The expo theme this year is Blending Africa’s Finesse with Global Business. That phrase does a lot of work in six words. It names both an asset and a problem. The finesse exists. The blending with global business, the commercial translation of that finesse into...
Dr. MAWO MARTIN
Specializing in behavioral science.
Posts By Dr. MAWO
The Extraction Reflex: Why Africa Sells Coffee Raw
Africa grows some of the most sought-after coffee on earth. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and Sidamo. Rwandan and Burundian high-altitude Bourbon. Kenyan AA. These names carry weight in specialty cafes from Tokyo to Toronto. And yet the continent that grows them captures a...
Beyond Certification: The Buyer Trust Strategy Rwanda Needs
Rwanda’s tea sector has spent years building the right foundations: certified farms, traceable supply chains, cooperative structures that reach 50,000 smallholder farmers organized into 23 cooperatives. The numbers reflect it. Tea generated USD 114.8 million in...



