Andrew Rugasira

Ugandan Andrew Rugasira is the CEO and founder of Rwenzori Coffee Company.

Within a few years of starting up his company, Rwenzori Coffee Company was selling to the biggest supermarket chains in Africa and Britain – the first contract ever for an African coffee producer to supply direct to a British supermarket. The company generated sales of $1.7 million. .

But what makes Rugasira different is the way he does business. He pays his growers up to twice the average market price for their coffee. He shares his company’s profits on an equal basis with his farmers and their communities, he provides training in the best practices and promotes the well being of the community by supporting its orphanages, health care and education projects.