Agro-industrialisation Archives

From rot to profit: The impact of the Nilezilla Yumbe Fruit Factory

Kisakye ImaniBusiness & Markets Company NewsNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

For generations, Kagogwa mango trees have carpeted homesteads and hillsides across West Nile, dropping fruit in golden heaps that often ended up as animal feed or rotting on the ground. During peak season, the loss was so normalised that few spoke of it. Yet behind every spoiled mango was a silent ledger of missed income, wasted nutrition, and unrealised opportunity. Mr. Aniku Saidi and Hon. Oleru. That is the waste Nilezilla set out to confront. From “unprocessible” fruit to a breakthrough The story did not begin in a factory, but in a laboratory at Makerere University. There, Prof William Kyamuhangire…

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Realising Uganda’s Agricultural Renaissance Requires Strong Private Sector Participation — Writes Mable Ndaula

CEO East Africa MagazineSponsored Content Thought LeadershipJuly 3, 2025July 3, 2025

On June 12, 2025, Uganda’s Finance Minister, Hon. Matia Kasaija, unveiled a UGX 72.3 trillion budget for FY 2025/26, projecting a robust 7% economic growth despite global uncertainties. With agriculture…

NATIONAL BUDGET: Who will eat a bigger pie under Uganda’s four priority sectors in the new financial year

Paul MurungiNews & Analysis The Big StoryJune 14, 2024June 14, 2024

Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija yesterday unveiled the top four priority sectors in the 72 trillion Budget for the next Financial Year 2024/25 beginning July 1st. Presenting the National Budget at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on June 13th, Kasaija gave a glowing perspective of Uganda’s economic outlook as, “positive and optimistic.” “The economy has remained resilient and has fully recovered from a myriad of internal and external shocks,” said the Minister Kasaija, adding that the economy is projected to grow between 6.4% & 7% next FY and double digit over the next 5 years. The Budget is the fifth, and therefore the…

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