Hope for Ugandan farmers as tea prices surpass $1.
The rise in price at the Mombasa auction comes amid a backdrop of fluctuating tea prices across East Africa. Kenyan teas, known for their high…
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East African Farmers to Benefit from Pay-As-You-Go Tractor Initiatives.
The initiative aims to improve agricultural productivity, create jobs, and enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through the introduction of modern technologies, practices, and innovative…
Uganda earned $1.35billion from coffee exports in last 12 months- UCDA.
Uganda earned $1.35billion (about Shs4.990 trillion), from coffee exports between September 2023 August 2024, which indicates that the country now gets more from the over…
Youth tipped on climate change mitigation role.
According to the World Food Council, agriculture is directly responsible for 14 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, and broader rural land use decisions…
Tooro tea farmers frustrated as prices remain low.
Uganda’s tea industry saw a slight price surge at the recent Mombasa Tea Auction, with the national average climbing to $0.98 (Shs3,605.45) per kilogramme, up…
Digital Tools Linking Extension Workers to Farmer Cooperatives.
These groups are vital in optimizing resources all while facilitating market access hence boosting productivity, especially for smallholder farmers. Read More…
Coffee Exporters, Farmers Decry Effects of EU Deforestation-Free Regulation.
“The government failed to implement the EUDR regulations in time, but now it is biting us because EU buyers are not purchasing our coffee. The…
Italy Takes Lion’s Share of Uganda Coffee Exports.
“This growth was driven by higher export volumes and an increase in International coffee prices. The increase in coffee export volumes was mainly on account…
Agriculturalists Worried About Reducing Organic Food Production Levels.
The reduction is blamed on a cocktail of issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and a growing demand for food, fibre, feed and energy…
Farmers Devastated as Tea Farm-Gate Prices Plunge to Sh130.
Over the past one year, farm-gate prices have seen a steep decline, plummeting from around sh500 to a current range of sh130 to sh300. In…
Jinja Farmers Urged to Embrace National Seed Oil Project (NSOP)
Small-scale farmers have been encouraged to participate in the National Seed Oil Project, which aims to produce raw materials for vegetable cooking oil for both…
Uganda in race to meet new EU coffee export rules.
Bags of Ugandan coffee stored at a bulking centre as they await shipping to overseas markets. Over 60% of the country’s coffee ends up in…
Agricultural Financing is the Missing Link.
While agriculture’s share of national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen below 30 percent over the last 40 years, about 70 percent of the population…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund -Annual Report 2023
The European Union (EU) through the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), FCA Investments Limited (FCAI) and the Soros Economic…
Horticulture Farmers Demand Government Support for Quality Seedlings.
Horticulture farmers have appealed to the government to provide them with quality seedlings, crucial for exporting produce and generating substantial economic benefits. These value chains…
Enimiro Products Uganda Limited (EPUL) Exits the Yield Uganda Investment Fund
According to PCP, Enimiro is the first of 15 agri-SMEs invested in by Yield Fund to fully exit giving the fund a decent return both…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund and PCP Celebrate Successful Exit from Enimiro Investment.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund) together with its Fund Manager Pearl Capital Partners (www.pearlcapital.net) are proud to announce the successful equity investment exit from…
Coffee Farmers in Ibanda are Optimistic of good times ahead despite the drop in prices experienced over the past four weeks.
Farmers blamed the drop on unscrupulous dealers who they claim mix the coffee beans with foreign materials. This compromises coffee quality and competitiveness, pushing down…
Oil Palm Farmers Set to Reap Big
Farmers who will take up oil palm growing in the districts of Namayingo, Bugiri, and Mayuge stand to reap more than Shs3.3t from the crop…
Unlocking Africa’s Potential Through Agri-Food Systems Transformation and Capacity Building.
By encouraging better production through such means as mechanization, digitalization, agrifood industrialization and green-powered irrigation, African nations can boost productivity and efficiency, and enhance resilience…
Namutumba Farmers Seek Government Help to Process Dairy Products.
Over 500 dairy farmers in Namutumba District are finding it difficult to process and add value to their milk due to lack of a modern…
Government is Set to Introduce a National Coffee Registry to Trace Farmers on Coffee Quality.
Once we roll out the traceability system, how we trade coffee will change significantly. A trader will be required to trace coffee back to the…
Kenya, US Talks Shift To Agriculture
Kenya and the United States are set to begin talks on contentious clauses in a proposed bilateral trade deal amid fears the agreement could flood…
Farmers to pay for Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines
The Monday cabinet meeting approved a policy proposition that requires farmers to pay for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines while government will incur the…
Cocoa Farmers Rejoice Price Hike.
The price of cocoa in Bundibugyo District has risen from between shs.4,000 and shs.8,000 a kilo to shs.15,000, which has excited farmers. The farmers say…
Farmers Can Sell Direct To Buyers Globally Without A Website.
Fromyfarm app is a feature rich, Innovative and disruptive smartphone-only based technology to bring smallholder farmers into the digital world of e-commerce. The strategy of…
Coffee Prices Rise in Ibanda
Farmers in Ibanda are laughing all the way to the bank following coffee price gains over the past few months. Presently, Robusta coffee trades at…
Farmers Appeal to World Bank for Support as the Subsidized Agro Input Project Winds Up.
The farmers made the appeal on Wednesday during a World Bank- MAAIF mission tour of beneficiaries of the project, implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture…
Vanilla Farmers at crossroads as Prices continue to drop
After the hugely disappointing rates recorded last vanilla harvest season, farmers are optimistic that the prices will recover this season. Farmers who invested a lot…
Pearl Capital Partners is pleased to announce the launch of UGX 23.9 Billion Dairy-Horticulture Credit Fund
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund is proud to announce a USD 2.6 million (UGX 9.5 billion) aggregate investment in Kamp Group Limited. This blended equity…
Investor bullish about snack food in Uganda
Pearl Capital Partners, a private equity firm operating in Uganda, recently invested in snack food manufacturer Newman Foods via its Yield Uganda Investment Fund. This…
Ugandan snacks maker Newman Foods clinches investment from Yield Fund for expansion
Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle, has channeled an equity investment to Newman Foods, an agro-processing company based in Kampala. Newman Foods focuses…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund invests in Newman Foods Ltd, a consumer foods processing (snacks) company.
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund) is pleased to announce an investment in Newman Foods Ltd, in a blend of equity and quasi-equity. This…
Small-scale farmers feed the planet. They should not be overlooked in our fight against climate change
Small-scale farmers feed two out of every three people on the planet, but they are struggling with climate change, inflation and other external shocks. COP27…
Here is a modern way of farming cassava
Cassava has numerous advantages including producing the highest amount of starch compared to other crops yet it can grow under marginal environmental conditions with limited…
Uganda’s Pearl Capital strikes another deal in agri sector.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact investment vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has struck its second deal of the year after hacking a…
Feeds business benefits from Shs9.5 billion investment fund.
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund has announced a Shs9.5 billion aggregate investment in Kamp Group Ltd. The blended equity and debt funding was raised through…
PRESS RELEASE: Yield Uganda Investment Fund and Gorm Pedersen Holding 2 ApS invest USD 2.6 million (UGX 9.5billion) in Kamp Group Limited.
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund is proud to announce a USD 2.6 million (UGX 9.5 billion) aggregate investment in Kamp Group Limited. This blended equity…
Press Release: Yield Uganda Investment Fund invests USD 515,000 (UGX 1.814 Billion) in Enimiro, a Ugandan vertical supply chain partner.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 515,000 in Enimiro in…
Ugandan coffee, vanilla trader Enimiro gets backing from Yield Uganda Investment Fund
UGANDA – Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has invested US$515,000 in Enimiro, a Ugandan farming platform that…
Pearl-Capital managed fund backs Ugandan agri supply chain firm
Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has invested $515,000 (UGX 1.814 billion) in Enimiro, a Ugandan vertical supply…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund invests USD 515,000 ( UGX 1.814 Billion) in Enimiro, a Ugandan vertical supply chain partner.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 515,000 in Enimiro in…
Identifying climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots can help target investments and make women drivers of climate resilience
Food systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa and Asia, face direct stress from climate-induced changes and house a large population of…
Uganda’s coffee export earnings increase to sh2.9 trillion
Uganda earned $811.18m (about sh2.9 trillion) from coffee exports in the last 12 months, up from $535.93 (sh1.9 trillion) in the previous coffee year, a…
Experts call for more financing for agricultural sector
Despite growth in several sectors of the economy, agricultural productivity has been stagnating over the last fifteen years. There is a need to allocate more…
How Experts Rated 1,229 Coffees From Countries Around The World.
The best coffee country in the world is Ethiopia, if hundreds of professional coffee tasters are to be believed.
Harvest Money Expo training to focus on value addition.
The two-year lockdown has made many people realise the importance of agriculture, not only to the world’s economy, but also to the individual incomes.
The impact of Climate Change on women in Agriculture in Uganda.
Women make up the majority of the world’s poor and are more reliant on natural resources for a living and this is same locally in…
A response to the business development needs of Agri-Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda.
Resilience, agility, and adaptation are three important qualities adopted by enterprises over the past two years to support business continuity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nine agribusiness entrepreneurs to watch in East Africa
How we made it in Africa has interviewed many of the top entrepreneurs – both up-and-coming and established – operating in East Africa’s agribusiness and…
Understanding Impact Performance: Climate Change Mitigation Investments
Comparing and assessing impact performance is critical to increasing the effectiveness of impact investing. Investors around the world are growing their capital allocations toward impact-oriented…
Investment’s role in the fight against climate change
As governments, climate experts and campaigners gather at COP26, how are impact investors tackling the defining challenge of our era? Read More…
Venture Capital: Why has it not taken off as financing for SMEs?
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda suffer from lack of finance for their survival and growth. This liquidity emergency, according to Ian Nvula, an…
Businesses must look to environmental social governance responsibility.
For most children, their worst nightmare would be losing a parent, a best friend, or their favourite toy. Strangely for me — perhaps because all…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund partners with FCA Investments to expand its portfolio in Uganda by investing in a Matugga based meat processing company.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund) and FCA Investments (FCAI), are pleased to announce a co-investment in Sausage King 3000 Uganda Ltd (Sausage King), a…
Selling chicken in Uganda: Investor sees gap to formalise the low-income market
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund recently announced an investment of $1.8 million in Sekajja Agro Farms (SAF), a Ugandan poultry business that operates a commercial…
Ugandan poultry firm Sekajja, Kenyan food processor NatureLock get funding
Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has struck its third deal in as many months by investing UGX6.79…
Ugandan poultry farm Sekajja Agro clinches US$1.8m investment from Yield Uganda Investment Fund
UGANDA – Sekajja Agro Farms Limited (SAF), a Ugandan based poultry firm, has received UGX 6.79 billion (US$ 1.8 million) blended equity and long-term debt…
SAF PRESS RELEASE
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund is proud to announce the investment of UGX 6.79 billion (USD 1.8 million) in Sekajja Agro Farms Limited (SAF) sekajjaagrofarms.com,…
UG@59: Good seeds enhance food security – MAAIF
You reap what you sow,” a man who was buying seeds at container village was heard muttering. This is quite an old saying. However, for…
Industrialisation of cassava in East Africa: Investor identifies gaps in the market
Agriculture-focused private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners, manager of the Yield Uganda Investment Fund, sees growth potential in the cassava value chain in Uganda. The…
PRESS RELEASE: Yield Uganda Investment Fund and FCA Investments partner with AMFRI Farms Limited
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund) and FCA Investments (FCAI) are pleased to announce a Euro1.3m investment in AMFRI Farms Limited (AMFRI Farms). AMFRI Farms…
Amfri Farms secures Shs5.49b to expand outgrowers base
Amfri Farms Ltd has secured a 1.32 million Euros, ( about Shs5.49b) investment from FCA Investments and Yield Uganda Investment Fund managed by Pearl Capital…
Partnership between Uganda Manufacturers Association and the Yield Uganda Investment Fund Uganda delivers US$ 2.5 Million investment in Uganda’s pioneer Cassava Processing Facility.
With limited access to affordable and long-term credit continuing to hinder greenfield investments in agro-processing in Uganda, collaboration among the agro-processing ecosystem players is key…
Which team would you rather hire: An A-Team with a B-idea or a B-Team with an A-idea?
When private equity (PE) managers and investors, like Pearl Capital Partners and many others, are considering investing in companies, we tend to focus on the…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund invests in Pura Organic Agro Tech Ltd, an agro-processing company focused on the cassava value chain.
Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners, is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 2.5 million in Pura…
Why small farms are key to the future of food – and how we can support them
In the 25 years since Clayton Christensen coined the term “disruptive innovation,” much has been written about the benefits of shaking up established business practices.…
YIELD UGANDA INVESTMENT FUND ANNUAL REPORT
The sector has however seen underperformance over recent years in comparison to other sectors within the economy due to the low level of value addition…
AAC FUND CLOSURE REPORT
In 2004, we set up African Agricultural Capital (AAC) with the ambition of stimulating investment inagricultural businesses in East Africa. AAC was one of the…
Release of African Agricultural Capital closure of fund report
Gatsby Africa, Pearl Capital Partners and Onward Resources International have released the AfricanAgricultural Capital (AAC) closure of fund report. The launch of the report was…
Lessons learnt from investing in East African agribusiness companies
Pearl Capital Partners is a fund manager that invests in agribusiness enterprises in East Africa. The firm has offices in Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya. Its…
Lessons learnt from investing in agricultural SMEs in East Africa
In 2004, private equity firm Pearl Capital Partners set up African Agricultural Capital (AAC) with the ambition of stimulating investment in agricultural businesses in East Africa. The…
Agricultural Markets and Sustainable Development: Global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations
This edition of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets focuses on how markets can bring us closer to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…
How do we get capital to African SMEs to build a sustainable recovery?
Why does CDC care about SMEs? Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income in emerging economies, according to the World Bank, yet they suffer…
Agriculture will be most resilient sector, says World Bank
The World Bank, in its Global Economic Prospect 2021, has said Uganda’s agricultural sector will be among the most resilient sector in 2021. Uganda, the World…
Microsoft partners with AGRA to support digital transformation in agriculture
The partnership between Microsoft and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), enabled through the Microsoft 4Afrika initiative, will enhance AGRA’s digital transformation agenda as…
Africa Agriculture Status Report focuses on assessing the opportunities, challenges and policies required to enable African farmers serve rapidly growing urban food markets
This year’s Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) focuses on Feeding Africa’s Cities by assessing the opportunities, challenges and policies required to enable African farmers and…
Understanding the Needs for Private Equity and the Barriers in Developing/Emerging Markets; A Case Study of Uganda
Private equity is an alternative investment class and consists of capital that is not listed on a public exchange. Private equity is composed of funds and investors…
Covid-19 has exposed private sector investment opportunities in Agribusiness
The Covid-19 pandemic has destroyed livelihoods and scattered millions of jobs around the world. The International Labor Organization estimates that nearly 1.6 billion people’s livelihoods…