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Sudan, Iran conflicts hit Kenya’s tea trade. Where next?

A woman harvests fresh tea leaves. Photo by Fatima Yusuf @ Pexels
A woman harvests fresh tea leaves. Photo by Fatima Yusuf @ Pexels

Wanderi Kamau

Kamau is a Nairobi-based Kenyan political journalist.
  • Sudan and Iran conflicts force Kenya to diversify its tea export markets
  • China and South Africa emerging as alternatives

 

NAIROBI, KENYA – Wars disrupting two of Kenya’s established tea markets are forcing Africa’s biggest exporter of the commodity to rethink where it sells its leaves.

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