Charities give rural farmers ownership of tea factory

A ceremony, which was attended by the Prime Minister of Rwanda, the Right Honorable Édouard Ngirente, was held at Mulindi Tea Factory in Gicumbi, Rwanda, whereby shares in the Mulindi Tea Factory were signed over by The Wood Foundation Africa and Gatsby Africa, the philanthropic investors who had acquired the company when it was privatized by the Government of Rwanda in 2012. This is the first factory to be owned 100% by smallholder farmers in Rwanda. Sir Ian Wood, Executive Chairman of The Wood Foundation, attended the ceremony on behalf…

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