Kanya Natural

Kanyamibwa Edmond, the previous owner of Kanya Washing station, built it as a mini washing station in 2014 using a loan from RTC. A resident of the area, he had always been interested in coffee, and used the station to learn and perfect the methods of processing cherries. Over the following years, Kanya grew to process high quality and significantly increased the capacity of the station to handle more volume. Kanyamibwa, used the profits from Kanya to build a second washing station, and in 2017 he decided to sell Kanya to RTC so that he could continue to properly manage the operations of his second washing station.

Province: West
District: Nyamasheke
Altitude: 1545m
Preparation: Fully Washed / Natural
Drying: Raised beds, 15-22 days
Fermentation: Dry
Pulping Machine: Penagos
Variety: Red Bourbon
Certification: None
Harvest: April – June
Shipment: July – October

Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) is a private, for-profit coffee exporter based in Kigali, Rwanda, which focuses on producing high-quality, specialty coffee while driving a positive social impact for smallholder farmers. The company exports a significant portion of Rwanda's annual coffee production. RTC's model is built on trust and a commitment to creating resilient and transparent supply chains to 
secure economic freedom for smallholder farmers

– Infrastructure: The company owns and operates 19 wet milling stations and works with over 60 independent wet mills across the country.

– Farmer Support: They work directly with an extensive network of over 82,000 small-plot farmers, providing immediate cash payments at the time of sale.

– Training Programs: RTC offers various training programs to farmers, including financial literacy, agribusiness management, and agronomy training, to increase yield and profitability.

– Traceability: Over 80% of their coffee is fully traceable back to the individual farmer, which helps secure better prices for the producers.

– Community Investment: The company has initiated projects to distribute over 5 million young coffee seedlings to farmers by 2025 to help rejuvenate old coffee trees and increase future income.