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12 Jun
President of the West African Specialty Coffee Association (WASCA), Larry Segun-Lean, has expressed worry over the country’s dwindling earnings from coffee export, despite the country’s ability to generate millions of dollars from it.
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Stakeholders have described the lifting of economic and trade sanctions, previously imposed on Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, as a good step in the right direction and urged that trading activities resume immediately
25 Oct 2023
President, West Africa Specialty Coffee Association (WASCA), Larry Segun-Lean, has decried Nigeria’s dwindling coffee and tea exports, a situation he described as extremely worrisome. He said despite the nation’s large economy and huge population...
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