Mandela Coffee
- Uganda
- For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 8.5% of adults aged 18 years and older had diabetes globally. This disease is caused by the pancreas failure to produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. If this disease is not addressed, it will lead to the death of more than 1.5 million people globally.
Besides that, we are solving the problem of high Poverty levels among farmers and High levels of youth unemployment/unemployment in Uganda which currently stands at 70% of the total population.
Mandela Coffee is a grounded organic coffee which contains the mineral magnesium and chromium which lowers the rates of diabetes when consumed by an individual. The blend of these nutrients is helpful for improving insulin sensitivity, which help to offset the opposite effects of caffeine hence reducing diabetes disease globally.
Our solution serves individual households and food companies or coffee processing factories in Uganda who then sells it to final consumers.
Our management team comprise of a multidisciplinary team members who have knowledge, skills and experiences in coffee business, food security, food nutrition and health, sales and marketing, accounting and finance and coffee processing/manufacturing.
- Enable a low-carbon and nutritious global food system, across large and small-scale producers plus supply chains that reduce food loss.
- 1. No Poverty
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
- Growth
We processed or manufactured our coffee products and sold it to 10 individuals and 10 corporate client (factories) and made annual sales revenue of USD$50,000 in Uganda in the past 2 years.
We are applying to MIT Solve to raise funds for scaling our coffee products in Uganda.
We also applied to MIT Solve so get mentorship and also network with like minded people in the MIT Solve ecosystem.
- Business Model (e.g. product-market fit, strategy & development)
- Financial (e.g. accounting practices, pitching to investors)
- Human Capital (e.g. sourcing talent, board development)
- Legal or Regulatory Matters
- Monitoring & Evaluation (e.g. collecting/using data, measuring impact)
- Product / Service Distribution (e.g. delivery, logistics, expanding client base)
- Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
- Technology (e.g. software or hardware, web development/design)
We are different in such a way that we exclusively manufacture organic coffee products compared to our rivals who predominantly deal in inorganic coffee products.
We believe that our organic coffee products will help improve on the health and wellbeing of an individual ad guard their lives from diabetes that would kill them.
We believe that our organic coffee products will help improve on the health and wellbeing of an individual ad guard their lives from diabetes that would kill them.
Our main goal is to solve the problem of diabetes, high level of unemployment and high level of poverty among farmers in Uganda.
We are currently measuring our impact progress by annual turnover, reduction in numbers of diabetes patient, additional income earned by coffee farmers and numbers of people employed by our business activities.
Our organic coffee is made and produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. The farm's fertilizer must is 100% organic; this include chicken manure, coffee pulp and general compost. Our organic coffee is produced without insecticides and / or chemicals that can degrade the soil, plants and herbs that can help generate. In other words, our organic coffee is plant-based solutions that can reduce the effects of climate change
- A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful
- Manufacturing Technology
- Uganda
- Nigeria
We have 6 full-time staffs and 5 part-time staffs.
We have been working on this solution for 4 years now.
Our management team:
We have Mr.Nelson Mandela who is the Founder & CEO,Opwonya Geoffrey who is the Accountant.
Besides that ,we Mr.Simon Muhumuza who is our Head of Administration & Logistics and Mr.Emmanuel Ejeu who is our Chief Commercial Officer.
In addition to that, we have Mr.Otto Byron who is our Project Officer.
Our management team comprise of a multidisciplinary team members who have knowledge, skills and experiences in coffee business, food security, sales and marketing, accounting and finance and coffee processing/manufacturing.
We also employed 4 youths,5 women and 1 person with disabilities in our team. This has ensured inclusion and diversity in our company.
We earn money from direct sales, sales Commissions, Agro Consultancy Fees, training fees and Sponsorships.
- Organizations (B2B)
We planned to sustain our business operation using funding from from direct sales, grants, loans, investor funds, sales Commissions, training fees,Agro Consultancy Fees and Sponsorships.
Founder & CEO