For generations, coffee has been Ethiopia’s most recognisable export: harvested by smallholders, traded through familiar markets, measured in sacks, tonnes and foreign exchange. It is visible wealth, carried in every cup poured abroad. Carbon is different. It cannot be touched, stored in warehouses or loaded onto a ship. It is counted in tonnes of carbon […]

For generations, coffee has been Ethiopia’s most recognisable export: harvested by smallholders, traded through familiar markets, measured in sacks, tonnes and foreign exchange. It is visible wealth, carried in every cup poured abroad. Carbon is different. It cannot be touched, stored in warehouses or loaded onto a ship. It is counted in tonnes of carbon […]

Young Founders Changing the Coffee Market | Sheqela

Young Founders Changing the Coffee Market | Sheqela

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has graduated 168 trainees in coffee cupping, quality grading and agricultural export facilitation, as the country seeks to strengthen the quality and competitiveness of its export commodities in global markets. The graduates completed a three-month programme run by the ECX Academy, with the ceremony attended by Kassahun Gofe, Ethiopia’s minister […]

#Advertorial Hamburg, March 31, 2026: International Coffee Partners (ICP) – comprising Delta Cafés of Portugal, Franck of Croatia, Joh. Johannson Kaffe of Norway, Lavazza of Italy, Lö@ergs of Sweden, Neumann Kaffee Gruppe of Germany, and Tchibo of Germany – celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. In 2001, during the devastating coffee crisis, a group of […]

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has graduated 168 trainees in coffee cupping, quality grading and agricultural export facilitation, as the country seeks to strengthen the quality and competitiveness of its export commodities in global markets. The graduates completed a three-month programme run by the ECX Academy, with the ceremony attended by Kassahun Gofe, Ethiopia’s minister […]

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