Our Vision
Egrene and AveniaGlo products and innovations among the most preferred bio-commodities on domestic and East African regional markets.
About Us
Who We Are
A Ugandan research, innovation and development company committed to quality products for healthy life and environment.
Our Story
From Plant Science to a Full Value Chain
Agile Biosystems Innovation Uganda Limited (ABIL) is a registered private Research, Innovation and Development (R,I&D) company, established in Uganda in 2018. The company was designed with one clear intention: to develop and deliver onto the market diversified, natural and environmentally safe industrial crop products and innovations, with a primary focus on coffee and cocoa.
Our journey began in plant science. ABIL first produced and commercialised tissue culture derived plantlets of banana, coffee, potato and spice crops, supplying farmers with clean, high-yielding planting materials. That foundation in biosystems science now powers our next chapter: building a full value chain that takes Uganda's coffee and cocoa from the farm gate to finished, value-added products on local and East African regional markets.
Today, ABIL operates from its production premises at Kabaga, Kitezi, Wakiso District, where functional infrastructure - including coffee and cocoa processing equipment, cosmetic processing lines, quality assurance laboratories and tissue culture facilities - supports continuous research, product development and production.
Kabaga, KiteziWakiso District, Uganda
Why It Matters
Capturing Lost Value at Home
260%
Uganda exports millions of bags of coffee every year, yet only about five percent is consumed locally, and nearly all of it leaves unprocessed. A kilogram of raw green beans earns a fraction of what the same coffee earns once processed; the country loses over 260 percent in value per kilogram of raw coffee exported. The story is the same for cocoa, where farm gate prices are more than fifteen times lower than the price of finished cocoa derivatives.
ABIL was built to capture that lost value at home - for farmers, for youth and women in the value chain, and for Uganda's economy.
Our Mission
To develop and commercialise diverse value-added coffee and cocoa products and innovations through eco-innovation and waste valorisation systems.
Our Motto
Quality Products and Innovations for Healthy Life and Environment.
Our Core Values
Our Cultural Cornerstones
These values are deeply integrated into every ABIL business operation.
Trust
We earn and keep the confidence of our customers, partners and communities.
Quality
Every product is held to rigorous standards, from raw material to finished good.
Efficiency
We use resources wisely, in our processes and in our environment.
Accountability
We take responsibility for our products, our promises and our impact.
Creativity
Innovation is our engine; we constantly seek better products and better processes.
Corporate Goals
Where We Are Headed
Increase product and innovation offerings on the local and East African regional markets.
Build brand recognition for enhanced sales and market share across the region.
Increase sales of strategic value-added products and innovations in target East African markets.
Build innovative infrastructural capability that supports the production and delivery of value-added products, innovations and services.
How We Are Organised
Built to Create and Deliver Value
ABIL is led by the Managing Director, supported by Research and Innovation Development and Administration and Finance teams. Customer and market value is created and delivered through four business functional units:
Marketing and Sales
Dietary Products and Ingredients
Waste Valorisation and By-Products
Tissue Culture and Nurseries
See What We Make
Explore the full family of ABIL brands - from premium coffee to natural cosmetics.