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Kinunu Agroprocessing Ltd connects Rwanda Coffee to buyers

The smell of roasted coffee can open a door faster than a business card and Kinunu Agroprocessing Ltd and Kawah Coffee were using that door well at the Amsterdam Coffee Festival 2026. The company presented specialty, single-origin coffee from Kinunu, Rwanda, with a clear offer for both retail and hospitality buyers.

A coffee offer shaped for trade
Kinunu’s core range includes specialty grade A1 Arabica Bourbon, with fully washed and natural coffees in its portfolio. Its main offer features Red Bourbon, described in the source as balanced, with notes of chocolate, fruit and a clean finish. The company also offers microlots for buyers looking for more distinct flavour profiles. It supplies green coffee for roasters and roasted whole bean and ground coffee for retail and hospitality.

The business has built its packaging around freshness and market fit. It offers retail-ready bags with one-way valves, customisable packaging for private label and collaborative projects, and is developing more sustainable packaging solutions. Shelf life reaches up to 12 months for green coffee under proper storage conditions, while roasted coffee typically lasts 3 to 6 months depending on packaging.

Traceability from origin
Kinunu Agroprocessing Ltd describes itself as a full farm-to-cup business. It operates its own plantations in Western Rwanda, runs a washing station and buys cherries from registered farmers in surrounding villages. They also have a roasting and packaging facility on site. The company tracks coffee through the season, giving buyers a traceable supply story that starts at origin and stays visible through processing, roasting and packaging.

Growth with buyers in mind
The company already serves the United Kingdom and the United States and says it has room to grow. Current capacity stands at 3 containers, with potential to scale to 5 containers within 12 months and 8 containers within 24 months if demand rises. Kinunu is also seeking importers for green coffee, alongside distributors and private-label partners for roasted coffee. For European clients, roasted coffee is dispatched from the United Kingdom to support shorter lead times.

Sustainability also runs through the story. At its farm in Kinunu, the company works with smallholder farmers, 90% of whom are women, and uses intercropping, organic fertilisation, shade trees and water recycling systems. More often than not, the strongest coffee stories are the ones rooted in practical work, and Kinunu Agroprocessing’s next chapter looks set to grow through exactly that mix of quality, traceability and partnership.

Kinunu Agroprocessing Ltd
Website: www.kawah-rwanda.com
Sales/export contact: Michaelle Kubwimana
Title/role: CEO
Email: management@kinunuagro.com
Phone/WhatsApp: +44 77 65 74 92 65

Michaelle Kubwimana