Uganda: Derek Kwesiga - Agribusiness Entrepreneur

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Derek Kwesiga is an innovative agribusiness entrepreneur engaged in value addition to fruits and vegetables under the brand name JustJoy. He makes juice. On returning to Uganda after garnering extensive experience in Bar & Restaurant management in USA, Kwesiga started Derekorp in 2008 with assistance from Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) under the incubation programme.

Since then he has been making fruit juice from different fruits working in collaboration with Technoserve Uganda a partnership that has seen hundreds of farmers groups in Luwero, Kayunga, Kabale, and Ngora benefit from the post-harvest marketing initiative.

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