Africa’s coffee exports to China grew 70.4 per cent in the first quarter, with more deals expected to satisfy discerning middle class
China is reaching out to Africa’s top coffee-producing nations as part of a broader strategy to secure new supply chains overseas.
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Sub-Saharan Africa geoeconomic analyst Aly-Khan Satchu said the strategy was a move to “lock in supply”, leveraging US tariff uncertainty and a “super spike in coffee demand in China”.
“China appears to be leveraging US tariff-related uncertainty and volatility to lock in supply, a strategy that it has utilised to great effect across other verticals,” Satchu said.
