A report from the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD highlighted the potential of carbon markets which enable corporations and countries to offset their greenhouse…
Overtime, the indoctrination bore fruits, with coffee transitioning into a cash crop after losing its cultural worth. Read More…
The initiative with an overall financing of Shs354.7m aims at empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices, improving productivity, resilience and food security in the face…
Current climate finance flows to the continent are a mere $30b annually, highlighting a significant financing gap that could widen if decisive action still needs…
Poultry spend nearly all their time in lose contact with the litter underfoot, so it is no surprise that poor litter conditions can severely impact…
A report from the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD highlighted the potential of carbon markets which enable corporations and countries to offset their greenhouse…
“The market for Ugandan tea is available if only we meet the required market standards by self-regulating to get rid of bad tea growing practices,”…
Uganda has unveiled two varieties of beans and groundnuts with a call on farmers to adopt modern, sustainable farming practices and focus on diversified production.…
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…
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 (about Shs4.990 trillion), from coffee exports between September 2023 August 2024, which indicates that the country now gets more from the over…
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…
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…
These groups are vital in optimizing resources all while facilitating market access hence boosting productivity, especially for smallholder farmers. Read More…
“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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 have appealed to the government to provide them with quality seedlings, crucial for exporting produce and generating substantial economic benefits. These value chains…
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 (Yield Fund) together with its Fund Manager Pearl Capital Partners (www.pearlcapital.net) are proud to announce the successful equity investment exit from…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 and the United States are set to begin talks on contentious clauses in a proposed bilateral trade deal amid fears the agreement could flood…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 two out of every three people on the planet, but they are struggling with climate change, inflation and other external shocks. COP27…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 515,000 in Enimiro in…
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 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…
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…
The best coffee country in the world is Ethiopia, if hundreds of professional coffee tasters are to be believed.
The two-year lockdown has made many people realise the importance of agriculture, not only to the world’s economy, but also to the individual incomes.
Women make up the majority of the world’s poor and are more reliant on natural resources for a living and this is same locally in…
Resilience, agility, and adaptation are three important qualities adopted by enterprises over the past two years to support business continuity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
How we made it in Africa has interviewed many of the top entrepreneurs – both up-and-coming and established – operating in East Africa’s agribusiness and…
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…
As governments, climate experts and campaigners gather at COP26, how are impact investors tackling the defining challenge of our era? Read More…
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…
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 (Yield Fund) and FCA Investments (FCAI), are pleased to announce a co-investment in Sausage King 3000 Uganda Ltd (Sausage King), a…
The Yield Uganda Investment Fund recently announced an investment of $1.8 million in Sekajja Agro Farms (SAF), a Ugandan poultry business that operates a commercial…
Yield Uganda Investment Fund, an agribusiness impact vehicle managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has struck its third deal in as many months by investing UGX6.79…
UGANDA – Sekajja Agro Farms Limited (SAF), a Ugandan based poultry firm, has received UGX 6.79 billion (US$ 1.8 million) blended equity and long-term debt…
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,…
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…
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…
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 Ltd has secured a 1.32 million Euros, ( about Shs5.49b) investment from FCA Investments and Yield Uganda Investment Fund managed by Pearl Capital…
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…
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 (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners, is thrilled to announce an investment of USD 2.5 million in Pura…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…