Tea, Coffee & Cocoa
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Uganda coffee exports benefit from favourable prices despite 20% decline in volume
UGANDA – After a full-year of bullish coffee exports, Uganda’s trade of the commodity in terms of quantity has plunged by 20.43% in the month…
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eco.business Fund dishes out US$10m to support sustainable tea farming in Kenya
KENYA – Family Bank, a Kenyan commercial bank, has received Kshs. 1.1 billion (US$10 million) from the eco.business Fund to provide credit to sustainable tea…
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Tata Group to merge coffee business with consumer division, eyes full ownership of UK business
INDIA – Indian multinational conglomerate has announced plans to merge its coffee business which trades as Tata Coffee with its consumer product division. This…
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Smallholder farmers in Rwanda now owners of country’s largest tea factory Mulindi Tea
RWANDA – The Wood Foundation Africa and Gatsby Africa, through their jointly owned charitable company, East Africa Tea Investments (EATI), have signed off their majority…
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Barry Callebaut strengthens Asia Pacific presence with opening of chocolate plant in Australia
AUSTRALIA — Swiss cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer, Barry Callebaut is bolstering its capabilities in the Asia Pacific region with the opening of an expanded…