The African Fine Coffees Review Magazine Editorial Team is pleased to share with you the Jan – Mar 2013 issue of our African Fine Coffees Review Magazine themed “A Celebration of Diversity At The Pearl“.
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Martin Maraka
Programs Associate
African Fine Coffees Association
 

From the 19th to 20th of April 2013, Kenya held its annual National Barista Championship. The event was the ninth edition of the already highly successful championship series.
The competition attracted over 50 competitors from Kenya’s premier hotels, restaurants and coffee houses. They took part in the knock-out rounds and then the lucky 18 proceeded to Semi Finals at the Junction Atrium and eventually the best six made it to final stage.
The present Kenyan champion, Ms. Rhoda Wambui from Nairobi Serena Hotel retained the first position closely followed by a Mr. David …

African Coffee Champion Takes on Uganda Challenge
Although the stimulating properties of coffee are thought to have been discovered in Africa – according to legend, by an Ethiopian goatherd – the consumption of the beverage is not as widespread in the continent as it is elsewhere in the world.
That has been a major problem for Africa’s champion barista Roberts Mbabazi from Uganda, a nation of tea-drinkers, which is one of the world’s biggest producers of Robusta beans.
“Ugandans don’t really drink coffee. That has been my biggest challenge. Someone will ask you: …

Why Café Africa
In Africa’s 25 coffee producing countries, over 20 million depend on coffee to a greater or lesser extent for their livelihood. Since 2006, Café Africa has been working with Africa’s coffee industry, first in Uganda, then Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Ethiopia. This is to seize the opportunity of increasing global demand and to contribute to the sustainable alleviation of rural poverty.
What Café Africa does
Café Africa at the invitation of national authorities and other coffee sector partners initiates and supports the identification of national coffee sector …

The Tea, Coffee and Cocoa Global Industry Expo (COTECA), that took place in Hamburg from 20 to 22 September, saw around 3000 participants attend the trade fair.
Event organisers reported a strong representation from the tea, coffee and cocoa industries. In particular, a high level of participation from international exhibitors and visitors, as well as the professionalism of the audience, were seen as positive factors.
“We are really pleased at how COTECA has developed since its launch in 2010,” said Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH, in …

During COTECA Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Global Industry Expo from 20 to 22 September 2012, Hamburg will become an international meeting-point for these industries. At the accompanying conference noted experts will talk about the topics influencing the markets. Susie Spindler, an internationally acclaimed representative of the Cup of Excellence programme, will present her initiative. Stephen Pollard of Intl FC Stone Europe Ltd. will explain the factors that influence green coffee trading, while Rainer Renner, Head of Trade & Commodity Finance at Commerzbank Hamburg, will elaborate on how coffee buying is …

Special coffee event coming up in Germany:
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa – Global Industry Expo
There is a special event coming up in Hamburg, Germany, in September this year: COTECA is Europe’s first trade show for coffee, tea and cocoa, covering the complete process chain from raw material to finished product. The Global Industry Expo will be held at the Hamburg Fair site from 20 to 22 September 2012, bringing together exhibitors and visitors from all over the world.
COTECA is accompanied by a high-quality conference with experts from all stages in the value chain …

How the Coffee Prices may be greatly assisting the Kenyan Coffee Industry find New Farm land.
Over the Mara River
From the Print Issue
The Kenyan coffee industry has over the last decade lost nearly 10% of farm land to real estate and infrastructure projects.
Over 5,376 acres of farm list in Kiambu was lost in one year alone for major housing projects like Tatu City (3000 acres), Thika Greens(1,600 acres) and Four Ways (776 acres); there has been huge cause for concern as further smaller real-estate projects are also expected to come up.
Drought …

The Increasing Interest by Japanese Coffee Stakeholders in African Fine Coffees
Sokoni
From the Print Issue
As the Spartans evoke feelings of a great Ancient Greek era, the Samurai awake images of Japanese swords men wielding their famous curved Katana blades in service to the Emperor with a quick and deadly accuracy.
One of the Greatest Japanese image exports to the world, the Samurai are still seen as one of the world’s most elite military forces whose teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern martial arts such …

Raising a Case for Increased Research Support in Uganda
As young couples, most people realize that love plays a huge part in who they chose to be their marriage partners. However, there is one factor that pays an even larger role, convenience.
Couples who have mutual interests usually tend to gravitate towards a much richer and interesting relationship. Both may feel the need for a huge number of children, be interested in traveling or one may be great at cooking; a quality that often persuades men to get down on one knee. …