About AFCA The African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) is a member-based, non-profit organisation founded in July 2000 and headquartered in Kampala, Uganda. AFCA represents a broad spectrum of the African coffee sector, including producers, traders, governments, and supporting organisations across 11 member countries—Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, […]
Type Organisatie: Business support organisation
Background information Plutus Coffee Group, founded in 2021, is the brainchild of Johannes De Heer, whose 40 years in the coffee business shaped its direct and practical mission: to get local farmer groups ready for successful international exports. To make this happen, Plutus provides a wide array of support. They offer market intelligence, hands-on agricultural […]
The Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) was established by the Government of Kenya in 2019 following the merger of the Export Promotion Council (EPC) and the Brand Kenya Board. The merger was intended to streamline efforts in both export promotion and national branding, creating a unified agency to enhance Kenya’s global competitiveness and […]
Fair Trade Africa (FTA), a member of the International Fair Trade movement, has been representing Fair Trade certified producers (over 1 050 000) in Africa (across 33 countries) and the Middle East since its establishment in 2005. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the organization also works via other offices in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Malawi and […]
Guichet d’Economie Locale (GEL) Sud Bénin est un dispositif d’accompagnement pour des entrepreneurs béninois en milieux rural et péri-urbain. Cette initiative est née en 2010 grâce à un programme de Louvain coopération, et s’est ensuite autonomisé en 2013 pour prendre la forme d’une ASBL. Depuis ce moment-là, GEL Sud Bénin a formé de nouveaux partenariats, […]
La Fondation de l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi (FUAC) a été créée en 2015 et a pour mission de réaliser des œuvres d’intérêt général à but non lucratif dans les domaines de l’insertion professionnelle des jeunes diplômés des universités, de l’innovation technologique et de la promotion des infrastructures universitaires. L’un des programmes phares de la FUAC est le Programme d’Incubateurs […]
HapaSpace was founded in 2016 as part of the response to assist young adults in the city of Kumasi to build and grow start-ups, develop skills in STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and Maths), and offer a co-working space. The organization supports the entire entrepreneurship journey from idea generation, pre-seed funding to business growth and scaling. HapaSpace uses ideation and 5 days booth camps for business […]
Créé en mars 2016, Incub’Ivoir est né de la volonté de trois jeunes entrepreneurs issus de la diaspora ivoirienne vivant en France. Face à l’insuffisance des structures d’accompagnement pour encadrer, coacher et accompagner la jeunesse ivoirienne en général et les porteurs de projets en particulier, ils décident de mettre en place cet incubateur. Il vise à apporter une formation […]
The Fair Trade Development Centre (FTDC) at the Institute for Community Partnership of Bethlehem University was established in 2006, and is a World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) member. It is a support centre that specialises in helping the marginalised producers of Palestine by joining the fair trade movement and benefitting from the same fair trade […]
It was thanks to a group of university graduates that Allpa was created in Lima, Peru, in 1932. Allpa is a business enterprise that wanted to help poor native communities to generate a living from their traditional skills. It is important to remember that due to the competition from emerging industrialised countries in Asia, fair […]
