coffee into other value-added coffee products.

vi. Best New Processing Technology (Coffee Industry)

Entrepreneurs who had new ideas or concepts that can bring about new product lines or better quality manufactured

products using coffee beans as a basis.

vii. Best New Coffee Derivative

The category was about new ideas that could form other uses of coffee or coffee-flavoured products.

viii. Best Coffee Farmers Group Enterprise

This was about encouraging cooperative enterprises that are supported by a strong leadership structure that

advances the interests of all of its participants. The group would comprise at least six participants.

ix. Best New Coffee Shop/Trade Idea

This was about unique business ideas that could be easily replicated or franchised and would create jobs and

growth of the economy.


Presentation skills training (16th July 2014)

On 16th July 2014, the shortlisted applicants were trained on how to present their business ideas to a panel of

judges. The Guest of Honour was Hon. Victoria Sekitoleko (in dress), a former Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry

and Fisheries and a representative for the United Nations. The training took place at the School of Food Science

and Technology and the School acting Dean, Prof. Noble Banadda, who was one of the speakers, said the high

unemployment among the young population was partly escalated by the wrong belief of being too young to

realize big dreams, a case that constrains the youth from being innovative at an early stage.

Applicants were told to present their business cases on the following as below.

i. The big idea: Applicants were to introduce themselves and their

title or role in the business. This would follow stating the business idea

or concept in one or two sentences.

ii. The gap: One had to explain the gap in the market being targeted

and why their idea or business was the best one to fill it.

iii. The collaborators: The big names or associates that were working

with the business, like suppliers or buyers.

iv. Product offerings: One was to tell exactly what product it was, how

it worked, or the service being offered and how it was developed.

v. The team members of the business and expertise or experience

they added to the business.

vi. The funding request: How much the business needed and how

the money would be utilized.

vii. Sustainability and Impact: The next steps after winning and how

the business would be made sustainable.

viii. The number of jobs to be created both full time and part-time

jobs.

Judging event (9th August 2014)

A panel of 11 business plan judges

evaluated the business plans in a

structured and professional manner.

At this stage, the judges considered

whether the business plan complies

with the entry terms and conditions,

as well as the quality and content of

the plan. The entries were reviewed

and judged according to the

following criteria:

Innovativeness, uniqueness •

and attractiveness of the

venture

Potential to create jobs •

Future growth potential of the •

business

Viability and sustainability of •

the business idea

Market opportunities and •

competitiveness

The 45 entries were reduced to 26

after presenting their business cases

to a panel of judges at the final

judging event.


The Award gala (5th September 2014)

The theme for the event was “Business unusual, winning a sustainable innovative agribusiness, for your personal

wealth and that of the country”. The top 3 candidates in each of the nine categories were recognized. Thereafter,

prizes and awards were distributed to the 26 winning entrepreneurs.

Winners of the Challenge

These entrepreneurs joined CURAD incubation as candidates and pre-incubatees. A few of the winners like the

Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa (RASA) Coffee liquor group are already undergoing full incubation activities

graduating from the EAYL program but the majority are going through CURAD’s pre incubation program with

sponsors and will only be included in incubatee figures after this process. The Guest of Honour, the Minister of Trade,

Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Kyambadde in her speech, directed Uganda National Bureau of Standards to fast

tract the certification of CURAD incubatee products.

Category: Best new Coffee Shop/Trade Idea

Category: Best new Product (Coffee Industry)

Category: Best new Coffee Derivative

1 Ndyaguma Brian 1 Coffee Liquor 1 Samuel kyamanywa Agaba

2 Okurut Stanslus 2 Alex Billy Ssebayizzi 2 Tonny Ocana Bocana

3 Kyarikunda Emily 3 Twakana Hassan 3 Agwari Julian

Category: Best Start up Using ICT Category: Best Youth Entrepreneur Category: Best woman Entrepreneur

1 Uganda coffee farmers alliance 1 Opolot Deogracious 1 Kibahigire Mary

2 Makara Aurthur 2 Kansiime Pedson 2 Tumwebaze Rebecca

3 Lyada Emmanuel 3 Wilberforce Oliseh Nuwamanya 3 TUKAMUSHABA Judith

Category: Best Established Enter-prise

Category: Best new Processing Technol-ogy

Category: Best Coffee Farmers Group

1 Manasseh Acidri 1 Naburri Lorika 1 Namala Mable

2 Joseph B. Ssenfuka 2 Robinson Hiire 2 Nakyomu Ann Christine

3 Mweteise Micheal 3 Molly Allen 3

Winners with their CURAD Innovation Challenge Competition Awards on 5th September 2014 in Kampala at a ceremony officiated by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde (centre with pink scarf) flanked by CURAD Board Chairman, Hon. Gerald Sendaula (L), CURAD PI, Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa (2nd L), CURAD founding Director, Joseph Nkandu (3rd L) and Apollo Segawa, CURAD Managing Director (R)

3.2.2 The Launch of the Youth

to Youth Fund at the UMA Show

Grounds

The European Union in Uganda

and the International Labour

Organization launched the Ugx 10

billion (€ 3 million) Youth To Youth

Fund at the UMA show grounds

on 21 August 2014. All youths were

invited to submit proposals of their

business ideas so that they could

get grants to implement them. The

Youth Entrepreneurship Facility is to

help young Ugandans find decent

jobs.


The fund was launched by H. E. Ambassador Kristian Schmidt, the EU Head

of Delegation to Uganda. Ambassador Schmidt told the youth at the launch

that the vision of the facility is to “help youth turn their energy and ideas into

business opportunities, to increase their incomes and create employment.”

The facility is being implemented in partnership with the International

Labour Organisation and the Government of Uganda. The General Duties

Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere was

Chief Guest. In attendance also, was the Minister of State for Labor, Hon.

Mwesigwa Rukutana.

Incubatees that attended this launch included Tamale Jonathan who

exhibited coffee seedlings, Mugomba Ivan of Butiko Investments and six

students from RASA Ltd dealing in production and marketing of coffee

liquor.

Key results of the launch included;

CURAD received massive publicity across all media for the period of the •

competition running from June to September 2014

CURAD managed to successfully recruit 26 new incubatees now •

undergoing pre-incubation program

CURAD successfully garnered incubatee support of over 100,000USD •

both in direct cash support and business support tools like laptops,

smart phones and airtime.

CURAD has formed new partners including Microsoft, Delloite and •

Touch and other local companies like UTL, Fin Africa among others

who are starting to support the agribusiness incubation effort outside

UniBRAIN funding.

The publicity around the event resulted into CURAD becoming the lead •

agency to start and manage

the agribusiness incubation

centre in Namanve Industrial

and Business Park with Uganda

Investment Authority (UIA) and

land worth over 150,000USD

for incubatee facilities.

3.2.3 CURAD Press Coverage

CURAD achieved all its launch •

objectives. The CURAD

launch and inaugural CURAD

Agribusiness Innovation

Challenge Competition were

prime time news on local

televisions (NTV, UBC and

BUKEDDE TV).

It was also featured in all local •

dailies (see scanned copy of

newspaper article below) with

a photo showing from right to

left Dr. Akinbamijo (ED FARA),

Mr. Apollo Segawa, CURAD MD

and Dr. Sharma (ICRISAT).

Bukedde and NBS television •

showcased the CURAD

presentations at Pakasa forum

for 4 hours.

News articles about CURAD •

and advertising the event with

CURAD name in the papers for

a whole week.


3.2.4 Other Interventions for CURAD Visibility and Promotion

Coffee equipment, conference room furniture, boardroom furniture, •

computers, CURAD vehicle procured

The CURAD incubation centre and office at MUARIK are fully •

operational and is hosting all CURAD activities.

CURAD signposts and off-site incubatee signpost installed•

CURAD food technologist reported for duty in April 2014•

The training centre renovation is complete and used for training •

sessions

External toilet facilities for conference centre are functional•

Alex Ariho (L) & Apollo Segawa (R) admiring CURAD’s new vehicle•

Incubating Young agribusiness. The business incubator model has •

proved successful in many countries. Can it be applied to agribusiness

in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to launch a new

generation of agriculture entrepreneurs? Farmers Media August-

September, 2014 issue

Entrepreneurs involved in agricultural value chain systems stand to •

be beneficiaries of a Ush250m bounty, courtesy of the Agribusiness

Innovations Challenge

spearheaded by the

Consortium for enhancing

University Responsiveness to

Agribusiness Development

(CURAD). Follow the link below

for more details; http://www.

newvision.co.ug/news/657218-

sh250m-up-for-grabs-in-

agricultural-value-chain-

competition.html. NewVision

August 4, 2014.

Draft CURAD Intellectual •

Property Policy 2014


Alex Ariho (L) & Apollo Segawa (R) discussing strategy besides CURAD official vehicle.

3.3 Acquisition of Land from UIA & Construction of the CAFÉ Coffee

Processing Facility

CURAD CURAD signed an MoU with UIA for land for the construction of

Incubator production facilities. This was witnessed by Prof Kyamanywa and

resulted in good publicity. An action plan has now been developed with

UIA for your review and trusting that FARA will endorse the budget for the

facilities.

Consequent to the signed MoU,

CURAD acquired 2,000 m2 of land

at Kampala Industrial and Business

Park in Namanve in collaboration

with Uganda Investment

Authority to construct the Centre

for Agribusiness and Farmer

Entrepreneurship Enhancement

(CAFÉ) Coffee Processing Plant.

The CAFÉ SME plant, a $2.1 million

Coffee sorting packaging and

roasting centre for specialty coffees

in Namanve started production

in September 2014. This is a key

CURAD-NUCAFE supported initiative

with projected massive impact

on internships, trainings, CURAD

sustainability as well as fulfilling

the farmer ownership model (FOM)

objectives. It’s a core coffee value

addition SME and will be the major

centre for NUCAFE-CURAD’s coffee

value addition SME incubation,

internships and Earn as You Learn

activities. Over 20,0000 farmers will

have their incomes raised by over

30% on current levels through the

activities of the plant and its trading

activities and training programs

in Good Manufacturing Practices

(GMP’s) are already underway. This

will be a key pillar in supporting

the FOM and further supported by

procurement and marketing activity

by CURAD. Guidelines for a Quality

Management System (QMS) for

facility have been developed.

Executive Director, UIA, Dr. Frank Sebowa (L), CURAD Director, Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa (C) & CURAD MD, Mr. Apollo Segawa (R)


CAFÉ SME plant at Namanve

3.4 CURAD Incubation Facility, Spread of CURAD Incubatees, Incubation and Other Support Services

3.4.1 CURAD Incubation Facility

The CURAD Incubation Facility and head office are located at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute,

Kabanyolo, about 12 km northwest of Kampala in Wakiso district. Below are some of photos of the building where

the facility and offices are located.

CURAD Offices The CURAD Managing Director, Mr. Apollo Segawa (Left) and the founding Entrepreneur and former MD CURAD Mr. Joseph Nkandu (Right) at CURAD incubation facility after an open day with CURAD incubatees


3.4.2 Geographical Spread of CURAD Incubatees

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Kamuli Jairah Agribusiness centreCMJ Holdings

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Rakai Kagogoma Modern Co�ee Nursery

Entebbe Rodina Poultry Farm

Kabale Yamawe co�ee

Arua Crystal Consult

CURAD Incubatees by location


3.4.2 Details and Status of the CURAD

Supported Incubatee SMEs

1. Katabazi Gerald trading as Volcano

Coffee Ltd

Volcano Coffee Ltd was the 3rd runner up at the

EMRC FARA side event and received a winners

grant of Ugx15,000,000/= which he used to

improve branding and packaging materials. He is

yet to receive more support to procure a tricycle to

ease his transportation. He introduced the 15grms

parked coffee to tap the low income market segment. Gerald also employed executive marketers to do the door-to-

door marketing. He increased sales. He is planning to take his products to corporate stores and big supermarkets

after getting barcodes and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) certification.

2. Navets Uganda Limited (coffee);

Director Steven Tumusiime

Nevets Uganda Ltd received support to increase

production of up to 100,000 coffee seedlings. The

nursery is located in Kiboga district. The nursery is

still in the early stages of setting up an expanded

nursery bed infrastructure to accommodate

200,000 coffee seedlings per season on a 3-acre

piece of land. Steven, the MD, planted 100,000

seedlings which was his target as per CURAD

work plan. The nursery was certified by Ministry of Agriculture, Kiboga District, World Vision and UCDA to supply

seedlings and other planting materials. It’s on schedules as per incubation plan.

3. BMK youths Coffee Farmers Association

The association was started by youth farmers from Bulegete, Mikole and Kyawanyana (B. M. K.) located in Bwanswa

Sub-county, Kibale District. (B.M.K) started in 2013 with over 70 youths as members. The group was formed with the

aim of enhancing active youths’ participation in the coffee value chain through empowering them with knowledge

and skills for profitable coffee business undertaking. The group currently has a total membership of 35 youth

farmers who are active members. The group is also mobilizing its member farmers to build a saving culture among

their member youth farmers, build sufficient entrepreneurial capacities and engage into productive businesses in

the coffee value chain. The group is working towards establishing a coffee village with very productive youthful

farmers, who trained in coffee farming and business skills by CURAD and Centenary Bank-ILO.


A photo of some of the B. M. K. Youth members

4. Kagogoma Modern Coffee Nursery

Kagogoma Modern Coffee Nursery is located in Rakai

district. The nursery received support of Ugx. 16,548,500

to increase production of quality coffee seedlings. The

seedlings are sold to NAADS and individual coffee farmers

in the vicinity. The nursery has achieved its target of

100,000 coffee seedlings as per the work plan. The nursery

chairman, Hajji Ssensalire Amiri, has vigorously marketed

to the district officials in Rakai district. The incubatee also

acquired a new Uganda Coffeee Development Authority

(UCDA) certificate through CURAD which is one of the prerequisites for selling coffee seedlings in Uganda. The

nursery created 4 full time jobs including a nursery operator who manages the operations.

5. Dr. Dinah Nahaabi/ Cityfarm

Cityfarm working group is striving to become a

household name in farmed fish production at Chawo

Parish, Busia District in Eastern Uganda. The farm wants

to meet part of the global increasing demand for white

meat, change the lifestyle of currently unemployed youth

from casual laborers to self-supporting farmer-citizens.

In the medium to long term, the farm hopes to export

branded fish beyond Uganda. The farm has completed

construction of the first fish ponds and has stocked it

with 5000 fingerlings.


6. Kasule Denis trading as Sarmalina Beverages

International

In Kisasi, a suburb of Kampala, Denis is involved in the

production and sale of natural fruit juice. He was initially

producing from Makerere facilities and this limited

his production quantities. After being incubated by

CURAD, he now has control over production having

acquired his own new production structure located

in Kisasa village. CURAD has also procured for him

a pasteurizer and a mold for unique packaging to

enhance his marketing and visibility. Denis now has increased production from 300L per week to 800L per week.

The product (Juice) has been reformulated to fit the market. In addition a QMS system has been developed to help

Sarmalina certify his products with UNBS.

Denis (R) in the production room after acquiring a pasteurizer

7. Patricia Nambaziira / Rodina Poultry

Rodina poultry farm is located in Seguku, Kampala.

Patricia is a sole proprietor who has been supported

and is rearing 800 broilers. She has successfully taken

good care of the birds as per incubation work plan.

8. CURAD Support to Joan Mixed Farm in Product Development, Labeling and Branding:

On requested for technical support Atamba farm wine processing department was supported by CURAD in

designing wine labels and below are some of the samples.

Some of the designs developed for Atamba Farm wine


9. Otim Geoffrey

Otim Geoffrey is another incubatee CURAD is supporting in collaboration with the NARL incubator at Kawanda

NARO.

Product development is still going on and below are some of the labels of developed for the different flavors.

10. Realm Foods Ltd and Sarmalina Beverages - Coffee Liquor:

Product shelf life study is still going on and samples to be submitted to laboratory for analysis

a) Manage and enforce QC regulations at all levels of the value chain operations

Realm Foods Ltd and Sarmalina Beverages continuously follow up on the QMS manual implementation and quality

records forms. The forms are already in use and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are being practiced in

production. Realm foods requested for financial support on importation of packaging materials from China.

b) Support incubatees in the development and implementation of a certifiable quality management

systems and UNBS certification for Realm Foods Ltd and Sarmalina Beverages

11. The Indigenous Microorganisms by Orga Farm Ltd

Orga-farm Ltd has been supported to establish, produce and commercialize high quality indigenous microorganisms

business to satisfy the needs of farmers (both urban and rural) on a sustainable basis. The commercial branding

and packaging of this product has now been fully supported to expand with direct support from UTL worth

approximately 6000USD.


12. BMK Youth Coffee Famers Association

The group currently has 35 farmers who on average have

planted 2 acres of coffee per member. The association

has improved on the savings culture of its members

alongside coffee growing. The aim is to create a coffee

village where many youth can participate in the coffee

value chain.

13. Crystal consult limited (Pioneering tea in North

west Uganda)

Right above photo: Geoffrey Bazira has finished

establishing a tea nursery (R) in Zombo. The nursery

structure (L) that will accommodate 500,000 seedlings

was set up with nursery plant transfer in December

2014.

14. Nursery for Essential Oils Plants

Right photo: CMJ managed to establish a mother nursery

of 6000 seedlings for essential oils with UIRI and plant

transfer to the mother farm will begin in early January

2015

15. Installation of NUCAFE CEBU Roaster

The roaster was installed and commissioned successfully, test runs have been done and full operations with

incubatees and interns training product development and certifications are beginning fully in January. Permanent

power installations and awaiting the packaging lines are the key pending items on the facility.


CEBU Coffee roaster installed and commissioned

Close to 80% of the incubatees are receiving full;•

Business Development Services (BDS) inclusive of business plan development, technical support, marketing •

and branding etc.

Business training as well as •

Indirect Capital equipment support.•

However about 20% support of largely non-coffee enterprises only receive Technical services support.•

The National Union of Coffee

Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises

(NUCAFE) limited with support from

CURAD has registered increased

smallholder farmer and farmer

organization support by more

than 29% triggering increased

membership expansion of farmer

organizations.

16. Mbarara Model Coffee Shop

CURAD Coffee Shop in Mbarara is set to serve and

expand CURAD incubation activities to Mbarara to

develop a coffee consumption culture in the town and

train and develop more coffee shop incubatees in the

area. A semi-permanent structure was constructed to

house the shop at Mbarara Sports Club and MOU has

already been signed.

Diagrammatic representation of the Mbarara Model coffee shop

17. CAES Research Showroom and Coffee Shop

The CAES coffee shop to house and incubatee

graduate interns and market CURAD incubatee

products is ready for operation. Diagrammatic

representation is given (right).

18. Start-up SMEs in Full Incubation at CURAD

The table below gives details of start-up SMEs in

full incubation at CURAD in 2014


Name CompaNy BusiNess LoCatioN RemaRks

1 Kasule Denis Sarmalina Bever-ages International

Juice production Kampala Procured pasteurizer•The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services•Received mentorship from Challenge worldwide and •has set up systems for financial and accounting. At new production site Kisaasi •Production increased from 300 litres of juice to 800 •litres per weekProcured a mould •Received certification and barcodes •

2 Katabazi Gerald Volcano Coffee Coffee Bulking and Marketing

Kampala Improved packaging of coffee•Product segmentation done. Coffee for the premium •and for the low income though different packaging. The mentor Dr. Sejjemba and CWW provided mentor-•ing servicesRegistered the company•

3 Hajji Ssensalire Amiri Kagogoma Modern Coffee Nursery

Nursery beds and selling planting materials

Rakai district Target realized of 100,000 seedlings•Sold 33,500 seedlings to Uganda Coffee Development •Authority (UCDA).The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services•Improved the nursery structure.•Expects to sell more seedlings in subsequent seasons•

4 Dr. Mukasa Settumba Mak seeds Coffee Nursery Busega, Wakiso district

Obtained a UCDA certificate•In line with production targets•Sold seedlings worth Ugx2.1 million •Needs to procure more shade nets, laminar flow hoods, •and autoclave. Employed an accountant, who helps in running the •businessYet to launch website•Received mentorship from Challenges Worldwide •team especially implementing financial management procedures.

5 Dr. Dinah Nahaabi City Farm Fresh Fish busi-ness & farming

Busia district Finished construction of the pond •Stocked the first round with 3200 tilapia 28/6/14•Stocked 1500 cat fish 25/07/14•Constructed a chain link around the pond •Employed 2 permanent workers •To restock 18,000 fingerlings •Registered the company •The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services •

6 Steven Tumusiime Nevets Uganda Limited

Multiplication and sale of high quality coffee seedlings

Kiboga district-Lwamata

In line with business plan though below target of •100.000 seedlings. 70.000 seedlings ready which is below target because •of delay in getting seed from UCDA. Has improved the nursery structure. •The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services•

7 Kyeyune Gerald Mushroom Tec Mushroom spawn production

Luteete/ Wakiso district

In line with production target•Needs more support for production equipment •The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services•Building a new laboratory for production•

8 Sengendo Christopher B.M.K Youths Coffee Farmers Association

Coffee growing Kibale district Training: total coffee value chain entrepreneurship •enhancement on 10th June 2014 by NUCAFETraining: Financial management and records keeping •ILO/ CERUDEB 11-13th 2014To register association soon and open account•Planed 34,400 coffee seedlings in the year•The mentor Dr. Sejjemba provided mentoring services•


9 Patricia Nambaziira Rodina Poultry Farm

Poultry Farming-Broilers

Sseguku/ Wakiso district

Had 800 birds•600 died due to Newcastle disease outbreak in Wakiso •district Sold the rest and acquired 1.4m • Restocked with 280 birds on 16/09/14•

10 Dr Balirwa Elizabeth Jairah agribusiness centre

Maize growing Kamuli district Has harvested and sold all the produce•

11 Dr. Geoffrey Bazira Crystal Consult Clonal Tea seed-lings production and branded tea packing

Arua district Set up the tea nursery in September 2014•Planted 500,000 tea cuttings in the October - Decem-•ber season

12 Deus Nuwagaba CAFÉ Coffee grading Namanve, Kampala district

Completing construction works for the CAFÉ•A Superstructure has been established•Roofing and cladding of the structure have been done•Grading plant equipment installation Burd houses were •also completed ready to provide standard grade coffee for export and roasting.Installation of the drainage stormy water also been •completed Elevator installation pits and reinforced installation •surface bases have been established Fair-trade certification for at least 4 associations•Nsangi Coffee Farmers Association, NileHighland Coffee •Farmers Association, Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Union, Kibinge Coffee Farmers Association Kabonera Coffee Farmers’ Association has already been •identified and prepared for fair-trade certification. It is now 4C verified.Certification for ISO 9000 for CAFÉ facility•Brand development for coffee is ongoing•Preliminary works for ISO 9000 certification for the CAFÉ •facility is yet to start.

13 Charles Muzawula CMJ Holdings Essential Oil production

Kamuli district Attended essential oils nursery management training •with UIRITo set up nursery with 6,000 seedlings•Registered the company•

14 Carol Nabukonde Omukwano Model Coffee Shop

Coffee shop Kampala Architectural designs for Omukwano Coffee Shop •already developed,Initial three staff to work in coffee shop have already •been identified,Have already acquired brand new Coffee espresso •machines,Brand development for Omukwano café is ongoing,•Partial payment for the Omukwano coffee shop prem-•ises was made

15 Realm Foods High nutritious foods

Silver cyprind fish (Mukene)

Mukono district Quality Control at all levels of production in place•Quality Systems Manual being developed•UNBS product certification in process •

16 Dinzi Chili Start up Chili Mbuya, Kampala district

Product development complete•Now in production•Shelf life studies and quality control are on-going•Quality systems manual development and UNBS prod-•uct certification in process

17 Ssebayizzi Alex Billy Coffee shop Coffee shop Kampala district Approved on 5/08/14 by TEWOCO •Signed MOU in October 2014 and identified a place in •Kampala to set up the coffee shopRegistered the company•


18 Kahawa coffee Shop Coffee shop-Makerere

Coffee shop Makerere Uni-versity, Kampala district

Approved on 5/08/14 by TEWOCO•To set up the show room at College of Agricultural and •Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University.

19 Twasiima Samson Yamawe! Café Coffee shop Kabale district Business development services support and capacity •building received. Approved for capital equipment support for early 2015.•Innovation competition winner•

20 Prof. Samuel Mukasa Waladde

Nola fish farm Fish farming Wakiso district Technical support for setting up 3 fish ponds of 15,000 •Tilapia Nilotica and 15,000 African cat fish Support in fish farming from consultant Geossy •Company Ltd.

21 Joan Kakwenzire Atamba Farm: Cof-fee Model Village and Mixed Farm

SME Mukono district

Supported mapping of the coffee village and survey •activityDeveloped QMS systems for the production facility•Developed branding for the wine•Received support from challenge worldwide team•

22 Otim Geoffrey Okka industries-Yoti cereal products

Start-up Wakiso district Product development and packaging of maize snacks •with National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) incubator collaboration.

23 Kiiso Coffee Farmers Coffee growing Start -Up Luweero district The group includes Nagujja Annet, Gertrude Wakulira, •Kazinda Annet and Margret Ntapaka Prepared land to plant 100,000 coffee seedlings in the •march 2015 season.

24 Instant Porridge Makerere Uni-versity, Kampala district

Technical support with Makerere University Food •Science and Technology Business Incubation Centre (FSTBIC)

25 Tony Bocana Coffee Quality Assurance Ltd

Kyambogo Uni-versity, Kampala district

Full BDS and technical support•Capital equipment support•Innovation competition winner•

26 Mbarara Sports Club

Mbarara district Mbarara CURAD model coffee shop. Full capital provi-•sion and set up. MOU signed tendering for contractor early 2015.•

27 KAHWA 2GO Kampala district Full BDS •Capital equipment support•Innovation competition winner•

28 David Muwonge Blessings Coffee Ltd

Start-up Mukono district Wet coffee processing technology•Innovation commercialization•Full BDS •Capital equipment support•

29 OKCO group Tractor hire service

Kampala district Low hanging fruit•PhD graduate•Capital equipment and BDS•Marketing support•


A PhD horticulture intern has been enrolled as an

incubatee managing a tractor hire service. Tractor

hire services by OKCO Group Ltd to expand coffee

villages in Uganda

OKCO Group Ltd is a start-up that offers

commercialized tractor hire service. The incubatee

has purchased a 160HP Newhorland tractor equipped

with a front loader, fork lift and ripper. The tractor is

ready for hiring out to farmers. The services will be

mainly availed to the Model coffee villages under the

Presidential Poverty Alleviation Initiative under Joan

Kwakwenzire as key clients. CURAD is supporting the incubatee with the full BDS, training and marketing support.

It is also supporting the procurement of a disc plough to ensure a complete package.

Earn As You Learn Incubatees

Dr. Okello, a CURAD incubate with his tractor for hire

Name CompaNy BusiNess LoCatioN RemaRks

30 Josephat Kaijage Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa (RASA)

Coffee Liquor Production Kampala Graduated to full scale SME.•Full BDS •Capital equipment support•

31 Moses Wasima Butiko Invest-menta

Butiko Investmenta Kabanyolo, Wakiso district

Full BDS •Capital equipment support •

32 Isaac Mugera Chief Farmers Broiler Project

Poultry farming-broilers Kabanyolo, Wakiso district

• Graduated•

33 Martin Muhwezi Capalus (U) Ltd Coffee Kiosk-Kahawa Coffee Shop-Makerere

Makerere Uni-versity, Kampala district

Full BDS •Capital equipment support•


Fresher’s orientation to CURAD programs. CURAD has

made it its duty to always orient fresh students on

how they can benefit and utilize the services in CURAD

through CURADs Earn As You Learn programs. Below is

the CDO (white shirt) in charge of students stressing a

point during the orientation session for the academic year

2014-2015. During these sessions students are advised

on the benefits of doing business while they study.

Earn As You Learn In Action

Omia and Razak are two students of CAES in the second year their business idea in broiler management. They were mentored and trained, given support and the money was brought back with a profit share as shown left.

34 Hot Pepper Hot Pepper Production Kabanyolo, Wakiso district

Full BDS •Capital equipment support•Marketing support•

35 JOAUG Nursery beds and selling planting materials

Kayunga district Full BDS •Capital equipment support•

36 Deogracious Olopot Orga Farm Limited Indigenous Micro organisms-Piggery

Nangabo Full BDS •Capital equipment support•

37 SFTNB STUDENT’S COUNCIL

Ice Cream-CAES-FST student enterprise

Makerere Uni-versity, Kampala district


38 SAS STUDENT’S COUNCIL

Broilers-CAES student enterprise Makerere Uni-versity, Kampala district


39 Nsadhu Edmond CURAD coffee facility(CEBU)

Roast, grind, package Kabanyolo, Wakiso district

CURADD


3.4.3 CURAD Support to Incubatees through CURAD Partners and Partnerships

i) Challenge worldwide (CWW)

14 Volunteers from CWW under the International Citizen Service –Entrepreneur programme led by the CWW Program

Manager, Mr. Herbert Akampwera (extreme right) were hosted by CURAD MD, Apollo Segawa (front row in coat)

during the October – December 2014 period. 6

of these have provided support and mentorship

to CURAD incubatees like Mushroom Tec, Orga

Farm Ltd and Joaug LTD. These spent one week

at each of the 3 firms developing financial

and accounting tools for the incubatees. The

tools developed include, wage spreadsheets,

expenditure spreadsheets, purchase note, fund

request forms, production forms, budget sheets

and business plan development. They also made

a follow-up of the previous incubatees that benefited from the programme like Mak seeds, Sarmalina beverages

international and Atamba farm. 10 Interns graduated under CWW partnership. The partnership will continue.

iii) Microsoft 4Africa

Enhancing CURAD innovation sponsors partnership

activity was also a key activity. Microsoft, Fin Arica,

B-Space and Trias have all been engaged to start

delivering on their key offerings to incubatees

as per innovation competition. UTL provided

Ugx15Million to the winner and Microsoft is primed

to deliver Laptops in January 2015.

ii) AfriBanana Products Limited

Left: Challenges Worldwide (CWW) partner engagements

follow up meetings at AfriBanana Products (ABP) Limited

offices with CWW Program Manager, Herbert Akampwera

(extreme left), ABP MD, Kimani Muturi (2nd left), and CURAD

MD, Apollo Segawa (extreme right) in the company of

incubatees

Ivan Lumala (L) of Microsoft 4Afrika and Josephat (R) of RASA commensuration on business

Microsoft 4AFrika is committed to giving each of the 9 winning teams from the CURAD Agribusiness Innovation

Challenge an 8’’ tablet January 2015. In addition, Microsoft 4AFrika offered technical support to the 3 winners in

the category of Best Start up Using ICT. These were Uganda Coffee Farmers Alliance, Makara Aurthur and Lyada

Emmanuel.


iv) Other Partnership

Arrangements

Resilient African Network: A •

new climate change oriented

incubator with Makerere

University School of Public

Health. CURAD is working

closely with this new incubator

and intends to share all

UniBRAIN’s experiences with

it to support its development.

CURAD was invited to its

strategy development

workshop and the MD fully

shared his experiences.

Other partners who were •

actively involved in CURAD’s

various activities include

Centenary Bank, Delloitte,

Uganda Telcom Ltd (UTL),

SNV, USAID Fit, Oxfam, NAADS

among others.

Partners’ meeting hosted by •

AgBIT in Lusaka 14-15 February

2014 was attended by CURAD

MD and TeWoCo Chairman,

Prof Kyamanywa.

CURAD participated in the FARA •

consultative meeting held in

Lusaka

Linked innovations with ICRISAT •

and ANAFE

Experiences shared and •

upscaled with other incubators.

New networks were developed

and are set to be exploited

with SNV, Grameen and MARA.

MOU’s with Uganda Industrial

Research Institute (UIRI) and

National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL) incubators were

signed.

Prof Carsten Nico from the University of Copenhagen was also hosted •

again at CURAD and further enriched CURAD’s recruitment tools.

CURAD has finalized MOU with NARL-NARO incubator, Uganda •

Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) and Food Science and Technology

Business Incubation Centre-FONUS (FSTBIC) and is working on joint

projects with Afri Banana Products Ltd in the west of Uganda

A consultant from FARA working on the revolving fund management •

at CURAD and other incubators was also hosted and accessed funded

incubatees too for their views on fund management and proposals for

improvement. He also visited Centenary Bank and DFCU.

An IP consultant from ASARECA also visited to help develop UniBRAIN •

IP policy for the incubators

The UniBRAIN Program Officer, Dr. Pia Chuzu visited a COMBO model •

incubatee in Eastern Uganda working on fish and made valuable

input.

CURAD hosted a DANIDA reviewer accompanied by FARA ME official •

and we visited CAFÉ facility in Namanve and Atamba farm (Joan

Kakwenzire) in Mukono. They were impressed with the progress of our

activities.

A light moment with FARA ME Specialist, Mr Tizikara (R), a DANIDA reviewer (C) and CURAD MD, A. Segawa at CAFÉ- Namanve


CURAD stall at FARA@15v) FARA celebrations 25th -28th

November 2014

CURAD joined FARA to celebrate

15 years with the aim of “Renewing,

Repositioning and Refocusing”.

The celebrations took place in

Johannesburg, South Africa, at

Birchwood Hotel. A series of

events took place from 25 – 28

November 2014 and the overriding

theme was ‘Delivering Africa’s

Future Through Science-led

Agricultural Transformation’. CURAD

showcased her products including

Omukwano Coffee and the Coffee

Liqueur. A number of participants

visited CURAD booth including

FARA Executive Director, Dr. Yemi

Akinbamijo.

Left photo: The Guest of Honour, the African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture H. E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace (2nd from R) and the Right photo: A. Segawa (CURAD) and FARA Board Chairperson, Dr. Charity Kruger (L) Mr S M Karuppanchetty (ICRISAT)visiting the CURAD stall at FARA at 15 in the presence at the CURAD stall

CURAD had a well laid out stall and exhibition together with an annual

report publication. All CURAD’s products were well received and most sold

out. Dr. Sebuliba, Katta Moses and the MD represented CURAD effectively

and were actively involved with all proceedings.

CURAD MD, A. Segawa (R) and two other guests


vi) Visit of the North Korea leader to Makerere University 31st October 2014

CURAD also exhibited at the Makerere University School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bio-Engineering during

the visit of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea, Hon. Kung Suk Ung, who expressed willingness to

partner with Makerere University in mutual areas of interest.

vii) Visit of technologists from Egerton University, Kenya (photo below; Fig 3)

Right: Four technologists from Egerton University visited CURAD on 2nd December 2014. These included Dr. Jacob

ochieng, Joseph Mquqi, Joseph K. Muchiri and Parul Ombwi.

3.4.4 Incubatee Linkages to Relevant Markets and Authorities

i) Market Linkages and Farmer Impact

Over 16,584 smallholder farmers have been facilitated to market coffee

(80% Robusta and 20% Arabica coffee) worth USD 1 million to local and

international specialty coffee buyers most especially from Italy, Denmark,

China, Japan and America. The participating farmers have achieved surpluses

of more than 35% per kg of market linked coffee through NUCAFE. The

surplus gain registered by the majority smallholder farmers adding value to

their coffee through NUCAFE has generally contributed to 83% household

annual income improvement. There is a great change in my standard of

living that I have not only improved my house but also bought a new car

from coffee, Mr. Muluya Philip Luyombo, a coffee farmer in Kabonera Coffee

Farmers’ Association acknowledged. An overall registered better price value

surplus (35% per kg) of coffee has tremendously stimulated smallholder

farmer reinvestment in their farms that a remarkable 30.4% and 32.7%

coffee productivity improvement for both Robusta and Arabica coffee that

is recognized respectively in the coffee growing regions of Uganda.

ii) A Holistic Integration in the Value Chain

CURAD and NUCAFE’s holistic approach to the coffee value chain using

the Farmer Ownership model with support from CURAD contributed

215 permanent jobs, over 360 temporary jobs and 374 casual labourers

(a total of 949 jobs) with the establishment of the community based

farmer owned coffee nurseries

producing 1.1 million seedlings,

strengthened Farmer Associations

and established coffee hubs, the

Centre for Agribusiness and Farmer

Entrepreneurship Enhancement

(CAFE).

iii) UNBS Certification Scheme and

Product Barcoding

CURAD continued preparation

of incubatees who are ready for

UNBS certification. The incubatees

production sites were made

ready KCCA and UNBS inspection

consequent certification.

a) Certification and Bar-coding

Scheme

Products scheduled for UNBS

certification: Volcano Coffee,

Omukwano Coffee, NUCAFE Coffee,

Brisk Juice, Legends Coffee Liquor.

Applications were submitted to

Fig 3NUCAFE Executive Director, Mr. Joseph Nkandu (Left) demonstrates best practices to Farmers in Kabarole district for sustainable specialty coffee production.


GS1 Kenya and all the money was

paid and waiting for their response.

We received these barcodes in

December and now await UNBS

certification logo to rebrand

and have the code on the new

packaging. The products will be

rebranded and barcoded after the

UNBS certification.

b) RASA: All non-conformances have

been worked on at the RASA facility

at Kyanja-Kampala. A verifiable QMS

system general factory production

and environmental hygiene is good

and required documentation is in

place.

c) Coffee Incubatees (Omukwano,

NUCAFE, Volcano and Checkmate)

These will be certified at CEBU facility

and most of the non-conformances

have been covered, only a few

infrastructural non-conformances

mentioned above still pending.

d) Sarmalina Beverages

International Ltd.

Although CURAD has supported

the SME to address all the necessary

non-conformances for certification,

which include: wire mesh in windows

and ventilators, hand washing and

foot dip facility at the production

room entry, general factory

premises environmental hygiene

and the required documentation,

fencing and non-tiled floors are still

a challenge. If the landlord does

not cooperate and give favourable

terms, the certification has to be postponed until CURAD gets its own

custom-made facility.

iv) Medical Examination of Incubattees

Medical examination of all people involved in handling of food is a

requirement by the regulatory authorities. All the incubatees on certification

scheme have been medically tested by KCCA and they are fit to handle food

for human consumption and their certificates are in place

Hygiene inspection by KCCA and Wakiso of incubatee factory premises for

compliance was done for CEBU by Wakiso health inspector and RASA by

KCCA health inspectors and has received the certificates.

For the inspection reports Sarmalina still pending inspection. These reports

are a requirement for the UNBS certification process.

v) Product testing

Two batches of all products are required to be submitted to a laboratory

for analysis of both chemical and microbiological parameters, and the first

batch has been submitted to Makerere University and awaiting certificates

of analysis. The second batch was also submitted in December and the

certificates have now been received.

3.5 Internship and Mentorship

35 students interned and a total of 22 interns graduated from the CURAD •

internship program that is offered at CURAD. The students had been

placed in all the coffee farmers groups. These included Namayumba,

Bulansuku, Bushenyi, Bukonzo, Kibinge, Kabonero, NUCAFE office and

CURAD office. The students shared their experiences and presentations

about the work they did at the CURAD offices. In attendance was Mr.

Apollo Segawa, CURAD Managing Director and Dr. James Ssebuliba,

Board member during the internship graduation event.

CURAD graduated 28 attachment interns with 6 coming from •

Challenges Worldwide (CWW) the new partner working with CURAD.

30 graduate interns have also been graduated after successful •

installation and commissioning of the various equipment and facilities

at CAFÉ.

105 largely farming households were positively affected by CURAD •

programs as direct beneficiaries from supported SME’s or as suppliers.

Coordinated activities of Challenges Worldwide team of volunteers. •

21 students from UK lead by the CWW Program Manager, Herbert

Akampwera were hosted by CURAD. 6 of these provided support


and mentorship to CURAD

incubatees like Mak seeds,

Sarmalina Beverages

International and Atamba

Farm. These spent one week at

each of the 3 firms developing

financial and accounting tools

for the incubatees. The tools

developed include, wage

spreadsheets, expenditure

spreadsheets, purchase note,

fund request forms, production

forms, budget sheets and

business plan development.

Fifty students were supported •

to develop their ideas, build

business plans. However, there

is always an influx of students

that come in and out of office

that are given guidance during

the course work. There was a lot

of time given to these students

since on average 15 students

per week came into our office

seeking for business ideas and

guidance. We can call these

“contact spot incubation” as its

forms a big part of our work

activity.

CURAD signed off the •

mentorship MOU with its

key mentor Dr Sejjemba and

PanAAC and activities started in

March 2014

Mentoring for all incubatees in •

place. Coaching and consulting

to at least 15 persons per week

happening at CURAD offices.

3.6 Capacity Development

Training in finance management and book keeping, garlic value chain •

conducted

Training in Management Information and Collaboration System (MICS) •

attended in Nairobi from 26 to 28 February 2014.

Full CURAD management staff and orientation done•

Financial and book keeping skills training for incubatee supported by •

Centenary Bank

ICRISAT supported training of the CURAD MD Director and staff at •

the “Development of Agribusiness and Food Processing Business

Incubation Centres in Africa” under the India-Africa Forum and Summit

(IAFS)-Feb 17-Mar 01 2014. The training not only presented to CURAD

management key skills but also exposed a wide variety of new

technologies and equipment that CURAD will acquire for its incubatees

and itself to further is incubation programs. Key technologies that may

be adopted or linked to our incubatees include cereal processing,

seed production, essential oils and limon in reduction technologies for

oranges.

Quality management and value addition training for coffee •

entrepreneurs 11th – 12th December 2014 KCB Uganda and the

Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) organized a coffee

value Chain skills training that was facilitated by NUCAFE. The training

took place from 11th to 12th December 2014 at CURAD’s Coffee

Entrepreneurship Bureau of Uganda (CEBU). This was aimed at equipping

small-scale entrepreneurs mainly youth and women with knowledge

and skills of how to start, enhance, manage and sustain coffee business

better. The theme for the training was ‘KCB made in Uganda’ and over


30 entrepreneurs across the country of which 10 were CURAD incubatees completed the training. Through

the ‘KCB made in Uganda’ project, the bank has been able to improve the productivity and profitability of

existing entrepreneurs by upgrading their managerial decision. At the end of the training, entrepreneurs were

awarded certificates. The trainers from NUCAFE included Muwonge David and Denis Richard Seninde while the

incubatees included Tamale Jonathan, Twakana Hassan, Tonny Bocana, Alex Billy Ssebayizzi, Kaijage Josephat,

Otai Tegu, Katabazi James, Tumusime Steven, Twasima Samson and Billy Bageire.

Gender training with FARA-UniBRAIN•

The first of the gender training was organized at the CURAD conference room in Kampala from 5th to 6th May,

2014. A total of 34 participants were trained in gender and certificates issued to each participant. Gender is all about

relationships, society defines gender as male or female and the perceptions that society has affected the activities

that females and males do. Gender is a social construction of a man’s and a woman’s identities. Identity is a personal

internalized sense of itself.

FARA Gender Research Methodology Training Workshop, Munyonyo Speke Resort (3rd – 6th June 2014)•

The objectives of the training included;

i. To enable FARA staff and partners to clearly understand the gender research methodologies and tools that are

available for capturing data that clearly provides information on existing gender gaps (Emphasis to be laid on how

to generate gender disaggregated data and other variable in research).

ii. To acquire hands on experience on how to design and carry out research that captures the existing gender

dimensions

iii. To train a group of research scientists who will use data generated to develop policy brief, etc. as advocacy tools

for decision/policy makers in ARD in Africa.

iv. To enable the participants to carry out gender research using their own gender research tools and not rely on

the existing ones.

v. Number of persons attending: 29 participants

vi. Workshop facilitator: Ann Dela Apekey. Workshop presenters: Monicah Kapiriri, independent consultant and

Maria Nassuna Musoke, Lecturer Vet medicine-capacity community outreach.

vii. The information gained has now been incorporated in all CURAD programs and proposals written to Oxfam and

NAADs.

FARA Gender Research Methodology Training Workshop, Munyonyo Speke Resort (15th - 18th October •

2014)

CURAD nominated Tumusiime Steven of Nevets Uganda Limited to participate in the four-day gender training

workshop organized by FARA. The purpose of the workshop was to equip participants with gender research

methodologies and tools to ensure they capture gender perspectives in their research work.

The overarching purpose of the training workshop was to:

i. To enable FARA staff and partners to clearly understand the available gender research methodologies and

tools for capturing data that clearly provides information on existing gender gaps.

ii. Emphasis was put on how to generate gender disaggregate data, and other variable in research.


Record keeping and financial management •

The overall objective of the seminar was to support the incubatees and other participants to improve their

business systems. The training focused on ILO Improve Your Business (IYB) modules of Record Keeping, Costing,

Business Planning, Business and Family plus HIV/AIDS at the work place. The training was supported by ILO-

Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (ILO-YEF) and Centenary Bank and included financial management and record

keeping on the 2rd to 4th of April 2014. The training was closed by the ILO Regional Coordinator and the

Chief Manager Communications Centenary Bank, Ms Allen Ayebare and CURAD Principal Mentor Dr. Kennedy

Ssejemba.

The incubatees attending training The incubatees were awarded certificates of completion

Coffee Value Chain Entrepreneurship Enhancement Training•

Theme: Empowering Youth Coffee Farmers of BMK into specialty markets

The training was aimed at equipping 30 B.M.K incubatees with entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to

empower them as start-up coffee farmers. The training enabled them to cultivate high quality specialty coffee

from the farm to the cup through establishing the strengthened association using the Farmer Ownership

Model. The Training was for one day at Kyabasaija Secondary School Main Hall, Bwanswa Sub-county, Kibale

District on 10th June 2014 attended by the CURAD MD, Mr. Apollo Segawa and CURAD TeWoCo Chairman, Prof.

Samuel Kyamanywa, who is also the Patron of BMK. The trainers were NUCAFE staff, Mr. Deus Nuwagaba and

Mr. David Muwonge.

Financial Management and Record Keeping Training•

This ILO-Improve Your Business (IYB) training from 11th to 13th June, 2014 was organized targeting 30 BMK

youth entrepreneurs incubated by CURAD at Kyabasaija Secondary School Main Hall in Kibale district in

Uganda. The overall objective of the training was to support the participants to improve their business skills.

The training focused on IYB modules of Record Keeping, Costing, Business Planning, Business and Family plus

HIV/AIDS at the work place.


CURAD B.M.K incubatee trainees and their certificates at the end of the training

All the 30 incubatees completed the entire training and were certified. The

training was supported by ILO-YEF and Centenary Bank. Mr. Apollo Segawa

the Managing Director of CURAD opened the training on 11th June, 2014.

The ILO trainers were Mr. Byaruhanga Geofrey Ntare and Mr. Katumba

James. These were monitored and supported by one ILO Master Trainer,

Mr. Mawanda Robert. The training was closed on 13th June, 2014 and the

closing ceremony was graced by the attendance of a team of four from

Centenary Bank led by the Manager of Mubende Branch and a team from

different media houses of Kibale and Mubende also attended the closing

ceremony.

The annual 10th Regional Business Development Services Conference •

(BDS), Mombasa, Kenya

CURAD was represented at the annual regional business development

service conference held in Mombasa. A paper was presented by the

CURAD MD under poverty reduction and food security:, Growing Youth

Businesses. CURAD and agribusiness incubation focusing on the youth

was the key theme of the presentation that was very well received by

the delegates.

The key outcome for CURAD is the budding new partnership with

ICCO: Inter-church organization for development cooperation. ICCO

Cooperation is the Dutch Inter-church organisation for development

cooperation, which was founded in 1964 in the Netherlands. ICCO’s

mission is rooted in the Protestant-Christian tradition and has its key

partners in different ecumenical

networks at national and

international levels. ICCO gives

global financial support and

advice to local organisations

and networks that work for

better access to basic facilities,

initiating sustainable and

fair economic development

and enhancing peace and

democracy. In this, ICCO

brings together enterprising

people in the Netherlands

and developing countries.

ICCO has started the process

of identifying 5 incubatees

for funding up-scaling under

CURAD and follow up meeting

have been scheduled in

Kampala in December.


CURAD MD, A. Segawa presenting a paper at the 10th annual BDS conference

The graduate business •

meeting in Nairobi BY ANAFE

(17th and 18th November

2014)

Breach Niwagaba (RASA) and

Deogracious OPOLOT (Orga

Farm) were recommended

to attend the graduate

business meeting in Nairobi.

The meeting was organized

by the African Network for

Agriculture, Agroforestry and

Natural Resources Education

(ANAFE) and was attended by

two representatives from all the

six incubation centres under

UniBRAIN. The meeting was

aimed at

i) Profiling all the enterprises of

the incubatees under the six

UniBRAIN incubation centres.

ii) Linking graduate

entrepreneurs with target

private subsector. A CURAD

incubatee was selected to

take a lead in formulating an

incubatee forum.

iii) Establishing a University-

Private sector forum of the six

UniBRAIN incubation centres.

3.7 Exhibitions and •

Information Exchange

i) College of Agriculture and

Environmental Sciences (CAES)

Exhibition

Attended and supported the CAES

exhibition that was organized from

the 2nd to 5th April 2014 where

invent was graced with Minister

of State for Fisheries, Hon. Ruth

Nakabirwa (lady right). In attendance

were the Principal of CAES, Prof.

Bashasha and the Dean School of

Agricultural Sciences (SAS), Prof.

Mugisha. The Minister mentioned

the possible collaboration of Ministry

of Agriculture, Animal industry and

Fisheries (MAAIF) and Makerere

University Agricultural Research

Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK) where

the students with agribusiness ideas

would benefit.

The best 3 exhibitors to be supported

by CURAD and these included the

groundnut juice innovation, hibiscus

tea innovation and vegetable micro


gardens innovation. CURAD was

recognized for its contribution to

student innovations (see plaque

left).

ii) Makerere University •

Agricultural Research Institute

Kabanyolo (MUARIK) Day

Celebrations

The University farm that hosts the

CURAD offices organized their day

celebration at the MUARIK farm.

In attendance was Prof. Jonan

Mugisha the Dean of the School of

Agriculture and Mr. Apollo Segawa,

CURD Managing Director. During

the day celebrations CURAD was

recognized for the generous

support (see plaque right) towards

the success of the day and CURAD’s

contribution to student’s projects

and ideas. CURAD vision and

programs were also shared with

students on this day.

iii) The National Youth •

Inventions and Innovations

Exhibition (NAYIE) is a multi-

stakeholder Social Innovations

and Inventions focused program.

The aim is to bring together

youth across the country

to enable them showcase

practical inventions and

innovations (products, services

and production techniques),

identify, talents and skills

that have potential to create

employment opportunities and

can be replicated; to stimulate

employment and networking

opportunities in both the

informal and formal sectors and

contribute to the reduction in

unemployment rates in Uganda

and the region. The program is

designed to operate on two

principles; the principle of

competition, and the principle

of recognition. CURAD picked

3 winning innovations and

entered them in its challenge

for support and incubation.

Recognition certificates and

plaques where also received by

CURAD from NAYIE.

At the NAYIE gala event: Left-Right, Dr Fagil Mandy, NAYIE official, Hon Ssekitoleko, Dr Maggie Kigozi, Hajji Bulayimu Kizito (BMK), a UIA official, UNFFE Chairman, Mr Toland of USAID Fit and MD among others.


CURAD Incubatees and partners (Makerere University, NUCAFE and NARO) at exhibition at the 4th National Coffee Farmers’ Convention

CURAD Incubatees Mr. Gerald Katabazi and Mr. Denis Kasule with the UniBRAIN Fraternity in Kigali Rwanda after they won the business EMRC competitions organized by UniBRAIN

Participants and Facilitators of an International Agribusiness course held and organized by CURAD, NIRAS and Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC)

CURAD MD and Director (Centre) attending a Regional Cooperative Value Chain Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya

CURAD Founding Entrepreneur and Former MD Mr. Joseph Nkandu (Left), New MD Mr. Apollo Segawa (second right) with incubatees for an EMRC exhibition in Kigali, Rwanda

The UniBRAIN Facility Coordinator, Mr. Alex Ariho (Left), CURAD MD, Mr. Apollo Segawa (Centre) and CURAD director, Mr. Michael Kijjambu at 1000 Cups appreciate coffee roasting technologies available at the coffee house


iv) CURAD open-day and Agribusiness assembly

CURAD held an open day in collaboration with

Agribusiness Association of Makerere University, where

students were informed of all the activities. This was

attended by Prof. Jonan Mugisha, Dr. Balirwa, Dr. Elepu,

and Mr. Onguti Okello Partick. The Dean of the School

of Agriculture acknowledged CURAD for the good

work it has done and it is doing in supporting the

young innovative students to pursue their dream into

reality. He pledged to support the students that have

innovative ideas. The Dean recognized CURAD for its

invaluable efforts in empowering young entrepreneurs

in agribusiness (see plaque below).

was created. The incubatees that showcased their

products include the six RASA students of coffee

liquor and Tamale Jonathan.

vi) Training and exhibition at Nairobi organized by

ASARECA (20- 22nd August 2014)

Gerald Katabazi and Molly Allen were nominated

by CURAD to participate in the workshop organized

by ASARECA under the UniBRAIN initiative aimed at

identifying and sharing research products ready for

commercialization while ensuring protection of the

interests of the inventors (institutional and personal).

A number of activities were done including;

Developing an inventory of Technologies, •

Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPs)

under the sorghum and banana value chains

Sharing the TIMPs with researchers, AIICs, and •

other stakeholders.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Technology •

valuation, aimed at enhancing knowledge and

skills in costing TIMPs

Creating awareness of IPR among researchers •

and AIICs and encouraging developers of TIMPs

to establish their own IPR management strategies

in order to protect their innovations and business

strategies.

CURAD incubatees have showcased their products in

a number of tradeshows, exhibitions and conferences.

The net result has been increased sales and brand

awareness as well as interest from angel investors. The

experiences gained by CURAD incubates are invaluable

to help them manage their businesses better.

v) The 22nd Source of the Nile National Agricultural

and Trade Show (7th-13th July 2014)

CURAD attended the 22nd Source of the Nile

National Agricultural and Trade show in Jinja. Dozens

of entrepreneurs took place in this organization

and they showed off their products and services.

CURAD incubatees presented their capabilities and

opportunities to visitors. Thousands of people visited

our stall and awareness about agribusiness incubation

These activities were designed to lay a foundation

for research teams and AIICs for effective potential

engagements with private sector partners. Under

the next proposed activity, ASARECA in collaboration

CURAD exhibitors at the ASARECA meeting in Nairobi


with the 3 AIICs will be organizing

a meeting with private sector

partners. The overall aim is to

enhance awareness of the TIMPs and

stimulate their demand amongst

potential entrepreneurs.

vii) Exhibition at Yaoundé in

Cameroon during a symposium

organised by ANAFE (25th -29th

August 2014)

them to carry out a comparative

study of their products with other

incubator- business managers

from other countries and other key

persons in the agribusiness sector.

In addition, Denis and Jesephat

carried out market research study

and participated in a benefiting

agribusiness field trip.

CURAD exhibitors at the ANAFE

meeting in Yaounde

During the exhibition interval, they

the Nkenlikok village located 40km

from the capital city Yaoundé. This

village has partnered with the World

Agroforestry Centre (known as the

International Centre for Research in

Agro-forestry, ICRAF before 2002)

through plant production and cocoa

intensification using high value

species such as Dacyodes edulis,

Ricinodendron heudelottii, Garcinia

cola, Cola nitida, and Allanblackia

floribunda. After the exhibition,

incubatees took time off to visit

quite a number of establishments

which included the supermarkets

and coffee houses to find out how

coffee was handled in Yaounde.

The exhibition in Cameroon gave

incubatees great insights and was

a good learning experience in

handling potential consumers at

an international level. This includes

the feedback and remarks received

coupled with various visits to some

of the supermarkets and coffee

shops in Yaoundé.

viii) USAID sponsored Exhibition

at the National Youth Event in

Mukono (23rd to 25th September

2014)

USAID/Uganda Feed the Future

organized a national youth event

entitled “Youth and Agriculture:

Exploiting Opportunities – Go

for Gold”. The event took place

in Mukono where more than 150

youth were equipped with skills

that would enable them to identify

CURAD nominated Denis Richard

Seninde of Omukwano Coffee

from NUCAFE and Kaijage

Josephat of RASA dealing in coffee

liquor to attend the exhibition in

Cameroon during a symposium on

“Agribusiness Development and

Managing Risk and Uncertainty

in African Agriculture: The role of

Tertiary Agricultural Education”. The

incubatees exhibited products of

Omukwano roasted coffee brand

and the coffee liquor. This helped

interacted with various persons who

in turn provided relevant reviews on

the Omukwano products and the

coffee liquor. Most of these were

positive for-example they applauded

Denis for next to perfect medium-

dark roast of the beans, the smile-

inducing piercing citrus fragrance

bursting like lemons with a chocolate

background of the ground coffee,

and good product packaging and

art-work. On Thursday, August 28th

2014, they went for a field trip to

CURAD exhibitors at the ANAFE meeting in Yaounde


opportunities in agriculture. The

event focused on peer-to-peer

engagement, supplemented by

guest speakers, dialogue with

agricultural sector support service

providers like banks, researchers,

ICT platforms, inputs suppliers,

and model agricultural enterprises

as well as site visits to agricultural

sector businesses.

The U.S Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi

was the Guest of Honour and he

urged Ugandan youths to embrace

agriculture if they were to escape

the cycle of poverty, realize the

potential for expanded production,

and expanded profit. He also noted

that engaging in the field is a win-win

deal for the youth and the country

as a whole as has the potential to be

a breadbasket for the Horn of Africa.

Also in attendance was the Minister

of State for Agriculture, Professor

Zerubabel Nyira, who blamed

the negative attitude towards

agriculture by the learnt class on the

CURAD exhibitors at Mukono

type of education that does not expose students to practical skills including

farming. Professor Nyira also noted that the students’ mindset toward

agriculture can be influenced in class at an early age.

CURAD incubatees that participated in the exhibition included Mugomba

Ivan of Butiko Investments, Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa (RASA) Otai

and James, Tonny Ocana Bocana, Tamale Jonathan and Katabazi Gerald of

Volcano Coffee and Denis Richard Seninde of Omukwano Coffee. These also

were part of the team that had their excursion to Namulonge Agricultural

Research institute and Kyagalanyi coffee in Mukono.

ix) CURAD Exhibiting at Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA)

Trade Fair at Lugogo, Kampala

x) The Second African Coffee Symposium and the 54th Inter-African

Coffee Organization (IACO) Annual General Assembly (17th -21st

November 2014), Kampala, Uganda

CURAD participated in coffee symposium organized by Uganda Coffee

Development Authority (UCDA). The theme this year was “unlocking the

potential of African coffee industry”. The IACO included 25 coffee growing

countries in Africa and creates a common platform to develop the coffee

industry in Africa. The second Africa coffee symposium was opened by the

Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Hon. Tress

Bucyanayandi who also visited the CURAD stall.

CURAD incubatees marketing at UMA show Lugogo. Combined sales of 2.6Million Ugx(1000USD) were made by the 5 participating incubatees.


CURAD together with her incubatees exhibited their products alongside other national and international coffee

players. This helped to increase awareness and publicity about the activities and brand products of CURAD and

incubatees, RASA and Omukwano Coffee.

xi) The CURAD Agriculture Clinic

The CURAD Agriculture Clinic was launched on 20th December 2014. This was a moment where incubatees shared

ideas on how to make their business better and sustainable. It was a moment where incubatees celebrated their

short term wins by reflecting on past achievements. The clinic included both students and SME’s and was held at

Omukwano Model Coffee Shop.

Also in attendance was the CURAD Project Investigator Prof. Samuel Kyamanywa who was the Guest of Honour and

CURAD’s Founding Director Mr. Joseph Nkandu who both shared practical skills of being sustainable entrepreneurs.

The incubatees showcased their innovations and products at the occasion. Collaboration between the incubatees

was fostered at the clinic. Sharing of experiences among incubatees and collaborations where forged at this clinic.

RASA CURAD incubatees at IACO

xii) Launch of Uganda Agribusiness Alliance at Kati Kati Restaurant (16th October 2014)

Kaijage Josephat of Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa Ltd (RASA) and Tonny Bocana of Coffee Quality Assurance

Ltd were nominated to participate in the launch of Uganda agribusiness alliance. These created awareness of their

products, participated in the sessions by various speakers such as youth involvement in agribusiness; hope for

Africa’s food security by pastor Evans Mayambala and also sold their products.

CURAD incubatees sharing experiences


xiii) World Food Day at NaCRRI, Namulonge (16th October 2014)

CURAD joined the world to celebrate World Food Day that took place at

National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Namulonge. The

celebrations were held under the theme “Sustainable Food Systems for Food

Security and Nutrition.” Real Agricultural Solutions for Africa (RASA) dealing

in coffee liqueur and Omukwano Coffee were among the incubatees that

that exhibited their products (below).

were duly formed on which 3 CURAD

directors will ensure that the core

objectives of the review are met.

These include Prof Kyamanywa, Dr

Frank matsiko and Joseph Nkandu.

4.0 Challenges

Incubatee assessment tools 1.

had not been fully employed

before and lacked clear

definitions, practical simple but

detailed assessment needed in

selecting potential incubatees

for CURAD. Enterprise financial

analysis tool was absent and

had to be developed. With this

done, training staff in their use

was the next challenge that

has been successfully done.

However, without an approved

clear incubatee support and

sustainable model from FARA,

these have to be revised

constantly.

The second challenge faced 2.

was delayed release of

funds from FARA. The delay

clearly hampered progress in

finalizing the procurements of

operational tools for CURAD,

incubatee support and a host

of other planned activities. The

delayed release of funds has

resulted into slow investments

in our approved projects and

incubatee support which in

turn resulting into delayed

returns from this investment

3.9 Curriculum Reviews

a. CURAD committed officially to support Makerere University CAES

curriculum review activity budget to the tune of 35,000USD and the CAES

showroom and coffee shop

b. CURAD paid up 17500 USD towards its pledged support for the

curriculum review work at Makerere and the activity is ongoing. Committees

Tonny Bocana displaying the differnt coffees


and it is wreaking havoc with incubatee business

implementation plans and adversely our incomes.

The third challenge is to ensure a harmonized 3.

sustainability model for CURAD and activities of

incubatees.

The other challenge is getting the consortium 4.

partners at CURAD to gel and push forward in the

same direction. Further consultative meetings are

hoped to yield this.

The challenge of focusing on a single core value 5.

chain only as opposed to the more sustainable

combo model as per the CURAD business plan.

CURAD has insufficient staff capacity and lack 6.

of production facilities for non-traditional coffee

products like Coffee Liquor.

The need for more independent and non-7.

traditional coffee products value addition premises

and equipment is still a challenge making product

certifications difficult. Trusting to have a custom-

built premises to sort this challenge.

Support for the growing incubation services 8.

demands with limited resources is also a

challenge.

Attracting more finance and sizable new 9.

partnership for CURAD especially in its infancy is

still challenging that we are taking head on.

Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCD)A 10.

delayed payments to nursery operators is affecting

incubatee cash flows that in turn affect our

surplus share arrangement schedules. Enterprise

challenges of some 3 supported incubatees have

also been encountered and are being addressed.

The disorganization of our mentorship program by 11.

PanAAC due to suspended payments as promised

to chief mentors was a setback to our mentorship

program

We lost a senior staff to a PhD program thus led to 12.

understaffing affecting our outputs, He is scheduled

for replacement in January.

There is a challenge in attracting female 13.

entrepreneurs. However, we hope to do affirmative

action to resolve this challenge.

We experienced some delays in delivery of 14.

awards for the CURAD Agribusiness Innovation

Challenge winners like Microsoft 4AFrika delayed

to giving each of the 9 winning teams an 8’’ tablet

by November as promised. This is however being

resolved as they had some stock out issues.

5.0 Lessons Learnt and Recommendations

Key lessons were learned and skills acquired in 1.

technology transfer in cereal processing, orange

processing and essential oils.

Best practices in successful partnerships from 2.

ICRISAT like transparency, effective communication

and coordination, mutual respect and trust

among partners, close supervision of work plan

activities and timely delivery of outputs will also

be incorporated at CURAD

UniBRAIN program full implementation has 3.

only started in full swing this year. Attaining

sustainability by the close of 2015 may be a

challenge more so that the incubators are not

purely business entities that trade and reap profits

but are business development organizations that

require some more support to attain experience,

networks, leveraged funding and ultimately

sustainability. Responding to calls when you have

been in business for less than 3 years doesn’t build

enough confidence to the awarding body. Thus

there is an urgent need to extend the program for

at least 2 more years to ensure this sustainability.

Alignment of sustainability models towards a 4.

business like operation and guidance from FARA

UniBRAIN are necessary and recommendable in

the incubatee support process and the success

of the CURAD incubator after this first phase of

UNIBRAIN.


At CURAD the $100,000 support for the next incubatee uptake as challenge winners is a good start to leverage 5.

the program. We recommend that incubates be given more professional and financial support.

Having employees starting to look over their shoulders when the action has only started is bound to negatively 6.

affect staff morale and may lead to high staff turnover. As managers, we are putting the best strategies in place

to ensure sustainability and we shall endeavour to manage as best as we can to attain the programs objectives

sustainably.

6.0 Future Plans

6.1 Key Plans for 2015

Among the key plans for the next financial year include developing the incubatee processing facilities at Namanve

Incubation Park availed by Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to support industrial production and certification of

incubatee products to make them acceptable in main stream markets; enhancing the FOM with additional facilities

across the core coffee value chain; enhancing and supporting marketing activities along this model to further

benefit the small scale farmer as well as creating new partnership and models to ensure CURAD’s sustainability.

6.2 Sustainability Plan

CURAD sustainability plan has been prepared. The key issues are summarized below:

The CURAD incubator model sustainability is running on a number of strategies that would ensure that its

incubation activities can survive and grow beyond the grant period while leveraging support from internal and

external networks. CURAD’s projected revenues to ensure its sustainability are hinged on the following;


CURAD supports its incubatees with soft funding at 5% interest per annum and reasonable grace periods of up to 6

months, depending on the enterprise. A mutually agreed net profit share not exceeding 20% of net profits payable

monthly when the enterprise starts to turn a reasonable profit is embedded in the support agreement. This is based

on carefully run cash-flows done with an incubatee during CURAD’s pre incubation period for a given enterprise.

The capital funding to incubatees is also structured to be paid back and utilized as a revolving fund to support

new incubatees with the profit share helping to cover operational costs. With about 400,000USD going toward

incubatee support over the current cycle to end 2015, CURAD is banking on this investments to sustain its model

by generating up to USD80,000/annum.

Thus, taking a conservative view and 50% success rate for supported incubatees, from the estimated total of $80,000,

at least $40,000/annum should be expected to be paid to CURAD by supported incubatee as profit share to support

CURAD operations with the capital repayments going to further incubatee support.


24. The Investment in coffee processing and packaging facilities

CURAD is investing in the full coffee value chain from the biotechnology labs, nurseries, coffee farms, hullers, sorters

and roasters, grinders and packaging equipment. Of these investments, CURAD fully owns some of them and some

are in partnership with NUCAFE.

2.1 CURAD fully owns a coffee roasting, grinding and packing facility to support incubation and training in its core

coffee value chain forms as one of its sustainability strategy. The equipment can roast and grind up to one ton

of coffee a day. Training incubatees in coffee value addition as well as development of innovative coffee-based

products was the key reason for this investment which in turn will yield incomes for CURAD renting the facility to

individual farmers/farmers groups, incubatees, exporters, processing companies and any identified and interested

user in the coffee value chain at a rate of 0.5USD per kg of green beans processed.

At 50% capacity utilization CURAD earns up to 63,000USD per annum.•

2.2 CURAD investment in the CAFÉ coffee processing facility at Namanve is also set to yield substantial surplus share

income for CURAD.

Considering the size of the facility, CURAD can expect a similar conservative level of income at 63,000USD per •

annum.

24.3 Production of a flagship CURAD/NUCAFE- Omukwano model coffee shop and brand with a 30% investment

in a model coffee shop and branded Omukwano coffee is also a key CURAD investment set to yield returns.

This can be estimated to make CURAD about 3000USD per annum.•

24.4 Planned Investment in a fully owned CURAD coffee huller(s) are also primed to yield revenue.

At a rate of approximately 500USD/month, about 6000USD per huller can be raised per annum.•

24.5 Investments in other coffee shops like the CAES Coffee Shop and Mbarara Sports Club Coffee Shop which

will be leased to the incubatees are also set to yield management fees.

Approximately 2500USD is projected per annum.•


CURAD has gone further to budget for funding to boost the Farmer Ownership Model (FOM) by actively enhancing

farmers’ incomes through fair trading to local and international markets. Marketing support to coffee growers of

60,000USD has been set aside to enhance the FOM and also yield surplus shares for CURAD.

This should earn CURAD up to 50,000USD per annum.•


The fourth revenue source for CURAD is aimed to be from business services to incubatees like registrations,

membership fees ($20 for students and $40 for existing SME’s), consulting, and accounting brokerage fees.

A small but steady income is projected to come from these services of about 2000USD.•


In addition to direct financing, CURAD will also involve itself in mobilizing funds for its incubatee companies through

banks and venture capitalists. It will prepare the bankable projects for its incubatees and facilitate the process of


obtaining financial assistance from the said institutions. On the success of obtaining funds, CURAD will charge a

success fee of 2% of the total project outlay from the incubatees.

CURAD can facilitate about 3 incubatees every year in getting such financial assistance from banks with a minimum

project cost of USD 50,000.

Thus the 2% success fee on the receipt of funds is expected to accrue up to USD 3000 per year. •


The construction of incubatee support units at CURADs new facility at Namanve should also yield revenues.

With about 5 units to build in 2015 and at a rate of 200USD per month per unit, about 12,000USD will be •

generated.

29. Leasing/letting other processing equipment to incubatees

Projected investments in other novel processing equipment like cereal products extruder, essential oils extractor

that will be leased to incubatees can be expected to fetch an income.

About $2500 per annum can be expected.•


Popular training packages for incubatees conducted by Makerere University staff with core modules developed

from the curriculum review activity and as a product of the curriculum review efforts or other CURAD partner

resource persons that will be advertised to the general public are projected to be another revenue source for

CURAD. One training program per quarter with at least 25 trainees charged @ USD 100 per training could generate

revenue of USD 10,000 per annum.

Of the total income generated, CURAD could get an income share of $2500 per annum.•


CURAD shall engage interns from its partner organizations for conducting various market studies for its incubatees/

other companies in the country.

If three studies are conducted per year with a cost of USD 5000 per study it is expected to generate net revenue •

of USD 7500 (USD 7500 on cost involved conducting the study).


CURAD 2014 Innovation challenge has become a popular event which could be conducted every year as it could

not only bring in more agro innovations which could be commercialized but also help in identifying potential

clients. In addition to the above, the event provides greater awareness of CURAD’s incubation activities among the

public. Sponsorship of USD 100,000 was given directly to incubatees this year. CURAD can charge a facilitation fee

of 5% of the total grant received from the incubatees as it provides the stage and other services.

Thus the event could generate revenue of USD 5000 per annum. In addition, CURAD can also mobilise •

sponsorships for the event which could add to the expected income.



CURAD intends to take-up co-business incubation programs and entrepreneurship development projects from

government agencies, NGO’s and corporate social responsibility (CSR) sources as well as other international donor

agencies. This is intended to expand the activities of CURAD and the funds pool to support more incubatees and

also expand CURAD activities and plug any funding gaps that may arise due to unforeseen circumstances. For

instance CURAD is signing a MoU with the Uganda Industrial Authority on co-business incubation partnership for

promoting entrepreneurship in agriculture and allied sectors.

New partnerships with Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) have ensured that CURAD agribusiness incubation efforts

are mainstreamed within the government framework and will hope to attract further direct support after 2015.

CURAD has been chosen as the lead incubator at the Namanve business park incubation centre and will finance

the first incubatee structures at the centre next financial year. With further support, CURAD intends to build a bigger

incubation centre comprising agribusiness processing facilities to include other value products like dry foods, fruits

products, milk and beef products that it can use to train and lease to more incubatees. Non- agribusiness incubation

will also form part of this centre in the medium to long term.

34. Projected income and expenditure statement

S. NoIncome generation activity

Income expected per annum (in USD)

1. Incubatee enterprise financing and profit sharing 40,000

2. Investment in coffee processing and packaging facility

2.1

Coffee Processing fee from CURAD processing plant 63,000

2.2 Coffee Processing fee from NUCAFE processing plant 63,000

2.3 Omukwano coffee shop 3,000

2.4 Rentals from coffee hullers 6,000

2.5 CURAD Coffee shops at CAES and Mbarara 2,500

3. Boosting farmer ownership model and marketing support 50,000

4. Business support services and membership fee 2,000

5. Finance mobilization for incubates 3,000

6. Leasing out office space and production facilities 12,000

7. Leasing out processing equipment to incubates 2,500

8. Trainings 2,500

9. Consultancy 7,500

10. Annual CURAD innovation challenge 5,000

Total income expected 262,000

Cost of Operations per year (approx.) 300,000

Net deficit 38,000

35. Conclusion

Thus, internally generated revenues from incubatee investments, coffee processing facility and profit share and other

CURAD operations are projected to be approximately $262,000 against a current operational budget of $300,000

per annum excluding any in kind offers. Most of these revenues are projected to start accruing in the second

quarter of 2015 when most of CURAD’s investments have been fully done. The expected shortfall in sustainability


should be partly filled up by support from CURAD partners to cover some activities in kind, improved operational

efficiencies, shorter turnaround times for incubatee repayments (short-term funding) and increased resource pool

for investments. The continuous search for additional funding from other grants during this period is expected to

also yield fruits.

Code Indicator CURAD performance Targets

2014 Targets

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Cumulative 2014

3

3.1.1 Number of start-up businesses incubated 5 5 9 4 8 26

3.1.2 Number of jobs created by start-up Incubatees 125 76 99 20 133 328(575)

- Of which full-time 25 13 32 5 57 107(215)

- Of which part-time 100 63 67 15 76 221(360)

3.1.4 Number of technologies (inventions, innovations and improved management practices) taken up by Incubatees for commercialization

6 1 5 2 3 11

- Of which are successfully commercialized 3 1 1 1 1 4

3.1.5 Annual income (revenue) generated by incuba-tor start-ups from UniBRAIN activities (US$)

50,000

119, 938$

3.1.6 Number of existing businesses that are sup-ported to either expand, diversify or enter new markets

4 5 2 1 1 9

3.1.7 Number of households benefiting as suppli-ers to supported agribusinesses (Here we need numbers actually benefiting)*House hold Farmer and farmers groups with NUCAFE consortium member

1,500 50 105 45 599 799(5528)

3.1.8 Number of assisted existing businesses reporting increased income, decreased cost of production or decreased operational time (Refer to 3.1.7)

20 5 2 0 0 7

3 Number of graduates that benefit from improved education through internships, attachments, reviewed or new agribusiness curriculum

0

3.2.1 - BSc and Diploma 50 ( ) 18 32 27 0 77

- MSc 15 ( ) 0 3 1 0 4

- Total 65 ( ) 18 35 28 0 81

- Of whom are female 20 ( ) 3 11 10 0 24

- Of whom are 35 years and under 29 18 35 28 0 81

3.2.3 Number of targeted graduates who have estab-lished own businesses with support from incuba-tor within one year of graduation and completion of other compulsory service requirements(3 SME)

7 ( ) 0 0 6 2 8

- Of whom are female 2 ( ) 0 0 0 0 0

- Of whom are 35 years and under 3 ( ) 0 0 6 2 8

3.2.4 Number of targeted graduates who are em-ployed within six months of graduation and completion of other compulsory service require-ments

7 () 1 10 5 2 18

- Of whom are female 2 () 0 5 4 2 11

- Of whom are35 years and under 3 () 1 10 5 0 16

CURAD M and E FARA UniBRAIN framework achievements to December 2014;


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