Company Profile

Company Description:

 The Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (P.I.B.I.D.) was borne as a Project in 2003 and was approved for funding by the Uganda Government in January, 2005.

Vision Statement: A state of -art-banana processing enterprises in Uganda producing value added matooke products with competitive market strength both locally and globally, manned by rural farmers/entrepreneurs.

Mission statement: To harness University capacity for training entrepreneurs, conducting client -oriented research, steering of the banana industrialization process by fueling community-based primary value addition industries as well as entrepreneur- based secondary value-addition.

The incubation centers will offer rural farmer services, outreach and R&D opportunities in five critical areas: sustainable plantation management, business and product process development, product quality assurance and safety, process/product technology transfer and product commercialization. The technology park will extend services to seed entrepreneurs namely access to business, technology and quality assurance infrastructure