Tea, Coffee & Cocoa
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Daring abroad: Uganda to set up coffee shops in Germany and Denmark to aid in sourcing markets for local produce
UGANDA – Coffee being the largest single foreign exchange earner for Uganda since the 1970s, the country has planned to open a coffee shop in…
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Kenya ships first-ever consignment of value-added tea to Australia, outlines measures to enhance more tea exports
KENYA – Agriculture Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, Mithika Linturi, flagged off the first-ever consignment of 2.68 metric tons of Kenyan value-added tea worth ShUS$29,667.6(Sh3.7 million)…
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Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority calls for Limuru Tea Company’s board restructuring to reflect shareholding structure
KENYA – The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) in Kenya has recommended a restructuring of the Limuru Tea company’s board to fairly reflect its shareholding structure…
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Egypt shuts down facility believed to be producing counterfeit Nescafe coffee products
EGYPT – A company producing counterfeit copies of Nescafe coffee products under the name of food and beverage giant Nestlé has been shut down by…
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KTDA microfinance subsidiary Greenland Fedha offers cheap growth loans to tea growers
KENYA – Greenland Fedha, a fully owned subsidiary of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), has announced that tea growers have received Sh7.5 billion (US$60m) in…