G-25 Africa Coffee Summit
Goal
The goal of the Summit is to address the challenges faced by the African coffee-producing countries as well as promote coffee value addition, trade and domestic consumption besides educating people on its health benefits..
The Government of the Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, in collaboration with the Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO) is hosting the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit (ACS) to be held from 7th to 10th August 2023, at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. The theme for the Summit of the 25 African Coffee Producing Countries is “Transforming the African Coffee Sector through Value Addition” which is in line with the theme of the 2023 African Union agenda that focuses on accelerating the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
About the Summit
Africa, the second largest continent in the world, is the birthplace of Arabica and Robusta coffee and has the largest number of countries growing coffee. It has an enormous endowment of vast uncultivated land, immense untapped water, and labour resources yet the African coffee sector is underperforming in all statistical indicators.
Aware that coffee is critical to African economies and is a source of livelihood to at least 60 million people across the continent, IACO held the 1st G-25 Africa Coffee Summit in Nairobi in May 2022 to re-evaluate the overall performance of the coffee sector in Africa and pursue the highest-level political authorities to finalise the process for the inclusion of coffee as a strategic commodity in the African Union's Africa Agenda 2063..
The 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit explores how African-producing countries can harness the opportunities in value addition and increase Africa's contribution to the global coffee trade, whose estimated value is US $466 billion.
Who is attending?
- Heads of State
- Senior Government Ministers
- Heads of Coffee Authorities
- Coffee Exporters
- Coffee Roasters
- Coffee Associations
- Coffee Farmers
- Coffee Processors
Speakers and Moderators
Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira
Managing Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority
Dr. Rosebella J. Langat
CEO and Co-founder of Chepsangor Hills Coffee Farms - Kenya
Dr. Benson Apuoyo
Director, Agriculture and Food Authority, Coffee Directorate - Kenya
Prof Joseph Kieyah
Chairman, Coffee Subsector Reforms Implementation Standing Committee (CSRISC) - Kenya
Princess Adeyinka Tekenah
Coffee Advocate & Influencer, CEO Happy Coffee - Nigeria
Oliver Kiiru Ndegwa
Managing Director, Triple Play Communications ltd - Kenya
Mr Enselme Gouthon
Secretary General, Coordination Committee for the Coffee and Cocoa Sectors - Togo
Haroon Sseguya
Technology Scaling Specialist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - Uganda
Hadi Beydoun
CEO, Café Continent- Cote D'Ivoire
Dr. Hermogene Nsengimana
Secretary General, African Organisation for Standardisation- Kenya
Ahmed Coulibaly
Group Director of operations, Ivoire Cartes Systemes- Cote D'Ivoire
Lawrence Attipoe
National Coordinator of ITC’s Alliances for Action Programmes - Ghana.
H.E. Sheikh Manssour Bin Mussallam
Secretary-General of the Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC)
Programme
Monday
7 August 2023
Pre-Summit Meetings
Tuesday
8 August 2023
Speke Resort Munyonyo
Wednesday
9 August 2023
Speke Resort Munyonyo
Thursday
10 August 2023
Speke Resort Munyonyo
12:00 – 12:15
7 Aug : Arrival of Heads of state
7 Aug: State Banquet
Venue: Speke Resort Munyonyo
9:30 – 17:00
Registration & Badge Collection by delegates – Speke Resort Munyonyo
Location: Speke Resort Munyonyo
9:00 – 12:00
Opening ceremony
Welcome Remarks by Dr Emmanuel Iyamulemye , Managing Director, UCDA
Opening ceremony and welcome speech by Ambassador Solomon Rutega, Secretary General of IACO
His Excellency Girma Amente , Chairman of the Inter-African Coffee Organisation, Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
His Excellency Wamekele Mene , Secretary General of the Africa Continetal Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Hon. Francis Mwebesa , Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Uganda.
His Excellency Azali Assoumani President of the Union of Comoros Chairperson of the African Union
Statements from the G-25 Heads of State of African Coffee Producing Countries
Hon. Frank Tumwebaze Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda
12:00 – 12:30
Reading of “Kampala Declaration” by Hon. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar , Minister of Foreign Affairs
Signing of "Kampala Declaration”
Photo session
End of opening ceremony
12:30 – 13:00
Guided Tour and Exhibitions
Guided Tour of exhibition by Heads of State led by Hon. Frank Tumwebaze Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry & Fisheries.
13:00 – 13:30
Press Briefing
Hon. Frank Tumwebaze Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry & Fisheries. & Ambassador Solomon Rutega Secretary General, Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14: 30 – 16:30
Ground breaking ceremony
Hon. Janet K. Museveni , Minister for Education and Sports
Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
Venue: Kyambogo University
19:00 – 21:00
Cocktail reception
Veneue: Speke resort Munyonyo
8:30 - 9:00
Panel 1: Topic 1: The future of the African coffee industry under AfCFTA
Moderator: Dr. Charles Mugoya Chairman UCDA Board.
Panelist: Hon John Mulimb a Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ( Regional Co-operation )
Panelist: HE Ambassador Josefa Sacko Commisioner of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commision, Adis Ababa, Ethiopia
9:00 - 10:00
Panel 1: Topic 2: Financing options for value addition: lessons for coffee value addition
Moderator: Dr. Charles Mugoya , Chairman UCDA Board.
Panelist: Resident Representative from Afreximbank
Panelist: Prof. Ezra Suruma, Professor and Chancellor, Office of the President, Uganda.
10.00– 10:15
Plenary Session : Panel 1 Q&A
10:15-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-12:30
Panel 2: Production and productivity in the African coffee region Sharing regional experiences in creating a coffee culture in Africa
Moderator: Mr Claude Bizimana CEO National Agricultural Export Development Board.
Panelist: Prof Joseph Kieyah Chairman Coffee Subsector Reforms Committee, Kenya
Panelist: Mr. Enselma Gouthon, Secretary General, Comite de Cordination pour les Fileres Cafe et Cacao (CCFCC)
Panelist: Dr. Adugna Debele, Managing Director, Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA), Ethiopia.
Role of Research in value addition*
Moderator: Mr Claude Bizimana CEO National Agricultural Export Development Board.
Panelist: Dr Cecilia Kathurima, Head Quality, Coffee Research Foundation, Kenya
Panelist: Dr. Geofrey Arinaitwe, National Coffee Research Institute, Uganda.
12.30– 13:00
Plenary Session : Panels 2 Q&A
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 -16:00
Panel 3: Topic 1: Strategies to promote value addition and access to new markets
Moderator: Dr. Benson Apuoyo, Ag. Director,Agriculture and Food Authority - Coffee Directorate Kenya.
Panelist: Mr Odrek Rwabwogo, Chairperson /Senior Presidential Advisor Special Duties, Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), Uganda
Panelist: Mr. Juan Luis Barrios, Président, Speciality Coffee Association (SCA), Boston, USA
Panelist: Mr Gilbert Gatali: ED Africa Fine Coffee Association (AFCFA)
Panel 3: Topic 2: Strategies to promote domestic consumption under the AFCFTA framework
Moderator: Dr. Benson Apuoyo, Ag. Director,Agriculture and Food Authority - Coffee Directorate Kenya.
Panelist: Mr Amir Hamza: CEO Bukoba Instant Coffee Factory
Panelist: Mr Hadi Beydoun CEO Café Continental Cote D’Ivoire
16:00 – 16 :30
Plenary Session : Panel 3 Q&A
9:00 – 10:30
Panel 4: Accelerating the implementation of African Coffee Standards under the AFCTFA framework
Moderator:Mr Mohammed Ali, Trade Director the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Panelist: Dr Hermogene Nsengimana, Secretary General, African Organization for Standardisation (ARSO), Kenya.
Panelist: Amb. Rossette Nyirinkindi Katungye, Advisor to Chairperson, African Union, Ethiopia
Panelist: Representative from Standards Authority
10:30 - 11:00
Plenary Session
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45
Panel 5: Role of Digitization and new technologies in value addition
Moderator: Mr Kwame Rugunda CEO Savannah Uganda.
Panelist:Mr. Oliver Ndegwa, Group Managing Director, Triple Play Communications, Kenya.
Panelist: Mr. Mulualem Syoum CEO African E-Trade Group, Rwanda.
Panelist: Mr Aji Coulibaly, Chief Executive Officer, Ivoire Cartes Systemes (ICS), Côte d'Ivoire
12:45 – 13:15
Plenary Session: Panel 5 Q&A
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch
14:15 – 15.45
Panel 6: Role of Youth & Women in value addition
Moderator: Dr Rosebella Lang’at, CEO and Co-Founder, Tulon Coffee & Member, Association of Women in Coffee Industry, Kenya.
Panelist: Mrs Martha Nalubega Wandera, Chairperson, Uganda Coffee Roasters Association, Uganda.
Panelist: Hon. Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya, Maire de la Commune de Foumban, Cameroun
Panelist: Princess Adeyinka Tekenah, CEO, Happy Coffee International, Nigeria
15:45 – 16.15
Plenary Session: Panel 6 Q&A
16:15 – 16.30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18.00
Panel 7: Emerging issues in the coffee industry
Impact of EU Regulations on the African coffee sector
Impact of Climate Change on the African coffee sector
Moderator: Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, MD UCDA.
Panelist: Mr Larry Attipoe, Senior Advisor Sustainability, ITC Coordinator for the EU/OACPS Business Friendly Programme in Africa, International Trade Centre (UN/WTO), Ghana
Panelist: Dr Haroon Sseguya, USAID CSA Scaling Project Manager, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Uganda
18.00 – 18.30
Plenary Session: Panel 7 Q&A
17.30 - 18.30
Closing Remarks
Moderator: Mr Primus Kimaryo, Director General, Tanzania Coffee Board.
Panelist: Amb. Solomon Rutega, Secretary General, Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO).
Panelist: Dr Emmanuel Iyamulemye, Managing Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)
Panelist: Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
Panelist: Hon Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Tanzania (incoming Host)
Hotels and Accommodation
Please see below the list of official hotels for the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit 2023.
Please contact the hotel directly for availability and pricing.
Offering an outdoor pool and a restaurant, Kampala Serena Hotel is located in Kampala. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with a TV, air conditioning and a balcony. .
63 Old Kira Road, Bukoto
Email: kampala@serena.co.ug
+256751705385
Offering an outdoor pool and restaurants, Sheraton Kampala Hotel Hotel is located at the Sheraton Garden in the heart of Kampala. The hotel is 1.2 mi from Uganda Golf Course.
Ternan Avenue, Nakasero
Email: reservations@sheratonkampala.com
+256312322499
Located in Kampala, 1.1 miles from Clock Tower Gardens - Kampala, Mestil Hotel & Residences provides accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a fitness center and a garden.
Ternan Avenue, Nakasero
Email: info@mestilhotels.com
031 3243000
Located in Kampala, 4.1 miles from Kampala Wonder World Amusement Park, Casa Solada Hotel provides accommodations with a fitness center, free private parking, a garden and a terrace.
Martin’s Close, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda
Email: info@casasoladahotel.com
Tel; +256 41 7103500/ 0778624710
Featuring free WiFi and a fitness centre, Protea Hotel Kampala offers accommodation in Kampala. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Each room comes with a flat-screen TV.
4 Elgon Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
Email: res@proteakla.co.ug
Tel: +256312550000
Speke Resort Munyonyo for your Accommodation, Conferences, Dining, SPA, Salon, Gym, Weddings, leisure and Wellness. Quality services in Kampala - Uganda.
Wavamunno Rd, Kampala
Tel: +256 (0) 752 711 714 / +256 (0) 414 227 111 / +256 (0) 417 716 000
Located in Kampala across the road from Uganda Golf Course and only a short walk from shopping malls, restaurants, and nightlife, Fairway Hotel & Spa features expansive lush gardens and an outdoor... Located Plot 1-2 Kafu Road, Nakasero
4 Elgon Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
Email: booking@fairwayhotel.co.ug
Tel; (041) 4259571/2 / +256789493088
Offering an outdoor pool and a restaurant, Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa is located in Kigo. The property offers a spa and wellness centre. Guests can relax in the garden and terrace.
Kigo Road, Kampala, Uganda
Tel; 031 3221000
Speke Hotel is located in the heart of Kampala opposite the Sheraton Gardens. The historic hotel features 3 specialty restaurants, conference facilities and is 0.6 mi away from Uganda Golf Club.
4 Elgon Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
Email: info@spekegroup.com
Tel; 0702711142 / 0707711750/+256752711701
Located in Kampala, 1.9 miles from Kampala Wonder World Amusement Park, Latitude 0 Degrees has accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a fitness center and a garden.
4 Elgon Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
Tel; 0312418300
Located in Kampala , in Bukoto ,Old Kira Road , 5 Minutes away from city center. Kabira Country Club has a fitness center, a terrace and rooms with free WiFi access.
Plot 63, Old Kira Road Bukoto, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: (256) 752711080
Set in Kampala, 0.7 mi from Uganda golf course, Golden Tulip Canaan Kampala features an outdoor pool and views of the pool.
Plot 12B Kafu Road, Kampala, Uganda
Email: reservations@goldentulipcanaankampala.com
Tel: +256755443443
Registration
The G-25 Africa Coffee Summit attendance is by invitation only. Register using the links below for your name tag to be processed.
Register as a foreign delegate Register as a national delegate
