East African Agri-Business |
East African Agri Business, a member of East African Holdings, has its well-designed strategic plans to be a major investor in agro business in Ethiopia, both in agricultural products and process industries.
Quality of different grades of tea produced in Chewaka estate is considered in par with the best produced anywhere else in the world. Our overseas buyers consider Chewaka tea comparable to the best Kenyan tea. 70% of our tea find export routes to Pakistan, U.A.E. and Sudan Regularly. |
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From the time we launched our tea in Ethiopian markers in Dec. 2001, it has made its impacts in the domestic markers and today we enjoy about 35-40% market share in Ethiopia. Like wise to our domestic market, we are producing and export high grade level Tea. |
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Chewaka
A. Tea Estate
Chewaka situated in the scenic beauty of the Highlands in the South West of Ethiopia at an altitude of 6000 ft above sea level with an average rainfall of 2300mm is one of the most suitable topography to grow high quality tea by any world standard. During 1995, East African Agri Business established Chewaka tea
estate with an initial investment of 87million birr in a total
developed land area of 870 Hectares covered under tea and fire wood
plantation, and infrastructure including arable internal roads. |
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estate proposes to increase its planted area by another 650 hectares
during the next phase of expansion.
Nearly ten clone varieties of tea bush are grown in Chewaka of which
cuttings for four varieties were obtained from the Gumrero tea garden
and other six varieties brought from Kenya. All these varieties are of
very high quality known for their high yield potential and resistance
to pests and other infections. |
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B. Tea Factory on Chewaka
A modern single line the tea factory with an installed capacity of
600 – 700 tons of made tea per annum was commissioned at Chewaka tea
estate during De. 2001. The automatic online process factory produces
high quality CTC ground tea that is comparable with Kenyan and Ceylon
tea in the international markets. |
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C. Tea Blending & Packing Factory
Engaged primarily in blending and repacking of branded tea for both
domestic and export markets, has a long standing experience of 15 years
in the business. Two prominent brands, Black Lion and Good Morning,
produced in this factory command 75% market share in the country.
Earlier this industry depended solely on outsourcing tea from the
local growers or imports. But as the group has developed its own tea
garden it is now able to have better controls, both on quality and
strategic planning. These advantages have opened doors to few export
markets of repute. The industry is now engaged in synthesizing its
actions to correlate the tea gardens output with the blending and
packing to derive maximum benefit.
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