Month: January 2017

Kenyan Coffee Farmers Menaced by Organized Robberies

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Following a continued series of theft cases, Kenyan farmers have started to wonder if they should continue with what used to be their “life-line”: growing coffee, as reported by theguardian. News sources have traced theft cases back to 2010, and they have continued over the following six years to present day. (businessdailyafrica). It’s not just a matter of the coffee, even

Russian Oil Company Opens a Coffee Shop Chain in Moscow

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Rosneft, the leader of Russian petroleum industry, has partnered with HMSHost International (Autogrill subsidiary) to open Italian cafés at its gas stations. Acafé chain will include 5 places with prospects for further development in Moscow and other regions. This is not the first time Rosneft cooperates with Autogrill. In 2014 Rosneft opened 8 Acafés at its retail sites during Winter

SCAA/SCAE Merge to Form Specialty Coffee Association

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The Specialty Coffee Association of America and Specialty Coffee Association of Europe have announced their new name, Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), after last year’s vote to merge both organizations. The announcement on the website states “As of January 2017, the Specialty Coffee Association of America, established in 1982, and the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe, established in 1998, have officially become

Yaounde-Cameroon: The 2nd Scientific Conference on African Coffee

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The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) held its 56th Annual General Assembly in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon on November 28 to December 3rd 2016. The theme of the symposium was “Inclusive Value Chain Transformation in African Coffee Industry”. Under the chairmanship of Cameroon’s Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello Bouba Maigari, who stood in for the Prime Minister, it