Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Dr Ildephonse Musafiri, is in Uganda to attend the Second G25 African Coffee Summit of Heads of State and Government.
“Today, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, H.E Paul Kagame, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources Ildephonse Musafiri attended the second G-25 African Coffee Summit in Kampala, Uganda”, said the Ministry via twitter.
The Government of the Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in collaboration with the Inter – African Coffee Organization (IACO) is hosting the 2nd G25 African Coffee Summit (ACS).
The summit is taking place from 7th to 10th August 2023, at the Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda.
The summit, focusing on transforming the African coffee sector through value addition, aims to address challenges in the coffee value chain and promote sustainable production, research, market access, and consumption through intra-regional trade.
The Inaugural G25 Coffee summit was hosted in Nairobi, Kenya May, 2023. Where the Heads of State and Government of the twenty-five (25) coffee-producing countries committed to marshalling consensus for integrating coffee as a strategic Agricultural commodity in the African Union in harmony with the Africa Agenda 2063.
Coffee is a major source of employment, food security, foreign exchange and generally contributes to the livelihood of many Rwandans and is estimated to support over 5 million Kenyans. (End)