The company
Why we started
Maize is the staple of central Uganda, and most of it is milled far from where it grows. Grain travels to town, flour travels back, and both trips are paid for by the household buying a kilo of posho.
Jimukka mills where the maize is. We buy from our own farm and from growers and cooperatives around Zirobwe, clean and dry it properly, and mill flour that a low-income family can afford without giving up quality. The bran that comes off the grain goes straight back to poultry, piggery and cattle farmers in the same district.
The company is registered with URSB and licensed by NEMA, and is completing its trading licence. Quality systems are being written against the ISO standards our directors have already audited elsewhere, so that certification is a formality rather than a rebuild.
Shareholders and directors
The people behind Jimukka
Ivan Ssembogga
Chief Executive Officer and founder · 90% shareholdingBSc Industrial Chemistry, Makerere University
Ivan has spent more than eleven years in Ugandan manufacturing, leading production, maintenance, quality and safety teams at Roofings Group and TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda, most recently as Production Manager and Country Consignments Supervisor. He has implemented SAP and Oracle ERP systems, led internal audits against ISO 9001, 14001, 17025 and 45001, and run risk assessments under the ISO 31000 framework. He also advises small businesses on production and quality systems.
Jesca Nalweza Ssembogga
Director, farms and supply · 5% shareholdingBSc Library and Information Science, Makerere University
Jesca manages the company's farm operations, covering cattle, poultry and piggery, and the supply of farm products to customers. She brings the sourcing and day-to-day management that keeps grain moving into the mill and feed moving out of it.
Geofrey Ssebagala
Director, systems and community · 5% shareholdingBSc Information Technology
Geofrey looks after the company's systems and equipment. He serves as a pastor at Power of His Resurrection Ministries, Mulago, and works as a data clerk with the Sickle Cell Pan African Research Consortium at Mulago Hospital. That work with patients shapes the nutrition products Jimukka plans to develop as it grows.
How we got here, and what is next
The build sequence
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Land acquired and company registered One acre bought at Busoke-Kakoni and Jimukka Grain Milling Solutions Limited registered with URSB.2023
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Power connected and slabs poured Three-phase line built with a 100 kVA transformer. Slabs for the milling and animal feeds warehouses finished.2024
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NEMA licence issued Environmental licence granted for the site and the intended operations.2024
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Milling machines purchased First milling machines bought locally and delivered to site.2025
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Trading licence and warehouse erection Trading licence completed and the milling warehouse built over the existing slab.Q3 2026
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Milling line commissioned Full maize milling system installed, tested and running its first commercial batches.Q4 2026
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Cleaning, drying and grading plant Second warehouse fitted out so grain can be cleaned, dried, graded and traded.Q1 2027
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Silo bank built Six 1,500 MT silos erected, giving 9,000 MT of storage and year-round buying power.Q3 2027
Compliance
Registration and licensing
Company registration
URSB
Held
Environmental licence
NEMA
Held
Trading licence
Luwero District
Application in progress
UNBS product certification
UNBS
Planned