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Gachagua coffee reform adviser controversially takes helm of brokerage firm

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“East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector”

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East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

An important source of foreign currency, coffee exports are the subject of a power struggle between multinational trading companies and the region's coffee-producing countries, chief among which are Ethiopia and Kenya. While governments try to impose reforms designed to favour local producers and intermediaries, international traders, notably German and Swiss, seek to maintain their dominant position. Fuelling the stand-off are new European Union directives on traceability and the social and environmental impact of agricultural products, which will have major repercussions across the entire sector. [...]

The Rigathi Gachagua ally Peter Githinji Njuki has not only been appointed CEO of a new coffee brokerage firm but has also obtained a place on a working group focused on the reform of the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. [...]

Published on 04/01/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Kenya
Agriculture Food Authority
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Ruto government overhaul reshuffles coffee sector deck

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Ethiopia
New EU rules prompt coffee sector to seek fresh markets

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Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Bogota, Colombia, on 12 September 2023.

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Deputy President Gachagua single-handedly steers ambitious coffee reform

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Rigathi Gachagua (left) and William Ruto, 30 June 2022.

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