IFCCA - Initiative des Femmes (Congolaises) dans le Café-Cacao

 

 

 

 

  Source : The African Fine Coffee Review Magazine, Jan.-Mar.2020, Vol. 10, Issue 1

  CONGOLESE WOMEN IN COFFEE-COCOA INITIATIVE : THE LAUNCH OF A NATIONAL PLATFORM TO FOSTER AN INCLUSIVE COFFEE VALUE CHAIN AND WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Julie Kavira Kamungele  Associate Export Director of  Ets. TSONGO KASEREKA National Representative of the DRC Women in Coffee and Cocoa Platform ( IFCCA ) Mrs. Julie Kavira Kamungele    has over 5 years experience in local procurement and   trading of coffee. She is currently the Assistant Export Director of    Ets. TSONGO KASEREKA, a green coffee buying, processing and exporting company based in the town of Butembo, North Kivu Province, in eastern DR Congo.   Julie is involved in various programs focused on the empowerment the    women working along the coffee value chain.  She has represented    the Congolese women in coffee through the International Women in Coffee Alliance (DRC Chapter) and she has just been elected as the National Representative of the DRC Women in Cocoa and Coffee Platform (IFCCA).  Mrs. Kamu