TEN GOOD REASONS TO JOIN EAFCA:
1. Market Linkages:
EAFCA promotes activities that connect the coffee buyers and producers
to interact, develop business relationships and share knowledge on market requirements. EAFCA facilitates
member attendance at premier international specialty coffee events held worldwide,
as well as organizing Trade missions for its members to selected target markets
to enhance market linkages and business relationships.
2. Networking Opportunities:
Both regionally and internationally. EAFCA hosts
and organizes the “Meet the Coffee Buyer” cocktail
events in coffee consuming countries in conjunction with international
coffee events around the world providing an opportunity for
market linkages; it also organizes networking “Coffee
Club”, cocktail events in EAFCA member
countries in which coffee stakeholders meet and network. “Coffee
Safaris” are also organized for coffee buyers to
visit local coffee producers in Africa.
3. Discounts:
EAFCA members receive substantial discounts on registration fees of
the African Fine Coffee Conference & Exhibition,
Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and Europe (SCAE), EAFCA workshops,
as well as when advertising on the EAFCA website and in EAFCA publications.
4. Business Relationships:
Through networking in the forums mentioned above, EAFCA members
are able to make the right business contacts and build relationships.
5. Personal Growth & Development:
EAFCA organizes workshops in marketing, quality enhancement, cupping
and grading. EAFCA also sponsors the organization of Barista
championships in its member countries to promote quality coffee brewing and
fine coffee appreciation.
6. Training Programmes:
EAFCA coordinates and facilitates training for its members in the
core areas of marketing and product enhancement.
7. Information Dissemination:
EAFCA works with members in information generation and dissemination
on current baseline data on coffee production, prices, consumption trends,
certification programs and much more.
8. EAFCA Publications:
Members receive, free-of-charge, informative EAFCA publications
containing the latest news and developments in the coffee world, as well as
updates on EAFCA activities: a weekly on-line Bwana Kahawa
Buzz magazine, a bi-monthly Fine Coffees
Bulletin newsletter and an annual Africa Fine Coffees Review magazine
which profiles EAFCA members and features the latest developments
in Africa’s coffee industry.
9. Access to Information:
EAFCA members have exclusive “Members
Only” access to reference material, research studies,
market information, conference presentations and other useful
material available on the EAFCA website.
10. Membership Kit:
On joining EAFCA, all new members are presented with a kit
containing an EAFCA membership personalized certificate, an EAFCA branded
cap or conference bag and the current EAFCA publications.
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MEMBERSHIP FEES:
- ANNUAL Membership: US$ 300
- TERM Membership: US$ 750
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