Eastern Region, Uganda
ACA Certified Master Cashew Trainer, Farmer, Food Processor and People Manager. Organizational & Business Development Professional. Decision Maker, Pioneer, Facilitator, Connector, Project Incubator. The red line throughout my professional career is Organisation & Business Development and Operations/Supply Chain Management: from Sourcing & Procurement, Production/Processing through Logistics and Distribution, till Sales/Marketing, Administration and After Sales Service. Engineer in Food Processing by vocation. Marketeer by training. Agronomist by Passion with strong interest in soil management and sustainable farming applications. Very knowledgeable about post-harvest treatment, crop loss prevention and pre-processing requirements. Excellent buyer and seller. Experienced in Retail of Solar Lanterns and Home Systems & Energy-efficient Cooking Stoves (in Rural Africa). I have worked across Food, Agri & Energy Value Chains, in multiple roles but always with a keen eye on Green Operations. Knowledgeable about Renewable Energy/Biodiesel, Carbon Foot Print Reduction and Sustainability. Specialist in Frontier Markets. Aiming to contribute to Build Africa. Acknowledged for my contributions in Board Room Consulting, Quality Management and Organisation & Operations Optimization. Management Consultancy, Procurement, Distribution and Marketing & Sales in various business segments. Visionary that does not accept 'no' as an answer but instead uses his Influencing Skills to create awareness of Business Solutions that have the capability to Shift Paradigms.
Introducing the African Cashew Alliance Master Training students of Cohort 21 (East Africa version) into the Importance & Urgency of regenerative protocols to create climate resiliance in fruit & nut orchards and the advantages & basic requirements of certification on farm and processor levels.
Content development for a new online course at the ComCashew Knowledge Hub, powered by http://atingi.org, with focus on Regenerative Organic Agriculture & Soil Health Management of Nuts & Fruits Orchards. Member of the team of specialists in online learning platforms and graphic animations.
Independent expert for Technical Advisory Services for the iDPP Measure: Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation through Integrating CropForestry Systems by Promoting Cashew-Soybean Value Chains in selected regions.
Volunteering in reviving the NGO, coaching it our of the setback during COVID-19. Drafting and implementing the new strategic vision and work plan. Successfully developed new strategic partnerships. Mentoring our Beneficiaries and Volunteers from Skills to Sustainable Enterprises. This NGO is born out of the Rotary Spirit "Service above Self". The board members are Rotarians by Passion.
Busoga Flower Food Company Ltd is a Jinja-based artisanal cottage food factory & micro roastery, recognised for our impactful and super natural anaerobic cofermented coffees made from the best Robusta coffee cherries grown throughout the region. We are a social enterprise, paying 20% premium to our smallholder farmers, raising their Living Income and we help them to improve soil and plant health by recycling all our processing waste into valuable biofertilisers and return those to our farmers. Our coffee is slowly roasted to perfection. Connoisseurs say that you can taste the love for our product when drinking the Busoga Flower Coffee. We wish you also enjoying our Love at First Sip. We have also introduced Busoga Flower Vanilla - Love at First Taste and Busoga Flower Chocolate - Love at First Bite. We also produce a range of high quality consumer products, made from locally grown Nuts - Love at Frist Crunch, Cashew, Macadamia and Peanuts. We also process Superfoods like flavoured Avocado Seed Powder, Love at First Stir. Our Sandwich Spreads, Love at First Spread, proudly made from premium ingredients grown by smallholder farmers on Ugandan Soils are very tasreful. Available as Creamy Peanut Spread, Creamy Cashew Spread, Creamy Chocolate Spread, Creamy Tropical Nut Spread and Sweet Simsim Spread. in an effort to maximize the revenues of our signature fermented cocoa processing, we developed Maridadi Beauty Care, a range of cocoa butrer skin, scalp and hair treatments. Celebrate the skin you live in.
Developing artisanal biochar projects across East Africa, compliant with the CSI Artisan C-Sink standards. Responsible for identifying potential offtakers of our carbon credits, serving a triple bottom line: 1. additional income for African (smallholder) farmers from biochar production 2. improving Soil Health and fertility by biochar application in the farms 3. mitigating climate change through carbon sequestering in de soil
Mixed horticultural and animal husbandry training center and commercial farm where we practise low-cost regenerative circular farming practices. For soil amendment and crop protection we apply exclusively natural and harmless formulations. Manufacturing of insect proteins, animal feeds and organic fertilisers. We have installed a pilot factory for the production of biodiesel from oil seeds and third generation bioethanol production. Our focus is on upcycling agri and food by-products and waste streams. As Founder and Managing Director I am responsible for all pillars in the company, including but not limited to Financial Administration & Reporting/P&L, Supply Chain, HR and Operations. Obviously I also contribute to business development and new product research. R&D Partner of GrowPact, tasked to "Africanize" selected Dutch High Tech practices and hardware. Focus areas on prefermented animal feed produced from aquatic weeds and insect proteins as well as production of BioNPK, using BSF, vermicompost and large scale winrow composting processes. Consultancy for major players in the East African floriculture, horticulture, sugar cane and coffee sector on soil health, solid waste recycling and waste water treatment.
Founder, Mobiliser and Moderator of a by-invite-only networking and matchmaking community on WhatsApp and LinkedIn where 800+ farmers from East Africa and beyond discuss topics like Regenerative Farming, Soil Health, Bio Inputs, and the relation between Foods and Human Health. Insect farming, beekeeping and shea conservation are other topics covered. We have created 15 topic centered channels and together we can Shift Paradigms. It also includes the Pesticides Action Network Sub Sahara Africa.