Emmanuel Iyamulemye
Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira, commonly known as Emmanuel Iyamulemye, is a Ugandan agricultural scientist, businessman and corporate executive, who is the incumbent managing director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). On 17 November 2021, the UCDA board of directors appointed him to a second five-year term in his present position. Background and education Iyamulemye is a Ugandan by birth. He holds an undergraduate degree in agricultural science, from an undisclosed university. His master's degree in Crop Science was awarded by Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. He went on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Science from the same university. His degree of Master of Business Administration was awarded by Uganda Martyrs University. Career As of November 2021, Iyamulemye's career and work experience stretched back in excess of 15 years. For a period of 2 years, after graduate school, he was the program director of a program promoting NERICA rice in Uganda, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization. He then spent several years, as the National Program Coordinator for two development programs, jointly founded by the European Union and Government of Uganda to uplift living conditions in the Northern Region of Uganda. The Northern Uganda Agricultural