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Uncategorized Latest Entries » 2011 Round-up Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment January 11, 2012 Here is a wrap-up of our successes for the year 2011: January 2011 28th January – Akiba signs an agreement with marathon and steeplechase runner Dorcus Inzikuru to sponsor her games while she endorses our products. 31st January – Completion of Akiba Natural Peanut Butter product development and preparation for its launch onto the shelves February 2011 21st February – Gathering information for Akiba Natural Honey commences in the product development stage 25th February – Akiba Natural Peanut Butter officially hits the shelves and is welcomed widely by consumers 28th February – Plans between Akiba and Nalugala Mukene Millers begin to sell mukene powder in smaller packs to suit market demands March 2011 11th March – Meeting with Arua Moyo Nebbi Regional Honey Beekeepers’ Association to sign an agreement to supply honey to Akiba and the first order is placed 24th March – Akiba Natural Honey officially hits the shelves and flies off the shelves as consumers appreciate its quality April 2011 27th April – Initial meetings with Sozo (U) Ltd on solar dried oyster mushrooms product development May 2011 5th May – Akiba Products Ltd obtains and brands a van for ease of distribution of its products June 2011 9th – 11th June – Akiba team goes to Arua for the legendary Barifa Conference: A Food Security Dialogue between NGOs and the Presidential Advisor on Food Security 11th June – Akiba team visits the Akiba Natural Honey processing premises in Arua and is impressed with the progress being made to expand the premises 11th June – Akiba team visits West Nile Disadvantaged Women and Orphans Association (WENDWOA) in Koboko and after an overwhelming welcome, pledges support through the marketing and sales of their beautiful crafts 12th June – Akiba team visits Peyero Millers in Gulu to view the newly installed rice milling plant that will change the way rice is cleaned and milled for the entire West Nile region 16th June – Akiba’s website is updated to become more product oriented and user friendly 20th June – WENDWOA team came to Akiba offices for final touches on an order for crafts 26th – 28th June – Akiba Network Partners meet for a packaging conference with NAMPAK South Africa with the aim of improving packaging for our products, as well as setting up a sustainable packaging centre in Uganda July 2011 6th July – Akiba Products works together with West Nile Cassava Millers and Luhatri Suppliers to come up with a new product, ANYAFURA. Anyafura is a mix of cassava flour and millet flour, known in Central Uganda as kalo. 20th July – Akiba sponsors Dorcus Inzikuru to run the 3,000m steeplechase race in Italy and she makes us proud by coming back with gold! August 2011 11th August – A team from Akiba travels to Nairobi, Kenya to visit the NAMPAK-BULLPAK factory on the outskirts of Nairobi. The factory has both paper and tin packaging that’s food grade and could be a solution to the packaging problem Uganda is facing. 28th August – Honey Week organised by The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation (TUNADO) starts. September 2011 1st September – Honey Week press conference with TUNADO and other honey producers in preparation for the Honey Week 2nd – 3rd September – The culmination of Honey Week with the Honey Fest, exhibiting honey and other bee-related products at Forest Mall, Lugogo. Akiba Products showcased Honey and GENAPRO Moringa ointment, which has beeswax, honey and propolis in its ingredients. Consumers’ reviews of Akiba Natural Honey were high and a large market was formed with this platform. 3rd September – The Akiba Products Limited Chairman, Rtd. Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho presides over the closing of Honey Week with an award ceremony for best honey display. Issues were raised facing the bee-keeping and honey sector and high on the list was proper and affordable packaging for honey. 9th September – Akiba Products Limited has a management change with the introduction of Mr. Shyaka Angelo as the new Managing Director and Mr. Roland Sekaziga as the Executive Director of the company. Mr. Sekaziga formerly hands over to Mr. Shyaka with the whole Akiba team present. 14th September – Akiba welcomes a new member of the Akiba family, Baby Nicole by Akiba employee Annet Muhawe. Congratulations to Annet and her husband on this milestone in their lives. 16th September – The Marketing Manager for Akiba Products gives a key note presentation to farmers and primary producers on the Akiba Value-Addition model at the PELUM workshop. In attendance were farmers from different sectors of agriculture, as well as processors and primary producers. 16th September – The Akiba team surprises Executive Director Mr. Sekaziga with a farewell dinner at The Lawns Restaurant in Kololo. Heartfelt speeches are made about chances taken and making good out of impossible situations. Mrs. Sekaziga is present for this. October 2011 5th October – Akiba employees visit the Sozo (U) Ltd mushroom farm and processing centre in Kanyanya. Lt. Night Atwine, Director of Sozo, takes us around showing us how the mushrooms are grown, harvested, solar dried, and packed. An order is made for the initial supply of Akiba Natural Dry Mushrooms. 11th – 12th October – A team from Akiba attends the Forum on Agro-food industries in OIC member states held by Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) at Speke Resort, Munyonyo. In attendance were delegates from over 50 OIC states, and the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, was the Guest of Honour. 28th October – Akiba MD, Marketing Manager, and Communications Consultant Ms. Anne Babinaga meet with Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) to discuss sponsoring a workshop for all our over 50 Akiba Network partners. The aim of the workshop was to find areas in which the PSFU can help improve production and business operations. We got the go-ahead and planning started for the workshop! November 2011 4th November – Akiba joined hands with The Creations Art Studio in displaying some of Uganda’s best products. Akiba’s products included food products like honey, peanut butter and mushrooms, as well as crafts like WENDWOA baskets, mats, and bags. 23rd November – Akiba signs an agreement with Nalugala Mukene Millers to market and commercialise 100g packs of Mukene powder. This adds a new product to the Akiba product range that is readily available on the supermarket shelf. 27th November – The face of Akiba Products, Dorcus Inzikuru, won the 21km race in the yearly MTN Marathon! We are really proud of Inzikuru’s perseverance and determination to stay on top even when support for her seems low. Comment Akiba Product Limited’s New & Improved Website Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment October 10, 2011 If you haven’t been to the Akiba Product Limited’s website in a while, you’re in for a wonderful surprise when you do visit it. We have made some changes which we will explain here. The website is now much more focused on the product. What you see on the homepage are featured products and links to all the products that we produce. The customer, you, can now place an order at your convenience from the website. All we need from you is the quantities of product that you want, your information and you can pay when the items have been delivered to you. The product list is detailed with the assorted sizes, weights and types of products we carry making your decision of what you want to purchase, easier. The website is more intuitive and engaging. We hope you all find the website as improved as we do. And of course, we welcome any feedback you have for us on it. Comment Akiba Products Limited PowerPoint Presentation Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment August 22, 2011 This presentation tells you all about Akiba Products Limited and it’s values. If you would like to download this presentation, please click the link below; Akiba Products Powerpoint Presentation Tags: Akiba, Akiba Products Limited, PowerPoint Presentation Comment The Noir Consulting/Nampak/Akiba Products Packaging Conference Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment June 30, 2011 One of the main challenges faced by Akiba Products and the suppliers we work with is packaging. Along the whole value chain, packaging is one of our biggest bottlenecks, especially since most of the materials used to package the products have to be imported. This fact prompted the Noir Consulting/Nampak/Akiba Products Packaging Conference. Noir Consulting provides business and personal financial training, savings options and access to affordable credit to SMMEs and Co-operatives. They also work with rural and peri-urban SMMEs, small-scale farmers and Agro-businesses like Akiba Products. It is run by the very accomplished Mrs. Ntombi Msimang, who is the chairperson of National Agricultural Marketing Council of South Africa. For the conference, Mrs. Msimang was accompanied by one of her highly competent consultants, Ms. Winnie Bunyenyezi. Nampak offers the most comprehensive product range; manufacturing packaging in metal, glass, paper and plastic. It was started in 1968 and has since made packaging solutions for all kinds of food products. The solutions that Nampak offers are diverse enough to satisfy the packaging needs that Akiba Products and our partners have. Mr. Andrew Neal represented Nampak for the conference. The conference run for two days, from the 26th to the 27th of June at the beautiful Country Lake Resort in Garuga and was attended by 10 of the main suppliers and partners that Akiba works with; Nakaseke Farmers’ Association – Maize growers Namunkeekera Agro-Processing Industries Limited (NAPIL) – Maize primary processors Nalugala Mukene Millers Limited – Mukene millers Peyero Millers – Rice millers Hosanna Women’s Group – Producers of Peanut Butter Arua, Moyo, Nebbi Regional Honey Beekeepers Association – Honey processors Elgonia OneCafe International Limited – Coffee and Tea producers Nutreal Limited – Suppliers of all our Amaranth based products Sozo Uganda Limited – Mushroom producers Luhatri Suppliers Limited – Suppliers of Millet and Cassava flour East Africa Basic Foods – Producers of nutritious flours specializing in baby foods The Department of Food Science and Technology at Makerere Univesity On day 1, everyone got to know each other, mingle and also talk about all the packaging challenges that they face. Packaging in Uganda is especially problematic since the importation of material used significantly increases the price of the products. This means that the retail price does not reflect the farmers’ cost but is mostly taken up by packaging. Mrs. Ntombi Msimang from Noir Consulting addresses the conference (From left to right) James Okello of Peyero Millers, Eng. Venand Gashaija of East Africa Basic Foods, Lt. Night Atwiine of Sozo Uganda Limited, Ms. Margaret Atine of Hosanna Women's Group Mr. Kyofa Kabuye from the Nakaseke Farmers' Association addresses the conference Mr. Kabuye receives architectural plans from Ms. Juliet Nanyonga of Akiba Products for a state-of-the-art post-harvest facility Dr. Banadda from the Department of Food Science and Technology in Makerere University that works closely with Akiba Products, especially on product development, talks to the conference about packaging challenges faced in Eastern Africa All the attendees of Day 1 of the Noir Consulting/Nampak/Akiba Products Packaging Conference On day 2, we met Mr. Andrew Neal from Nampak who introduced us to a wide range of packaging solutions and more importantly impressed upon everyone that what’s important is finding the right packaging for your product which isn’t necessarily the most expensive or the cheapest. Mr. Roland Sekaziga, Managing Director of Akiba Products, opens Day 2 of the conference with a presentation about the company Dr. Banadda from Makerere University recaps his address from Day 1 Mr. Andrew Neal from Nampak confers with Dr. Banadda while some conference attendees look at the samples on display Conference attendees look at the samples brought by the different suppliers and Nampak Ms. Carlo Nduhukire, Marketing Manager of Akiba Products, asks Mr. Neal a question during the Q&A section of the conference Mrs. Msimang makes the closing remarks for the conference Mr. Sekaziga hands Mr. Neal a basket of Akiba Products' goodies The conference was interspersed with shared meals and networking at the end of the long days in the picturesque environs of the Country Lake Resort whose staff was more than welcoming. The attendees about to enjoy a delicious dinner on the lakeside Dinner on the shores of Lake Victoria The conference ended on a high note with everyone prepared to work together to overcome the challenges and an invitation for Nampak to set up an industry in Uganda to benefit the whole of Eastern and Central Africa. It also allowed all the parties involved to bond and brought Akiba Products even closer to our suppliers. Comment Our Products Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment June 24, 2011 We will use our second blog post to introduce our range of products to you. Akiba Products Limited supports local food producers to improve their product development and management capabilities. We are the product development and commercial partner in several value chains whose primary aim is to improve the quality of locally produced products and generate fair revenues for each participating producer. Maize Grain and Flour Mukene – Whole Fish and Milled Powder Mukene Fortified Maize Flour Rice: Upland and Super Groundnuts and Groundnut Powder Peanut Butter Ghee Honey Coffee Tea Beans Moringa Products Goat cheese Amaranth Products Mushrooms We are also have a number of products in the pipeline. The ones below will be on the market very soon. Garlic Garlic Powder Pineapple Juice Soya beans & Flour Millet Comment Akiba Products Limited Filed under: Uncategorized — Leave a comment June 22, 2011 We, at Akiba, are pleased to be writing our maiden blog post in our quest to embrace social media and use it to reach you, our customers. We will use this first post to introduce ourselves. Akiba Products Limited is a leading natural product development and management company located in East Africa. Our main focus is the development of natural and organic products that significantly contribute to the social and economic development of Uganda. We provide assistance and management services to producers from several key industries. Our focus is on the development of business capabilities, product development and management, optimization of existing strategies and tactics, organization and process improvement. We emphasize the utilization of the right mix of management and technical expertise in order to ensure production efficiency through correct strategies, management systems and processes. The industry knowhow of our management team and consultants enables us to successfully design, develop and manage locally produced goods and services in several districts located across Uganda. Akiba Products Limited is a subsidiary of Akiba International Limited and is the product development and management partner of Akiba International Value Addition Chains and Projects. We have a wide range of products which will be introduced to you individually in subsequent blog posts. 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