Chemonics International

Chemonics International is an international development consulting firm actively operating in Uganda across diverse sectors. Here’s a detailed overview:

🌱 Core sectors & flagship initiatives

1. Agriculture & Food Security

• Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture (YLA): A $21.5 million USAID-funded initiative from 2015–2020, designed to empower youth in agribusiness through leadership training and mentorship.

• Enabling Environment for Agriculture (EEA): Worked to eliminate policy and regulatory barriers, bolstered government capacity to enhance agricultural trade.

• Market Systems Strengthening: Helped launch digital solutions (e.g., Akorion platform) linking smallholder farmers to services and market information.

• Support Reach: Initiatives aim to uplift the productivity and resilience of over 600,000 farmers, pastoralists, focused significantly on women and youth.

2. Supply Chain & Health Systems

• Technical assistance roles: Chemonics recruits local and expatriate experts to strengthen health commodity supply chains — enhancing governance, workforce, info systems, and public–private linkages.

• CBCR project: A five-year USAID-funded effort in Amudat to support community-based cancer resources (in partnership with ACDI-VOCA).

3. Economic Growth & Private-Sector Engagement

• Private sector investments: Active in Uganda’s agriculture and renewable energy sectors, collaborating with stakeholders like the Uganda Investment Authority and Ministry of Finance. These efforts connect regional investors and mobilize private capital.

• Energy & infrastructure: Involved in regional pipeline and renewable‑energy dialogues, including projects linking Uganda with Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan.

4. Governance & Institutional Strengthening

• Supports projects that shape agricultural governance (e.g., Grain Council partnerships) and build institutional recipe across sectors.

• Has delivered supply chain technical assistance involving multiple Ugandan state actors and local organizations.

• Active in broader transparency and private-sector working group forums — forging policy shifts and cross-sector accountability .

🏢 Presence in Uganda

• Maintains a Kampala office and hires Ugandan and expat staff on technical and leadership roles.

• Uses local partnerships heavily — collaborating with government ministries, private sector players, and community-based organizations to deliver lasting impact.

✨ Key impacts & highlights

• Youth agriculture: Over five years, the YLA initiative embedded leadership in youth agribusinesss.

• Women-centered nutrition: Promoted inclusion in programs like Aunt Porridge—a nutritious food enterprise fostering women-led agribusiness.

• Digital market access: Tools to connect farmers practically to supply services and price info .

• Health supply chain: Bolstered national availability of essential medicines through fortified systems .