Mitooma Central
Mbabazi Group
A 64-member group running a shared drying yard and pulping facility. Group leader since 2019.
The Farmers
20,578 owners. 421 groups. One cooperative.
Rubanga is the people who grow the coffee — organised into farmer groups, accountable to one another, and collectively owning the cooperative.
How it works
Groups, washing stations, and a shared standard.
Members are organised into 421 farmer groups at village or parish level. Each group runs collective bulking, peer training, and quality control before cherries are delivered to one of Rubanga's central washing stations.
Group leaders sit on regional committees, which feed into the board. Quality decisions, premium allocation and investment priorities all flow up from the membership — not down from a head office.
Pictured: Rubanga's own extension officers in the field with a principal agricultural officer from MAAIF — the technical backbone that keeps quality consistent across every group.
Kashenshero
Tukamushaba Group
Recognised in 2025 for the highest average cherry quality across the cooperative.
Kanyabwanga
Nyamigisha Group
One of the cooperative's all-women groups — leading the Women in Coffee programme.