By Joseph Olanyo The Monitor May 22, 2007 Ethiopia’s case should be treated as an eye opener for Uganda that intends to do business with Starbucks When Paul Sempa-Mugambwa, former proprietor of Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd, received an offer for his firm way back in 1992 from a foreign investor, it did not look like an impending end to a whole generation of local coffee processing entrepreneurs. It was however only a matter of time before most of the indigenous coffee entrepreneurs gave in to pressure to sell their plants to cash draped foreign investors who, unknown to local entrepreneurs, had discovered a new niche in the international coffee market. Thus the unprecedented visit recently by officials from one of the largest global suppliers of specialty coffee - Starbucks Coffee Co. could hardly be a coincidence, according to analysts. "They want to start buying coffee from this region and they are looking at Uganda as part of a good quality coffee source," a coffee entrepreneur w...