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Rwamatamu Coffee ltd

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RWAMATAMU Coffee Limited is a legally registered company in Rwanda; the company was registered with Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Jan 26th 2015, under Company code 103540559, registration issued on 03/15/2019 as per Art 24 of the Law no 17/2018 of 04/13/2018.   The company owns its own coffee plantations in Gihombo Sector; Nyamasheke district, Western province of Rwanda. The company has a Coffee Washing Station (CWS) that processes coffee cherries into parchment coffee from 1274 coffee farmers and RWACOCO cooperative that has 42 members supplying coffee cherries. RWAMATAMU parchment coffee is milled into green coffee by dry coffee millers at a fee. Thereafter, RWAMATAMU exports the green coffee.

The company offers the following services to the coffee farmers: Purchase and distribute fertilizers, pesticides, prepare and supply coffee seedlings, provide Agricultural extension services, purchase and market coffee cherries from famer members and non-members, and organize farmers in groups. Coffee Farmers grow coffee on sloping hills in Nyamasheke District, it is estimated that the number of the coffee trees in the area are 465,180 trees, out of which Rwamatamu Company has 55,000 and coffee farmers own the remaining 410,180.

Recently, with the support of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), RWAMATAMU has invested on improving the CWS infrastructure and purchase of a modern coffee pulping machine, coffee tree nursery and distribution of new coffee seedling to members and non-members, trainings and technical assistance among other activities. However, RWAMATAMU has realized the need for a comprehensive Business Plan to become more competitive for the domestic and international coffee market.

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