Back in June I met up with Henry Ngabirano the Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Agency in Kampala. Henry asked me what I could to do help increase the income of coffee farmers in Uganda and whether I would … Read More
If you live in rural Uganda and or any other Sub Saharan Country for that matter chances are that the road through your village will look like the one in Kikube, unless of course your village is on a main … Read More
We are Continuing with our count down to 100 years of International Women’s day- Yesterday we met Jacqueline in SW Uganda and today we are in Rwanda to meet JOY On 2 October 2009 I received an email from my … Read More
This time last year I was in Rwanda working on a work contract for a client who is a vet and wanted a supply of sleeping baskets for dogs from a sustainable source and here is how I got on … Read More
Last December I set off for Rwanda at the request of one my clients. I met two co-ops Gahaya Links and KIAKA The co-op was in existence well before the genocide and has 400 permanent members but workks with at … Read More
That is according to David Lane speaking at the Pittsburg G-20 . He reasons that Africa has over 1 billion producers and consumers of services of goods. He calls for G20 to make Africa part of the solution to ending … Read More
I recently came across the Ethical Fashion Forum and I went along to their event on 18/8/9. This event was promoted as focusing on sourcing from Africa. As the discussion got under way I could not believe some of what … Read More
I came across this article over at The Guardian’s Katine Chronicles and it sums up what a Conservative government would do about International Development. Of all the proposals /promises this is the one that caught my eye setting up an … Read More
The most exciting thing that has happened at Ethnic Supplies has been the introduction of a new group of producers from Rwanda. After the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Rebuilding the nation of Rwanda was never going to be easy following … Read More
