{"id":7266,"date":"2025-06-06T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.globalsocialimpact.es\/?post_type=vehicles&#038;p=7266"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:10:04","slug":"gsif-africa","status":"publish","type":"vehicles","link":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/vehiculos\/gsif-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"GSIF \u00c1frica"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7266\" class=\"elementor elementor-7266\" data-elementor-post-type=\"vehicles\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227431b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"227431b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72c846e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72c846e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Action title: <\/b><b>Strengthening Smallholder Coffee Farming in Uganda<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b>About the company:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Ugandan cooperative brings together thousands of smallholder coffee farmers, guaranteeing access to international markets, fair pricing, technical training, sustainability certifications, and social premiums. By exporting organic and fair-trade coffee, it boosts farmer incomes, reinforces sustainability, and strengthens local cohesion.<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded: 2006\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operating in: Uganda<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fund: GSIF Africa<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asset class: Senior debt<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>Impact highlights<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">94,500 lives impacted<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21,000 smallholder farmers supported<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40% of farmers are women<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<b>The challenge<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coffee is a vital source of income for millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, yet they face persistent challenges:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited access to credit, savings, and technical support and low bargaining power<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barriers to meeting international certification and quality standards\u202f<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vulnerability\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uganda is Africa\u2019s largest coffee exporter, yet most farmers work on tiny plots with few resources. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/60decibels.com\/products\/farmer-thriving-index\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2024 Coffee Farmer Thriving Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, over one-third of Ugandan coffee farmers saw no profits last year, and nearly half were unable to save any income.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>The solution\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Cooperative network + Access to credit, technical support and global markets + Sustainable, certified coffee production]<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cooperative provides smallholder coffee farmers with fair access to international buyers, pre-financing for harvests, technical support through agronomists and university partnerships, and continuous progress toward social and environmental certifications.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>The impact<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21,000 smallholder farmers supported, up from 14,000 at the start of the loan<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39% of farmers are women; 12% are youth<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">162 direct employees, with 25% women and 59% under age 30<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 sustainability certifications achieved (organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10% price difference gained by cooperative farmers compared to non-member farmers<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 recent community infrastructure improvements completed (including school sanitation)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3,000 trees planted to protect coffee plants and soil<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Why we invested\u00a0<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strong sector relevance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coffee is Uganda\u2019s largest export and a key livelihood for millions<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Inclusive cooperative model:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Empowers farmers, pools resources, and amplifies market access<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Environmental impact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drives sustainable and certified production, improving long-term climate resilience<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Solid management and technical capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Experienced leadership, agronomic expertise, and strong local governance<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transformation potential:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Combines scale, social focus, and capacity to reshape Uganda\u2019s smallholder coffee system<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>GSI\u2019s role<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With GSI&#8217;s financing, the cooperative is:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-financing coffee purchases and reducing reliance on expensive debt<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening its negotiating power in international markets<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expanding support services for its member farmers<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, we are helping transform Uganda&#8217;s smallholder coffee system into a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable engine of rural development.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b>Quote:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is reassuring for ACPCU to work with such a like-minded partner as GSI on this transformative journey of the last mile farmer.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Derick<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Komwangi, Projects Officer<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fondo de deuda privada que financia pymes consolidadas de alto impacto en \u00c1frica<br \/>\n<span class=\"overWhite02 logo\"><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"project_category":[],"vehicle":[],"class_list":["post-7266","vehicles","type-vehicles","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehicles\/7266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehicles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vehicles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehicles\/7266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":924816,"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehicles\/7266\/revisions\/924816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=7266"},{"taxonomy":"vehicle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalsocialimpact.es\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vehicle?post=7266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}