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Upgrading Coffee in East Africa: EAC Coffee Business Forum 2020 Video

Written on 04 March 2020.

The EAC Coffee Business Forum brought more than 150 stakeholders together to discuss how to overcome trade barriers, improve access to finance and strengthen value addition processes to enhance competitiveness. The EAC Coffee Business Forum offered a platform to build business and institutional connections,...

EU-EAC MARKUP Policy Brief #3: European Union Standards to be Considered in Harmonisation of EA Standards for Selected Agricultural Export Products

Written on 03 March 2020.

The EU-EAC Policy Brief #3 highlights the importance of harmonising East Africa (EA) Standards of the MARKUP priority commodities with the Codex and EU standards.

MEDIA RELEASE: Building international links and overcoming barriers in the EAC coffee sector

Written on 17 February 2020.

Friday February 14, 2020 Mombasa, Kenya – The EAC Coffee Business Forum finished in Mombasa, Kenya today following a week which brought together 150 stakeholders from across East Africa’s coffee value chain to discuss barriers to trade and how to capitalise on current opportunities to be competitive...

EAC Coffee Business Forum Video: Low Coffee Prices Worry Community Business

Written on 13 February 2020.

Coffee farmers and others along the value chain in East Africa are worried about the ever decreasing price of coffee. Experts says that this will affect the desire for the young generation to invest in the coffee business as the old aged coffee growers become frail. Uganda NBS's Solomon Serwanjja...

Day 1 UPDATE - EAC COFFEE BUSINESS FORUM LAUNCHING INNOVATIONS AND BREAKING DOWN TRADE BARRIERS

Written on 12 February 2020.

Tuesday February 11, 2020 Mombasa, Kenya – The EAC Coffee Business Forum today kicked off with high level speakers and the launch of an innovative online Quality Portal designed to help coffee producers better understand and meet quality requirements for exporting to the EU.

MEDIA RELEASE: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND TAKING EAC COFFEE TO THE WORLD

Written on 10 February 2020.

Monday February 10, 2020 High level policy makers and business leaders meeting to discuss breaking trade barriers in the EAC and beyond Focus on finance and market access for the region to become a more competitive exporter of coffee Workshops, online auction, coffee cupping and exhibition...

EAC Coffee Business Forum: MARKUP Unlocking Trade and Investment Opportunities in Europe

Written on 30 January 2020.

Mombasa, 11-14 February 2020 The EAC Coffee Business Forum - organised in conjunction with the African Fine Coffee Conference & Exhibition - will feature a week of interactive discussions, workshops and networking events for regional and international businesses, service providers and policy...

New Standards for the Cocoa Value Chain in East Africa

Written on 23 January 2020.

Bujumbura, Burundi, 20-22 January 2020 With recent news that the impacts of climate change could have detrimental effects on global chocolate availability, a National Consultative meeting on cocoa and cocoa products in Burundi is well timed.

New Policy Briefs on Standards in EAC

Written on 13 December 2019.

Two new policy briefs focusing on the Status of Standards Harmonisation for Selected Agricultural Export Products in the EAC and on Enhancing Private Sector Participation in the Harmonisation of Standards are now available in the resources section of the EAC MARKUP website.

Regional Coffee Advocacy 10-12 December in Arusha Tanzania

Written on 12 December 2019.

Representatives of coffee sector associations from the five countries participating in MARKUP participated in a Regional Coffee Advocacy Meeting in Arusha on 10th December,

Trade and investment support institutions from Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania to Master Results Based Management

Written on 10 December 2019.

Trade and Investment Support Institutions play a crucial role in the development of local SMEs and the markets in which they do their business. They play a pivotal role in monitoring, evaluating and managing the results for trade promotion interventions

MARKUP NEWS 2019 is now out!

Written on 25 November 2019.

It has been a busy year since the establishment of the MARKUP Programme Coordination Unit in October 2018. We have steered and coordinated planning and implementation in Arusha as well as in the Partner States

EAC submits joint regional positions on Codex Alimentarius Standards

Written on 08 October 2019.

The Codex Alimentarius, or "Food Code" is a collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CAC was established by FAO and WHO to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade.