KENYA- Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has formed a joint venture, Chai Power Limited, with energy firm GridX Duara Holdings…
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Category: Tea, Coffee & Cocoa
Coffee production in Kenya falls 69% in 10 years
KENYA- In 10 years, Kenya, which was producing 130, 000 metric tons of coffee per annum, has decreased its production…
Read MoreGabon aims to multiply cocoa production twelve times by 2025 to reach 3,000 tonnes
Gabon – The Gabonese government plans to return to its 1975 glory as one of the largest African cocoa producers…
Read MoreBoost to Ivorian cocoa farmers as three processing factories are to be built in 9 months
IVORY COAST – The world’s leading cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, has signed a pact with China and Saudi Arabia for…
Read MoreTata Coffee Q3 net profits fall by 44.71 as Starbucks expands US delivery partnership with DoorDash Inc
INDIA – Tata Coffee, a subsidiary of the Tata Group, has reported a 44.71 percent decline in quarter-3 consolidated net…
Read MoreKTDA to procure 13 orthodox tea processing machines for allied factories to meet burgeoning demand for orthodox tea
KENYA – Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has received backing from the Kenyan Government in procuring and installing orthodox tea…
Read MoreTanzania’s tea firm Rift Valley Tea Solution properties auctioned for failure to remit employee’s pension contribution
TANZANIA – Dodoma-based tea processor, Rift Valley Tea Solution, has suffered a blow after its properties have been auctioned for…
Read MoreSwitzerland’s first 100% organic cocoa processing plant opens doors amid surging demand for stricter labels
SWITZERLAND – Swiss supplier of organic food raw materials and organic chocolate, Pronatec, has bolstered its share of the global…
Read MoreUganda to invest in three coffee pillars to become US$1.5bn exporter by 2025
UGANDA – During the recently concluded National Coffee Dialogue on developing Uganda’s coffee value chain, the country’s Prime Minister Robinah…
Read MoreBoon to Ecuador cocoa sector as country signs free trade pact with China
ECUADOR – Ecuadorian food industry players, especially in the cocoa, have posited the free trade agreement (FTA) their government has…
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