Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira, commonly known as Emmanuel Iyamulemye, is a Ugandan

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, businessman and corporate executive, who is the incumbent

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of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). On 17 November 2021, the UCDA board of directors appointed him to a second five-year term in his present position.

Background and education

Iyamulemye is a Ugandan by birth. He holds an undergraduate degree in agricultural science, from an undisclosed university. His

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was awarded by

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, in the

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. He went on to obtain a

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degree in

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from the same university. His degree of

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was awarded by

Uganda Martyrs University Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) is a private University affiliated with the Roman Catholicism in Uganda, Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. The University is owned by the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda. It is licensed by the ...

Career

As of November 2021, Iyamulemye's career and work experience stretched back in excess of 15 years. For a period of 2 years, after graduate school, he was the program director of a program promoting NERICA rice in Uganda, with support from the

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. He then spent several years, as the National Program Coordinator for two development programs, jointly founded by the

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and

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to uplift living conditions in the Northern Region of Uganda. The ''Northern Uganda Agricultural Livelihoods Recovery Program'' (ALREP), worth €20 million and the ''Karamoja Livelihoods Program'' (KALIP), worth €15 million, ran between 2010 and 2016. Iyamulemye was first appointed as CEO of UCDA in 2016. In 2021, the UCDA Board renewed his contract for another five years, based on the positive outcome of his first term.

References

External links

Website of Uganda Coffee Development Authority

Personal Profile at LinkedIn
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Background and education

Career

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