East Africa smells the coffee and moves to expand market
A worker getting a sample of coffee beans during the roasting process at Dormans coffee factory in Nairobi on April 6, 2016. A rising demand for high quality coffee and coffee shops in Kenya has pushed coffee companies to focus more on their domestic markets. AFP PHOTO | CARL DE SOUZA
Growth and optimism are two terms that capture, first, the performance of East Africa’s coffee sub-sector and, second, its future.
Starting with Uganda, which led in performance, recording a 36 per cent growth in production, more than double that of Rwanda and Ethiopia — at 17.6 and and 16.3 per cent, respectively, the region did well for itself.
