Published By ACB | February 8, 2025
Hawaiian coffee growers in a jovial moment with the visiting African Saleh; Founder, Africa Coffee Bureau (ACB) at Ms. Suzanne’s micro-roasting facility in Kailua: February 2023.
CoFET-Retreat (Oahu iSLAND) Hawai’i, USA is a coffee science innovations and technologies exchange infrastructure, subsidiary to Africa Coffee Bureau (ACB), parent company.
The science enterprise is here to help build scientific research alliances, linkages and collaborations between AFRICA and Hawai’i – United States communities, to advance sustainable novel science technologies in coffee, cocoa, sugarcane and horticultural commodities development, that guarantee opportunity value sharing, competitiveness in farm out-put vigor and profitability for livelihoods improvement at grassroot household levels.
At this special Kona Coffee Farmers event scheduled for February 24th – 25th, 2025 at the Outrigger Kona Resort & Spa, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, CoFET-Retreat (Oahu iSLAND) Hawai’i, USA will be participating.
Africa Coffee Bureau (ACB) is a member of the Kona Coffee Farmers Association (KCFA) and we are glad to be taking part in the community’s 2025 Symposium and Annual General Meeting as CoFET-Retreat (Oahu iSLAND) Hawai’i, USA. The farmers’ meeting is attracting State of Hawai’i politicians, scientists at the USDA, University of Hawai’i, Markets and trade players in the commodities sector, Civil society and several other private entities.
For CoFET-Retreat (Oahu iSLAND) Hawai’i, USA; it’s an opportunity to be a part of this event, we are honoured to be attending this important activity to advance our shared interest in achieving joint cooperation on coffee development between Hawai’i and AFRICA.
“For me, I am privileged to serve global coffee, to be working on an effort to ensure a joint scientific research cooperation between Hawai’i – USA Communities and AFRICA on coffee and cocoa development. I am happy to be representing my organization at this premium farmer gathering in Kailua, I’m super excited to share the agenda of CoFET-Retreat (Oahu iSLAND) Hawai’i, USA. I am equally grateful to the leadership of KCFA, and their commitment to the values and objectives of the farmers’ organization” Saleh, ACB Founder.
