Semliki Cooperative Society Ltd

General Information

IndustryAgriculture and food processing

Organisation typeAssociation

Company Address
P.O. Box 1202, Bundibugyo
Uganda Uganda

Phone number+256 772 621 397 or +256 754 969 081

Fax numbern/a

Company Address azolibahati@gmail.com

Contact Information

Contact Person Mr. Azoli Bahati
General Manager

Phone+256 772 621 397

Email semliki.coop@yahoo.co.uk

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Project typeProduction, marketing or activity involving transfer of know-how or technology; Trade intermediary (distributor, importer, agent, representative)

Project abstractSemliki Cooperative Society Ltd, a Ugandan coffee farmers’ cooperative specialised in Arabica and Robusta coffee production is searching for Finnish partners for buying their coffee.

Project descriptionThe cooperative, registered in 2011 is based in Fort Portal and Bundibugyo, Uganda and the cooperative itself currently employs 15 persons permanently and on average 40 people temporarily. In addition, the society has over 1,000 members which consist of producers operating under Semliki Cooperative Society Limited.

The cooperative’s main products include Arabica and Robusta coffees. Semliki Cooperative Society Limited is a cooperative society with 32 member groups operating in Kabarole, Bundibugyo and Ntoroko districts in the Rwenzori region of western Uganda. Semliki Cooperative Society Limited was registered as a co-operative society in 2011 and is a Fairtrade-certified.

The customers so far have been mostly locals but the producers aim at increasing their coffee production while finding buyers abroad.

The cooperative is currently is looking for (1) Partners for Coffee, Cocoa and Vanilla buyers (2) NGOs providing grants, training, coaching and machinery (3) Social and Environment impact development lenders

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Number of employees10-49

Annual turnover in €0-0,5M

Annual balance sheet total0-0,5M

Already engaged in international co-operationNegotiations are taking place