AFRIDGE and Busoga launch bamboo ecosystem programme in Jinja

On 13 October 2025, AFRIDGE and the Busoga Consortium for Development (BCD) launched a bamboo ecosystem programme at the Civil Service College of Uganda in Jinja. Shandong Vice Governor Wen Nuan and Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga took part in the launch, alongside Third Deputy Prime Minister Rukia Nakadama and BCD Governor Frank Tibagendeka.

The launch followed the signing of a cooperation agreement between BCD and Shandong Province. The bamboo programme aims to develop Busoga’s bamboo resources and create local opportunities in growing and processing. Its demonstration work is intended to give growers a practical way to learn about bamboo cultivation and connect with downstream uses for the crop.

For AFRIDGE, a founding organisation of the Africane Bambusa Consortium (ABC), the Jinja launch was a milestone in its work in Uganda. It brought local institutions and international partners together around a project that connects bamboo cultivation, landscape restoration and rural enterprise.