Why coffee industry faces a bleak future
As eight African coffee producing countries converged in Nairobi this week to discuss ways of accessing the lucrative markets in Europe and America, major industry players in Kenya continued to lament failure by the government to offer leadership on the way forward

Artistes for coffee meet
International musicians Harry Belafonte of the "Fair Trade" initiative and Danny Glover are in town as the world's top coffee buyers converge in Nairobi for the first World’s Wildest Coffee Conference.

Union calls for removal of tea levies
The Government should waive taxes in the tea sector to secure the crop as the country’s main foreign exchange earner.

Nyayo Tea Zone gets new name
The Nyayo Tea Zone Corporation has been renamed the Kenya Tea Zone and Conservation Corporation.

Top coffee conference opens today
An international coffee conference opens today in Nairobi, amid increasing scepticism over the government's attempts to promote roasted Kenya coffee in the international market.

Fate of marketers in Cabinet's hands
The fate of the long-awaited coffee marketing licenses now lies with the Cabinet.

Measures meant to revive sector
As Kenya became home to the first African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition organised by the East African Fine Coffees Association, which ended yesterday, dust had barely settled on the latest of the myriad of woes that have bedevilled the once pride of Kenya industry since the collapse of the International Coffee Organisation 15 years ago.

Huge output shortfall by the world's largest producer boosts prices
Global coffee prices are on an upward trend this year, riding on a projected coffee output shortfall in Brazil, the world's largest producer.

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