Café des Mamas - Rwanda Espresso

Café des Mamas is grown and processed in Rwanda by Agnes Mukamushinja and her team at the Nova Washing Station. The coffee industry is a women's business, many people don't know that, as women usually work more behind the scenes, as pickers, sorters, farmers. Women usually do the really hard jobs and are paid the least.

The Rwandan woman has been the owner of Nova since 2013. She puts special focus on the quality of the coffees and the working conditions of her employees. With each year, Agnes becomes successful with this model and works out more independence for herself and her team at the Nova Washing Station.

It is different at Nova Station, where even the people at the top are female. Agnes is convinced that women are at least as capable of running excellent farms. "Once the ladies are well off, the whole nation is well off!"

She supports her female employees outside of the coffee business, teaching them tailoring so that everyone is taken care of in the off-season. She pays for treatment costs and provides electricity and water for neighbouring houses. You can find out more about the project on the Nova Coffee website.