EACMC 2026 follows the commercial journey of coffee, from understanding markets and buyer expectations, to preparing coffee and producer organisations for those markets, and finally building stronger businesses, brands, consumption and investment around East African coffee.
Across three days, producers, buyers, coffee businesses, governments, financiers, researchers, development partners and industry leaders will tackle the practical questions shaping the future of the region’s coffee economy.
EACMC is not designed as a collection of unrelated speeches. Each day answers a different commercial question and moves delegates further along the journey from coffee production to market opportunity.
Where is demand going? What are buyers looking for? How should East African coffee position itself? And how can producers and coffee businesses build stronger commercial relationships and retain more value?
What must happen at farm, processing, quality, compliance and producer-organisation level for coffee to be genuinely ready for the market?
How do we create more value at origin, build stronger coffee businesses and brands, grow regional consumption and attract the capital needed to expand?
How diplomacy, trade networks and international relationships can connect East African coffee to credible buyers and new commercial opportunities.
From AfCFTA and distribution to consumption and buyer development: what will it take to sell more African coffee within Africa?
Who controls the coffee, the buyer relationship and the value, and what needs to change for producers to participate more commercially in the market?
How technology, agronomy, soil health, farmer adoption and smarter production systems can improve productivity, quality and resilience.
What really creates specialty value, and where do farming, processing, handling and commercial decisions strengthen or destroy it?
What does the last mile of EUDR readiness actually require for producers, cooperatives, exporters and buyers?
What capabilities do coffee enterprises need to move from selling a good product to building competitive, scalable brands?
What makes a coffee enterprise investable, and how can finance better respond to the realities of the coffee business?
Session | Description |
Coffee Diplomacy & Market Access | Positioning East African Coffee in Global Markets |
The Coffee Market Ahead | Demand, Risk & Opportunity For East Africa |
Regional Coffee Leaders Roundtable | Compete as Origins, Grow As a Region |
International Market Spotlight | What Consumer Markets Want from African Coffee |
Trusted Trade | What Makes a Coffee Deal Work From Sample To Shipment? |
From Sample to Sale | Who Controls the Coffee, The Buyer Relationship & The Value? |
Session | Description |
Quality Is A System | Why Great Coffee Starts Long Before The Cup |
Modernising Coffee Production | Productivity, Quality & Resilience |
Beyond Washed | What New Processing Methods Can Unlock For Kenyan Coffee |
Beyond The Score | What Actually Makes Coffee Specialty? |
After The Sale | How Coffee Trading, Price Discovery & Settlement Really Work |
EUDR | From Awareness To Market-Ready Compliance |
Session | Description |
Beyond The Bean | New Products, New Consumers & New Coffee Economies |
From Coffee Estate To Coffee Experience | Creating More Value At Origin |
Value Addition at Origin | Building East African Coffee Brands for Regional & Global Markets |
Women In Coffee Now | Ownership, Enterprise & Market Power |
From Promising to Bankable | Financing Coffee Enterprises For Growth |
Trade Connect | From Conference Conversations to Commercial Follow Through |
The main-stage Conference is only one part of EACMC 2026. Across the three days, delegates and visitors can move between practical learning, coffee discovery, exhibitions, competitions, buyer engagement and commercial conversations throughout the wider EACMC marketplace.
CEO, Nairobi Coffee Exchange
CEO, Nairobi Coffee Exchange
Chairman, Coffee Board Of Kenya
Chairman, Coffee Board Of Kenya
Chairman, Kenya Airways PLC
Chairman, Kenya Airways PLC
Chairman, New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union
Chairman, New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union
President, Coffee Association Of Canada
President, Coffee Association Of Canada
Assistant Director, Quality Assurance | Coffee Board of Kenya
Assistant Director, Quality Assurance | Coffee Board of Kenya
Choose one day or join the full three-day EACMC Conference experience. Learn from the conversations. Meet the people shaping the sector. Discover coffees, businesses and opportunities. And take the relationships beyond Nairobi.