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About NBI
Bioeconomic and Biodiversity as Business
Nile Bioeconomic Innovations (NBI) is a private company that was founded in 2016 and incorporated in September 2019. NBI was established with the goal of promoting the bioeconomy as a tool of development and economic transformation in Uganda and the region. The company has identified its niche in establishing one-stop centres for commercialized bioeconomic models based on the latest technology and systems. NBI embodies a programmatic approach to bioeconomic development as opposed to stand-alone interventions that fall short on impact and profitability. NBI invests to make a difference. It targets to showcase innovation, good return on investment, sustainable utilization of natural resources, high social impact and positive environmental impact.
NBI prides itself in the Africa-wide network of experts in various aspects of the bioeconomy and provides solutions that are focused and relevant for a specific setting.
The Company has a six-member Board of Directors that balances ownership interests with professional ethic for sustainability.
Mission
“To deliver a sustainable and transformational economy in Uganda through a culture of innovations, technology transfer and circular bioeconomic capitals that ensure a sustainable future of Ugandan citizens through a just, equitable and safer society.”
The Company’s mission is closely related to its stated vision. It provides purposeful orientation and defines the identity of the Company. It points to targets to be achieved, and once achieved, to be maintained through doing more of the Company’s activities. NBI has designed her vision and mission to define the place of the Company in its environment of individuals, communities, other private companies, public sector actors as well as NGOs and development partners.
Vision
Mobilisation of multi-stakeholders, governance and engagement towards creating and shaping nature based, circular bioeconomy value chains to protect and conserve the natural capital of Uganda and Sub-Saharan African Countries by delivering global goals of climate, biodiversity and green jobs through Circular and Bio-Based Economic models
Core Values
Based on the Company’s mission and vision, the core values of NBI are:
- The company was envisioned based on the agenda of delivering global goods driven from pro-poor, equity focused, gender centric, social and economic justice based on humanitarian, climate centric, sustainable bioeconomic goals.
- Strong inclination and commitment to governance, transparency and ethics to prevent and stop environmental and nature based crimes.
- Pro-poor, gender sensitive, multi-stakeholder approaches with focus on delivering sustainable development and Paris climate goals with shared value and prosperity for the people of Uganda.
- The Company Founder and Team have track record of creating ecosystem of entrepreneurship, partnerships with objective to deliver healthy and shared prosperity.
- Addressing societal challenges of inequalities, lack of prosperity, economic and social infrastructure for rural and urban poor by harnessing natural capital and creating Regenerative Economy.
Governance Structure
A governance structure is in place to ensure adherence to the Company’s fundamental values while assuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness in operations.
The Company has a six-member Board of Directors that balances ownership interests and professional ethic. Three of the Directors are Executive Directors and three are Non-Executive Directors.
The Executive Directors include the Managing Director/CEO, the Executive Director – Operations and the Executive Director – Finance and Administration.
Among the Non-Executive Directors are two shareholders and the Company Secretary who also handles the legal affairs and compliance aspects of the company.
Below the Board is a team of balanced management as indicated in the Organogram on the next page.
In addition, the Company has a wide network of consultants in various fields to plug up any capacity gaps whenever need arises. 
