About the Process

Baho Coffee owns and runs 10 washing stations across Rwanda, located in different coffee-growing regions with different quality potentials, and two others in Burundi. The company, which sells small-holder farmers’ coffee to clients around the world, has more than 100,000 members, including producers. It also partners with farmers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help them to understand and implement the best practices of coffee processing methods.

Founder Rusatira Emmanuel studied agricultural engineering, rural development and agribusiness studies in university. Upon graduation, he spent 12 years working at a multinational coffee exporter in Rwanda that has operations across the globe. He established Baho in 2017, driven by the passion to empower small-scale farmers in Rwanda who are marginalized, despite producing delicious coffee.

Typica, a company connecting producers worldwide with roasteries mentions: “We met Emmanuel for the first time at the World of Coffee 2022, a trade show held in Milan, Italy. He was radiating energy like the sun, shining light on everyone around him. It was only afterwards that we found out about his prowess as a coffee producer and a chapter of his life as dark as an abyss”.

“In Kinyarwanda, an official language of Rwanda, “baho” means “stay strong” and “never give up.” Using the word for his company’s name was a decision that’s intertwined with his past, one where he pulled himself out of the depths of despair. In an interview, Emmanuel told us what he wants to achieve through the coffee business”

Read more here:
https://global.typica.jp/narratives/producers/baho-coffee/