Invest in production, washing, roasting and packaging coffee to take advantage of Rwanda’s premium quality and special coffee markets in Europe and America. HIGHLIGHTS • Area under coffee production will increase by 20,000 hectares between 2014 and 2018 • A network of 199 Coffee Washing Stations have been established. If expansion targets are realised, 80-100 additional stations will need to be established to ensure capacity • Given that only 35-40% of Rwandas coffee is fully washed there is huge untapped potential. • The market designation are in Europe with major buyers including Armajaro and Starbucks • $7-8M in private investment is needed to establish 80-100 new Coffee Washing Centres over the next five years. Existent high-performing stations show potential for 55-60% rates of return. • Government is investing $17M to increase coffee yields over the next four years, and is establishing a $15M fund available to growers and processors of cash crops • To cater for a growing domestic and regional coffee market, a $3M investment in a 2000MT roasting facility could generate a sales turnover of $30M – an IRR of 28%.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 09:52:09 +0000
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