PETER ZZABASAJJA
KAMPALA
Summary
An entrepreneurial professional passionate about coffee with expertise encompassing the full spectrum of business operations with a global perspective.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
General Manager
BRAZAFRIC ENTERPRISES LIMITED
KAMPALA
09.2019 - 10.2024
- Company Overview: https://www.brazafric.com/services/coffee-division
- Led business engagements with new and existing clients to strengthen the company's lead position with Pinhalense coffee processing technology, accelerate growth in grain post-harvest handling and other farm-based technologies by sourcing, installing, training and servicing equipment and machinery
- Fine tuning clients' inquiries on coffee production and processing technology requirements and developing clients' business plans and linkages to agribusiness sector investors and financiers
- Maintain relationship with all coffee sectors stakeholders, developing technical and commercial proposals for improvement coffee processing
- Developed a product research and development database tracking machinery performance data from clients in the local market and relay feedback to machine manufacturers' R&D teams for improvement and innovation
- Led, supervised and managed teams during maintenance, servicing, assembly and installation of small, medium and large coffee processing facilities in Uganda
- Mentoring and develop talent in coffee processing technology, coffee quality control and local coffee trading
- Achieved 7 million dollars in primary and export processing project sales in the last two years and overseeing successful installations leading coffee exporters in Namanve and Mbale and primary processors in Gomba, Masaka and Rakai
- Turned around the Fast Moving Division of farm tools and implements and registered a 55% growth of through the distributor model, bringing our brands closer to the end user and greatly resolved internal cash-flow constraints
- https://www.brazafric.com/services/coffee-division
Coffee Sourcing Agent
SC AGROGEST INVEST SRL
KAMPALA
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: www.frasin.eu
- I provided multiple high-quality inputs, qualitative and quantitative research, analyses and visualizations in areas of Project Appraisal Documents and scope of financing when FRASIN AGROTEHNIC S.R.L launched the project 'Study on the association of small-scale producers of shea butter, coffee and tea from Uganda' (Project code: 1161 / 19.04.2019)
- The project is co-financed from national funds through the RoAid Romania's International Development Cooperation Agency
- Through conferences, workshops and networking forums with coffee farmers, processors, exporters and regulators I identified, interviewed and briefed potential partners for projects in Uganda; scheduled meetings, calls, field and factory visits and maintained correspondence
- Contributed valuable East Africa coffee market insights and analysis, and with the CEO's supervisions I drafted the first green coffee beans sourcing strategy
- Competitively negotiated, helped prepare MOU's and contracts with local coffee partners: farmers' cooperatives, individual traders and aggregators, processors and exporters and haulers to reliably source at least 20 MT of green beans monthly, for 30 months
- Farm, factory and storage supervision and continuous assessment of partners' operations to ensure adherence to international coffee trade certification requirements, i.e
- UTZ and FAIRTRADE
- Www.frasin.eu
Business Analyst
E&K CONSULTING
02.2016 - 11.2018
- With the benefit of my medical background and clinical experience, under the Health Financing and Investment portfolio, I facilitated investor financing of 540 million Kenya shillings for two primary health and three specialized health facilities; growing the firm's hospital capital placement portfolio by 150%
- Developed and presented the investment case for medical laboratory diagnostics in East Africa at a conference in Nairobi; this data was used to guide investors and donors on procurement of diagnostic equipment, negotiating with suppliers and examining suitable business models for sustainability of equipment
- At the level of health policy, I developed qualitative and quantitative data collection tools and did analysis for the Comparative Analysis of Selected World Bank Global Financing Facility related Investments study; to enhance their civil society activities in 7 countries; Guatemala, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, co-authored the final report with findings and recommendations to harmonize and improve the activities of and rally civil society organizations funded by the Open Society Foundation those countries and completed a review of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health context and policy mapping study for the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) in Mozambique
Subject Teacher
STRATHMORE SCHOOL
NAIROBI
09.2014 - 11.2016
- Started the Science Club to promote science appreciation among students; there has been a 30% increase in the number of students offering Biology; won the club of the year award thrice
- Developed and oversaw the implementation of the school health and safety procedure
- I also conducted annual quality assurance trainings for teachers on first aid, continuous evaluation of practices and risk assessment resulting in 90% reduction of student injuries
- Mentored over 130 students, setting them on a journey of continuous improvement and maintained the bond of mutual trust and communication between the school and their families
Education
Bachelors of Nursing Science - NURSING
Makerere University, College of Health Sciences
Kampala/Uganda 08.2009 - 05.2013
Certified Public Accountant (K) II - ACCOUNTING
Strathmore University
Nairobi/Kenya 02.2014 - 06.2016
CERTIFICATION IN COFFEE FUTURES & PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT - RISK MANAGEMENT
JGANES CONSULTING
Kampala/Uganda 08.2023 - 08.2023
Skills
Business development
undefinedPersonal Information
- Date of birth: 02/19/90
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Ugandan
Recommendations
- EMMANUEL IYAMULEMYE, Executive Director Uganda Coffee Development Authority, (+256) 772926614, emmanuel.iyamulemye@ugandacoffee.go.ug
- JOAO ALBERTO BRANDO, Director Peaconsult and Pinhalense, (+55) 1936513233, joaoalberto@peaconsult.com.br
Timeline
CERTIFICATION IN COFFEE FUTURES & PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT - RISK MANAGEMENT
JGANES CONSULTING
08.2023 - 08.2023
General Manager
BRAZAFRIC ENTERPRISES LIMITED
09.2019 - 10.2024
Coffee Sourcing Agent
SC AGROGEST INVEST SRL
01.2019 - 12.2019
Business Analyst
E&K CONSULTING
02.2016 - 11.2018
Subject Teacher
STRATHMORE SCHOOL
09.2014 - 11.2016
Certified Public Accountant (K) II - ACCOUNTING
Strathmore University
02.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelors of Nursing Science - NURSING
Makerere University, College of Health Sciences
08.2009 - 05.2013
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