There is a threshold that trade platforms cross when they stop being events and start being institutions. It is not measured in delegate counts or square footage of exhibition space. It is measured in whether the sector starts organizing itself around the platform,...
A first-hand account of what happened in Kigali from 8 to 10 July, what the Opening Plenary established, and what every stakeholder who was not in the room needs to understand now WHAT HAPPENED The Africa Coffee and Tea Expo 2026 took place at the Kigali Convention...
Everyone who has followed the AfCFTA conversation for the last five years has heard the logistical version of the argument. Reduce tariffs, eliminate non-tariff barriers, harmonize standards, invest in cross-border infrastructure, and the 1.4 billion-person African...
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...
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...
There is a number that should stop every coffee and tea producer on this continent. That number is $3.24. It is what Rwandan tea averaged per kilogram at the Mombasa Tea Auction in 2025, the highest of any origin on the floor, in a market where the continental average...
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