Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
The coffee culture is been growing steadily in Africa in recent years. In spite of Africa producing about 13% of the global supply of coffee and being the birth place of coffee, coffee drinking has not been felt in the continent when compared to the others. Africa consumes very little of what they produce with most of it exported to
According to Daily Coffee News, as reported by research published in Nature Plants, about 39-59 per cent of Ethiopia’s coffee production area could not be suitable for growing coffee by the end of this century due to the effects of climate change. The study, led by Aaron Davis of the UK Kew Royal Botanical Gardens explored the 16 main coffee-growing
In Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, from 25 to 29 September 2017, the 120th Session of the International Coffee Council will be held. It is the first time that a meeting of the ICO has been held in Côte d’Ivoire since 1969. In addition, a Workshop on Statistics will also be held and the 7th Consultative Forum on Coffee Sector Finance . During
Africa’s top two coffee growers, Uganda and Ethiopia, that accounts for more than 60 percent of coffee production in Africa, will produce 10.9m bags in 2017-8, reports a US Department of Agriculture foreign staff (Agrimoney) . This will mean an increase in 175m bags year this season, a record from the two countries. Expectations also show exports of 7.31m bags, which is also
According to Cameroon Tribune, the fifth edition of Cameroon’s National Cocoa and Coffee Board, NCCB, Festicoffee took place at the Yaounde Multipurpose Sports Complex with about 200 participants from different sectors of the industry in Cameroon. This year’s activities was based on the promotion of instant coffee as well as a show case of other coffee-based products. The event that
According to Business in Cameroon, the government of Cameroon will offer about 2.5 million coffee seedlings to coffee farmers in the country. This initiative by the government was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Henri Eyébé Ayissi, when he was officially launching the 2017 cocoa and coffee season in Buea, the capital of the South West Region. According to the
According to reports by Quartz Africa, Uganda consumed only 3% of its total coffee production last year. This is far below what its neighbor, Ethiopia, who produces more coffee than Uganda is consuming. Ethiopia consumes about half its total coffee production yearly. Inspire Africa, a development agency that promotes coffee consumption amongst Ugandans says if Uganda should consume 10% of its
Nigerian brothers, Ngozi and Chijioke Dozie have founded a coffee shop in Lagos Nigeria, the first of its kind by a local, reports How We Made It In Africa. Café Neo coffee shop is similar to those you can find in Woodstock, Cape Town or Silicon Valley and has as a target market entrepreneurs and creative startups. It has a
The Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricole de l’Ouest, UCCAO, is planning to upgrade its coffee roasting plant. UCCAO, which is an agricultural cooperative in the Western region of Cameroon, has budgeted up to 400 million fcfa (about 650,000 USD) for this project, reports Business in Cameroon. For this to be possible, the cooperative recently signed an agreement with the government
Carlyle Group and TPG Capital are the two giant American private equity firms interested in making a deal for Java House; a deal estimated to be worth some $100 million, as reported by forbes.com. Java House is an East African coffee chain founded by two Americans; Kevin Ashley and John Wagner in 1999. According to businessdailyafrica.com from a single shop offering