A coffee and social entrepreneur as he prefers to refer to himself, Nelson Tugume is the chief executive of Inspire Africa coffee hub located on Kabuhungu Hill, Rwashamire Town Council in Ntungamo District.
In his early 40s, Tugume has earned himself a name in Uganda 's coffee value chain with his huge investment worth Shs7 billion that he says is at 68 percent completion.
Without mentioning his source of funding, Tugume notes that the vision and ambition attracts funding as long as you have innovative ideas. Tugume's Rwashamiire coffee factory has attracted the President twice in less than two years, first in December 2022 when Mr Museveni commissioned the Inspire Africa Coffee factory and then last week.While officiating at the Africa Renaissance Coffee Chapter One launch last week, Mr Museveni lashed at"enemies of progress" in the coffee value chain, saying they should support people like Tugume with good ideas and innovations.
"If those fighting us no longer have interest, you don't mind about them because I don't revenge," he says.Tugume was recently accused of failing to provide accountability for Shs37 billion that was disbursed to the Coffee Investment Consortium Uganda for coffee value chain investment. On how the local farmer will benefit from the coffee factory, Tugume said the more more money from our coffee value addition agenda, the more money the farmer gets.
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