Uganda Approves Dimitra as Official Traceability Provider

Dimitra is proud to announce that it has been approved by the Government of Uganda as one of only five official national traceability providers supporting coffee traceability and EUDR-aligned due diligence. As part of the next phase of national-scale execution, Dimitra is also formalizing a strategic partnership with Plutus Coffee Group to accelerate implementation, strengthen both organizations’ long-term presence in the region, and expand access to tens of thousands of producers and up to approximately 90,000 tonnes of coffee annually at stage one as onboarding scales.

Uganda’s coffee sector is operating at a meaningful scale, and Europe remains the anchor destination for Uganda’s exports. Over the last twelve months reported by Uganda’s coffee authorities (November 2024 to October 2025), Uganda exported 8.4 million 60-kg bags of coffee worth approximately US$2.4 billion. Official reporting also shows Europe consistently accounting for the majority share of Uganda’s coffee exports.

From regulation-driven urgency to permanent infrastructure

While the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) timeline has shifted, Dimitra and Plutus have not slowed execution. The parties view digitized traceability and repeatable due diligence as permanent trade infrastructure rather than a temporary compliance reaction. In regulated markets, “proof” is becoming the product: verifiable origin, geolocation, chain-of-custody integrity, and defensible sustainability evidence that can withstand audits and buyer scrutiny.

“Uganda is a strategic origin for Europe, and traceability is no longer a compliance exercise, it is trade infrastructure,” said Jan-Michael Warnick, Dimitra’s Director for Europe. “Being approved as one of Uganda’s five national traceability providers gives us a clear mandate to scale repeatable, audit-ready proof of origin and sustainability, strengthening buyer confidence and long-term market access.”

The EU has approved a one-year delay to the law’s application, extending compliance timelines for companies. Despite the delay, market expectations have not reversed. Buyers continue to standardize requirements around traceability, risk classification, and evidence packaging — making the shift toward verified sustainability a one-way path, with or without EUDR-driven deadlines.

One major milestone was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Masaka Cooperative Union (MCU), one of Uganda’s oldest and most respected unions. The agreement positions MCU for digital transformation that will integrate traceability and regulated market readiness, ESG standards, carbon initiatives, and advanced farm management.

MCU’s implementation capacity was further strengthened through integration with the Nakaseke Consortium as its sales organization. This expanded execution capabilities and improved regional coordination across Central Uganda.

In parallel, Dimitra expanded its reach beyond coffee through the onboarding of Bundikakemba Cocoa Cooperative, creating a foothold for growth in Uganda’s cocoa sector through the Connected Cocoa app. The year also strengthened future pipeline capacity through the addition of new lead generation relationships in key regions.

These milestones matter because they shift the story from pilots to infrastructure. They represent operational readiness and long-term credibility.

What we are building together

At its core, this partnership is about making traceability and sustainability workflows easier to execute at scale.

1) Export-ready traceability at scale

Our Connected Coffee app is already live in Uganda, and it is designed for real-world rollout. That means practical onboarding. Farmer registration. Digital profiling. Farm mapping. Consistent records that move with the coffee supply chain.

With Plutus Coffee Group driving execution locally, the partnership will expand farmer onboarding, digital profiling, farm mapping, and batch-level traceability designed to function in real operating conditions across cooperatives, aggregators, and exporters. The objective is to reduce friction while improving data quality, continuity, and usability from farm to export.

2) Repeatable due diligence workflows, not improvised documentation

Readiness in coffee is no longer about having documents. It is about having repeatable workflows and credible evidence, every time.

Dimitra’s Due Diligence System (DDS) supports structured data capture, risk assessment workflows, and documentation outputs that can support audits, buyer questionnaires, and internal reporting without constant reinvention. When these workflows are embedded into operations, teams spend less time chasing information and more time improving the supply chain.

3) Buyer confidence through defensible evidence

In regulated markets, buyer confidence is earned through proof that holds up. That is why this partnership is focused on turning compliance pressure into a practical advantage.

By moving from fragmented paperwork to verified digital records, exporters and supply chain teams can respond faster to buyer questions, reduce audit back-and-forth, and strengthen market access. Farmers benefit from simplified field workflows and less administrative burden, while cooperatives and exporters gain stronger visibility and control.

“We are ready to execute at scale,” said Edgar Tibe, Dimitra’s Uganda Sales Partner. “With Plutus alongside us, we can accelerate onboarding, farm mapping, and clean data capture in real conditions, making traceability practical for cooperatives and exporters and delivering verifiable proof that the market increasingly expects.”

The Dimitra Protocol and $DMTR utility

This rollout is supported by the Dimitra Protocol, which enables token-powered access to AI services and standardized digital agriculture infrastructure across the ecosystem. As the Uganda program scales, Dimitra expects AI-driven services to be consumed through the Protocol as part of routine operations.

Based on current assumptions and the expected first-year usage footprint only with existing producers already in scope, Dimitra estimates* that a fully implemented first-year rollout could require approximately 50 to 90 million $DMTR tokens to access AI services delivered via the Protocol. These tokens are expected to be acquired via buybacks to meet verified ecosystem usage demand, subject to rollout pace and measured consumption.

*Estimations are based on the token price at the time this article was prepared. The figures are illustrative and assume the project reaches its expected export volume. Buybacks will begin as revenues are received and may occur on a rolling basis over time

Looking ahead: scaling from milestones to national systems

With government-level positioning secured and implementation capacity expanding through Plutus Coffee Group, Dimitra’s next phase in Uganda is execution at scale: onboarding, clean data rails, and repeatable evidence outputs that make traceability and sustainability verifiable, auditable, and operationally simple.

If you are part of the Ugandan coffee ecosystem — exporter, cooperative, supply chain operator, or sustainability lead — Dimitra and Plutus are now engaging implementation partners and early adopters for this scale phase.