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Tea, Coffee & Cocoa – Trade & Market Updates
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Jollibee Group accelerates global growth as Compose Coffee, Highlands Coffee and Chinese brands drive international expansion
Jollibee Group’s coffee, tea and Chinese cuisine brands fuel international growth through rapid store expansion and improving profitability.
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Kenya tea factories raise green leaf payments after grower protests
Tea growers in Embu and Nyeri welcome higher green leaf payments as KTDA-managed factories implement a long-awaited review.
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Tea Board of Kenya orders Mombasa auction proceeds paid directly to KTDA factories to enforce Tea Act compliance
TBK has moved to stop brokers from routing tea sale proceeds through management agents, tightening oversight of KTDA factory payments.
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Ivory Coast to buy 100,000 tonnes of surplus cocoa as falling prices trigger market intervention
Ivory Coast moves to absorb surplus cocoa and protect farmers as global prices fall and border inflows swell domestic supplies.
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Stronger Ghana Cedi hits COCOBOD export earnings, pressures cocoa payments and operations
COCOBOD warns that a stronger cedi is cutting cocoa export earnings, even as government boosts farmer support with free inputs.