Original Story Published by: William Buningwire, www.ktpress.rw
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(Above) Indian Luxmi Tea factory in Rwanda
Indian Luxmi Tea factory has opened its branches in Karongi district, Western Province with the capacity to produce 1,000,000Kg of dry tea, annually.
The new factory dubbed ‘Rugabano tea factory’ is worth about Rwf4 bWith over 100 years in tea business and horticulture across the world, Luxmi group ltd targets to boost local tea production and export earnings from the country’s key cash crop – currently generating $83,552,108 annual export revenues.
Rugabano tea factory finds other 17 factories including, Rwanda Mountain tea, Kitabi, Nyabihu; Gisovu tea factory, all previous winners of fourth Africa Tea Convention and Exhibition that was held in Kampala, Uganda.
Other key tea factories include Karongi, Mulindi and Nshili Kivu, among others.
Rugabano tea factory opened after Rwanda, in 2017, signed an agreement with Assam’s Luxmi Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd – an Indian company to develop around 4,500 hectares (ha) of tea plantation, jointly with local tea growers.
In the first phase, Luxmi Tea factory was given 438ha under lease from the Rwandan government, in which the factory supports local growers with skills to cultivate 4,000ha more, and buy their crop paying a 44% share of the revenue.
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