African Fine Coffees Review Special Edition Oct-Dec - EAFCA

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The
Coffee News
Mr. Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa (Pictured Right)
has been appointed the first African Board
Chairman of the 4C Council during the 3rd
General Assembly which was held in Geneva, Switzerland
on 26th – 27th September 2012 under the motto “Takeoff
for Delivery”. The meeting saw 70 members meet in
Geneva to set the future direction of the 4C Association
and outline the plan to deliver increasing volumes of
sustainably produce coffee.
The 4C Association has experienced tremendous growth
in membership since its last General Assembly – from
fewer than 140 members three years ago to 221 members
to date. Today, the majority of the coffee industry’s
key players, from producers to traders, roasters and
civil society actors are represented in this unique and
flourishing roundtable effort.
“With the new business model in place, the new governance
structure and the newly-elected Council we are now in
an excellent position to define a Three-year Plan that will
ensure the Association is taking- off for delivery,” said
Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa, the newly elected Chairman of
85,000 smallholder
coffee farmers
in Tanzania to
benefit from the
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
4C Association appoints
new Chairman
the 4C Council “The 3rd General Assembly was a unique
event in the sense that it provided the opportunity for
many members to meet other members in person for the
first time, exchange ideas and make important decisions
that will shape the future work of the 4C Association,” he
added.
Mr. Robert Nsibirwa is also currently the AFCA Chapter
Chairman for Uganda and CEO of the Africa Coffee
Academy. We wish him all the best.
The German development finance institution DEG –
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
– has announced the launch of the Coffee Partnership
for Tanzania (CPT), a partnership bringing together Tanzanian
smallholder coffee farmers, DEG plus its private sector partners.
The four-year project aims to increase the net income of 85,000
female and male smallholder coffee farmers in Tanzania, largely
by doubling their yields and by improving the quality of produced
coffee, thereby providing a better livelihood for up to 510,000
Tanzanian .
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support the project with
a grant of US$ 8 million. Alongside, three major implementing
partners – the two coffee traders Armajaro Trading Ltd. and Ecom
Agroindustrial Ltd. plus the private foundation Hanns R. Neumann
Stiftung – will co-finance the project with large investments into
the sector, increasing the significance of the overall project budget
substantially. Furthermore, strategic partners such as Hivos,
Solidaridad and Café Africa will support the partnership.