East African Tea Trade Association
Tea Training Mombasa - 2010
East African Tea Trade Association has organized a Tea Quality & Processing
Seminar slated for the 2nd and 3rd September 2010 in Mombasa at the EATTA Secretariat.
The seminar will be officially opened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EATTA at 9.00 a.m. Mr. Nelson Orgut.
The facillitator of this training will be Prof. Martin Obanda a renowed Tea scientist with the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.
European Union Consultant
APPOINTMENT OF PHIL MUMBY - CONSULTANT PRO-INVEST
The European Union through Pro-invest has appointed Mr. Phil Mumby as the consultant who will work with EATTA for the Strategy Implementation plan. This is a 7 months project funded by pro-invest whose specific objective is to provide technical assistance to support the tea sector by enhancing EATTA members capacities for value added tea products, marketing, promotion activities and business linkages.
The East African Tea Trade Association is a voluntary organization bringing together Tea Producers, Buyers (Exporters), Brokers, Tea Packers and Warehouses, all working to promote the best interests of the Tea Trade in Africa. Currently, membership comprises over three hundred companies extending across the East and Central African borders.
EATTA mandated to promote and facilitate the interests of all the stakeholders in the tea trade in Africa by creating an enabling business environment geared towards maintaining global standards and delivering tea products to the customers in the most profitable way.
Weekly Tea Auction
The Auctions are held weekly, on Mondays and Tuesdays. There is presently, a main grades auction held on Tuesdays and secondary grades auction held on Mondays from 9.30 am. The variety of quality and progressively increased quantities offered have made Mombasa the second largest black tea auction centre in the world after Colombo in Sri-Lanka....
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