The Consortium for Enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development (CURAD) is an innovative, autonomous agribusiness incubator established in 2012 by Makerere University, NUCAFE, and NARO, with support from DANIDA under the FARA-UniBRAIN Programme.

As a public–private partnership initiative, CURAD supports farmers, farmer organizations, agro-entrepreneurs, students, graduates, start-ups, and SMEs to transform ideas into competitive agribusiness enterprises. We are driven by a vision to produce innovative young entrepreneurs and agribusiness leaders who champion productivity, profitability, and job creation in the agricultural sector.

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What We Offer

CURAD provides end-to-end business incubation support to help entrepreneurs grow, formalize, and scale their agribusiness enterprises:

  1. Business Development Support
  • Business plan development
  • Access to finance facilitation
  • Capacity building and core training
  • Business mentoring & coaching
  • Legal and intellectual property services
  • Accounting and financial management support
  • Marketing linkages and exposure (fairs, conferences, exhibitions)

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2. Soft-Landing and Enterprise Support
  • Affordable office space for start-ups and SMEs
  • Access to production equipment and space for scale-up
  • Anchor tenancy for agro-industrial ventures
  • Internet access and digital support
  • Connections to angel investors and soft finance

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3. Value Addition & Commercialization

  • Support for value addition to agricultural products
  • Commercializing innovations and agro-technologies
  • Intellectual property management

Encouraging private-sector uptake of research innovations

Our Incubation Centres

CURAD operates three incubation hubs offering state-of-the-art facilities and technical support:

CURAD Agri-Park (Namanve Industrial Park)

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Fresh, Dry Fruits & vegetable processing for export markets.

Coffee Entrepreneurship Bureau of Uganda (CEBU)

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Coffee value addition for local and export markets.

Rural Agribusiness Incubation Hub (Kapeeka)

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Juice, water, and beverage production & processing.

Oil Seed Value Chain Incubation Centre (Iganga)

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Oil Seed and Animal feed Processing

Meat & Diary Incubation Centre (Jinja)

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Beef, Poultry and Diary processing