A Buganda Kingdom-backed coffee company with global ambition.

Learn about Mwanyi Terimba Limited, the Emmwanyi Terimba initiative, leadership, partners, and the company story.

About us

Built to connect Ugandan coffee farmers to better markets.

Mwanyi Terimba Limited works across Buganda and Uganda at large to improve coffee productivity, strengthen farmer participation, and create reliable routes from farm production to local, regional, and international markets.

Founded from a royal initiative

MTL was established in 2020 as the commercial arm of the 2016 Emmwanyi Terimba initiative by the Kingdom of Buganda.

Farmer-centered value chain

The company supports organized smallholders, farmer groups, and cooperatives with training, extension services, and market access.

Export and value addition

MTL supplies green coffee to regional and international buyers while also offering value-added roasted and ground coffee within its wider portfolio.

17,000+

Organized smallholder farmers

2,500+ MT

Approximate annual aggregated coffee supply

Continental market regions served

2020

MTL established as a coffee platform

Markets

AfricaEuropeMiddle EastAsia

Compliance

FairtradeEUDR ComplianceUNBSGACC China

Who we are

Buganda Kingdom-owned coffee exporting and value addition company.

Mwanyi Terimba Limited (MTL) is a Buganda Kingdom-owned coffee exporting and value addition company limited by shares. The company was established in 2020 as the commercial arm of the successful 2016 Emmwanyi Terimba initiative.

The Emmwanyi Terimba initiative is a royal campaign by the Kingdom of Buganda aimed at revitalizing coffee production and improving market access for smallholder farmers within Buganda and Uganda at large as a pathway to poverty alleviation.

Today, MTL works with over 17,000 organized smallholders, farmer groups, and cooperatives across Buganda, including women, youth, and PWDs, using structured administrative systems to deliver extension services, training, and market access.

Mr. Kironde Charles

Chief Executive Officer

The Kabaka of Buganda

The Queen of Buganda

Vision

To be a center of excellence for coffee value chain development in Uganda

Mission

To lead coffee value chain business-led innovations and offer the largest platform for promoting farmers’ inclusiveness and participation in the value chain.

Core values

Mwanyi Terimba Limited creates an environment where compassion, professionalism, integrity, entrepreneurial culture, customer satisfaction, and equity are fostered.

Compassion

As a company owned by the kingdom, we are empathetic and conscious of smallholders' situations, with a strong desire to alleviate conditions that may prevent them from maximizing value from their efforts.

Professionalism

MTL creates an enabling environment for staff to perform their work with competence, dedication, transparency, expertise, and due care.

Integrity

We strive to act with honesty, fairness, and ethical conduct.

Entrepreneurial culture

We foster business-led innovation across the coffee value chain so farmers, staff, partners, and customers can participate in practical growth opportunities.