Coffee Company Kahawa 1893 Works to Empower Women Farmers

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Kahawa 1893, a coffee company founded by Margaret Nyambumo, empowers female coffee farmers by enabling customers to tip them directly. The tips, matched by the company, have helped start a scholarship for young girls in farming communities.

Margaret Nyambumo, founder of coffee company Kahawa 1893 and third-generation coffee farmer, said that she created the option to directly tip the female farmers who grow her coffee beans because she wanted to find a way to consistently and fairly compensate them regardless of fluctuation in coffee prices. Nyambumo said that the tips from customers — which are matched by the company — have been used by one of the farming collectives to start a scholarship for young girls to stay in school. (Source: Bloomberg)