Ethiopia : New EU rules prompt coffee sector to seek fresh markets - 06/12/2023

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa seeks to soften EU stance on deforestation

The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has announced a national plan to prepare the coffee sector for implementation of an EU regulation on deforestation, which threatens to hit African coffee producers hard. Ethiopia is already feeling its effects.

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Workers carry coffee beans in a warehouse at Mullege Public Limited Company, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1, 2023.

Ethiopia
Coffee leader Kerchanshe champions Brazilian growing methods

In the space of a few years, the new sponsor of African Fine Coffees Association has become one of the largest producers and exporters in Ethiopia and could now be a source of inspiration for new growing techniques, from Uganda to Malawi.

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Kenya
Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

The Rigathi Gachagua ally Peter Githinji Njuki has not only been appointed CEO of a new coffee brokerage firm but has also obtained a place on a working group focused on the reform of the Nairobi Coffee Exchange.

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Kenya
Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

The US mega-chain has decided not to buy its coffee directly from Kenyan producers. This is unwelcome news for the country's deputy president, who has been tussling with multinational traders and is now trying to smooth things over.

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Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Bogota, Colombia, on 12 September 2023.

Ethiopia
Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has come under fire after limiting the amount of coffee that private individuals can take out of the country. It has been juggling the difficult task of regulating the sector with its ambitious targets for bringing dollars into the country.

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Kenya
By targeting foreign traders, deputy president alienates part of coffee industry

Rigathi Gachagua wants to get the multinationals out of the trading business and to encourage the development of national traders. But the three market leaders have made themselves indispensable to financing the sector.

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Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

Ethiopia
Alarm in Addis as farmers ditch coffee for khat

Growing the chewable stimulant involves less red tape and uncertainty than its drinkable counterpart. Consequently, more and more farmers are planting khat rather than top-export-earner coffee, to the government's great consternation.

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Addis Ababa seeks to soften EU stance on deforestation

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Coffee leader Kerchanshe champions Brazilian growing methods

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Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

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Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

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Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

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By targeting foreign traders, deputy president alienates part of coffee industry

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Ethiopia Addis Ababa seeks to soften EU stance on deforestation

Ethiopia Coffee leader Kerchanshe champions Brazilian growing methods

Kenya Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

Kenya Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

Ethiopia Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

Kenya By targeting foreign traders, deputy president alienates part of coffee industry

Ethiopia Alarm in Addis as farmers ditch coffee for khat

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Ethiopia
New EU rules prompt coffee sector to seek fresh markets

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa seeks to soften EU stance on deforestation

Ethiopia
Coffee leader Kerchanshe champions Brazilian growing methods

Kenya
Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

Kenya
Starbucks pours cold water on Gachagua's plans

Ethiopia
Coffee sector hobbled by drive for foreign currency

Kenya
By targeting foreign traders, deputy president alienates part of coffee industry

Ethiopia
Alarm in Addis as farmers ditch coffee for khat