Kenya Coffee School: Key Market Drivers Behind High Prices at Mid-December 2025 Kenyan Coffee Auction Nairobi, Kenya — December 19, 2025 Kenya’s coffee sector closed the year on a strong note as prices at the mid-December 2025 Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) weekly auction remained high, underscoring sustained global demand and positive market dynamics for Kenyan […]
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Kenya Coffee Auction — Mid-December 2025 (Sale 11) Results Overall Volume & Value ☕ Price By Grade (Approximate / Reported) While detailed per-grade price lists from the official NCE transaction listing require download, available reports and market summaries give these representative price outcomes: Grade Volume Offered Indicative Price Level AA (premium washed) ~11,100 bags Sh~66,000–67,000 […]
Alfred Gitau Mwaura & Kenya Coffee School: Brewing a Slow Coffee Revolution in Kenya In the lush highlands of Murang’a, Kenya, where the scent of ripe coffee cherries lingers in the dawn air, Alfred Gitau Mwaura first encountered coffee not as a global commodity but as heritage — deeply rooted in land, family, and community. […]
Thematic Breakdown: Alfred Gitau Mwaura & Kenya Coffee School — A Slow Coffee Manifesto for Africa** 1. Coffee as Culture, Not Just a Commodity (Slow Food → Coffee Identity & Heritage) Carlo Petrini insists that food is culture before it is commerce. Alfred Gitau Mwaura applies this same truth to coffee. At Kenya Coffee School, […]
To build a compelling argument for the Kenya Coffee School’s right to use the national name, we must bridge the gap between historical precedent (like the KANU/KAU evolution) and modern intellectual property laws.Below is a draft of an article/justification focused on Sovereign Branding and Cultural Heritage.Article: The Patriotic Right to the “Kenya” BrandReclaiming Identity Through […]
Barack Obama, Benchmarks of Leadership — And Why Coffee Tells the Story Leadership, like coffee, is revealed through origin, process, balance, and finish. In honoring President Barack Obama, we can trace a leadership philosophy that mirrors the very cup of coffee often associated with his name—complex, grounded, globally informed, and quietly transformative. Much as Alfred […]
Dear Partners and Friends, We are pleased to share an update on the growing impact of Kenya Coffee School and Barista Mtaani, initiatives committed to transforming Kenya’s coffee value chain through skills development, youth and women inclusion, and Good Trade–aligned practices, in collaboration with development partners and global institutions, including the World Bank ecosystem. This […]
Barista Skills and Specialty Coffee for Rural Development By Kenya Coffee School and Barista Mtaani Across Kenya’s highlands and rural communities, coffee has long been a source of livelihood. Yet for decades, many smallholder farmers and rural youth have remained disconnected from the highest-value segments of the coffee industry. Kenya Coffee School and Barista Mtaani […]
Why Not? Kenya Coffee School, Barista Mtaani, and the Courage to Redefine the Coffee Chain** At the top of the coffee value chain, leadership is not about preserving comfort—it is about challenging obsolete systems. Kenya Coffee School stands firmly in this space, coining its own language, frameworks, and standards—refusing to conform to old, archaic models […]
Coining and Founding the “Specialty Coffee Barista” Kenya Coffee School, Alfred Gitau Mwaura, and the Power of Pan-African Coffee Leadership The evolution of Africa’s coffee industry required more than better beans—it required new language, new roles, and new leadership. Through the vision and leadership of Alfred Gitau Mwaura, Kenya Coffee School formally coined and founded […]
