Cbc Ltd

Name

Cbc Ltd

Legal name

Coffee Business Center Ltd

Website

https://coffee-bc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coffee Production & Export

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (31192)

SIC

Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee (Roasted, Ground, Whole Bean) (CRADAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAD), Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Beverage Wholesale (AFAIAGAD)

Keywords

• Green coffee export
• Specialty arabica coffee
• Coffee processing services
• Coffee roasting solutions
• Coffee wholesale distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Kigali

HQ country

Rwanda

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Green Coffee Export: Export of specialty and commercial green coffee to roasters and traders worldwide. Revenue generated through bulk commodity transactions of processed green coffee beans.
2. Roasted Coffee Sales: Sale of roasted coffee to cafes, restaurants, hotels, corporate clients, and end consumers through retail brands (Luna, Pedro's Coffee) and supermarket distribution.
3. Coffee Solutions Services: Complete coffee solutions including equipment sourcing, barista training, cafe setup, and product development for partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Coffee Business Center Ltd (CBC) is a vertically integrated Rwandan coffee company that ethically sources Arabica coffee from cooperatives and smallholder farmers, processes it through five owned washing stations and a dry mill, and exports specialty and commercial green coffee to global roasters and traders. The company also roasts coffee for local and regional markets, supplies wholesale roasted coffee to the HORECA sector, sells retail coffee under the Luna brand in supermarkets and hospitality outlets, and offers complete Coffee Solutions including equipment sourcing, barista training, café setup, and product development.

Product overview

Coffee Business Center Ltd (CBC) is a family-owned Rwandan company founded in 2002 that operates as a vertically integrated coffee business. The company's product portfolio centers on Green Coffee offerings (Specialty Coffee and Commercial Coffee lines), the Luna Coffee retail brand for end consumers, and comprehensive coffee processing services through its Coffee Washing Stations (CWS) network. CBC provides end-to-end services including sourcing, wet milling, drying, quality control, grading, roasting, wholesale/retail distribution, and export logistics. The company also offers coffee solutions encompassing equipment sourcing, barista training, and café setup assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Luna Coffee: CBC's retail coffee brand serving home brewing and café markets in Rwanda. Available at Simba Supermarket, Vista Supermarket, SSV Supermarket, La Palisse Hotel, Chess Café, and Lagardère Duty Free.
• CBC Washing Stations (CWS)

Products and services

• Green Coffee (Specialty & Commercial)

Quantifiable outcome

• Cupping scores of 84-86 for specialty coffee lots
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cooperative Farmers & SmallholderscoreOthersCBC works closely with cooperatives and smallholder farmers across Rwanda's thousand hills, building long-term partnerships that promote transparency and fair trade. These farmer relationships form the foundation of CBC's owned supply chain, with 5000+ partner farmers and support for 400,000+ farmers total.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU): Ethiopian farmer-owned cooperative union producing and exporting high-scoring Yirgacheffe specialty coffee. Similar single-origin, traceability-led producer model targeting the same premium international roaster buyer set as CBC's Rwandan Arabica lots.
• C. Dorman (Kenya): Kenya-based specialty and commercial Arabica coffee processor, exporter, and brand owner serving similar specialty-roaster and HORECA customers. Comparable on the East African Arabica playbook — washing-station origination, QC lab, and downstream roasted brand distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Volcafe (ED&F Man): Global coffee trading and processing business with owned assets across producing countries, including East Africa. Directly comparable on the integrated origin-to-export operating model and on B2B green coffee supply to international roasters.
• ECOM Trading: Global commodity merchant with one of the largest coffee trading books and significant African farmer-relationship networks. Comparable as both a competitor in origin sourcing and a comparable integrated trader/exporter serving roasters worldwide.
• Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG): World's largest green coffee trader with extensive African origin operations, including Rwanda and Burundi. Operates vertically integrated washing/dry mill assets in multiple producing countries — directly analogous operating model to CBC, but at significantly larger scale and global breadth.
• Sucafina: Belgium-headquartered global green coffee trader with a strong Rwandan and East African sourcing presence and roaster/trader customer overlap. Comparable on the export trading side of CBC's business and in the specialty/traceability value proposition to global roasters.
• Louis Dreyfus Company (Coffee): Major global commodity trader with active coffee origination across Africa. Operates at a broader portfolio level but overlaps materially on origin sourcing, washing-station/milling assets, and sale of both specialty and commercial green coffee to roasters.

Direct peers

• Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers: US-based specialty coffee importer with a heavy focus on African origins (Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Tanzania) and a transparent farmer-relationship model. Directly comparable to CBC on the specialty-import side of the value chain and overlapping buyer relationships at premium roasters.
• Rwacof (Muraho Trading): Rwanda's largest specialty coffee washing-station operator and exporter, including facilities in Western and Northern Provinces. Directly comparable to CBC: similar owned-infrastructure model, Rwandan Arabica focus, specialty/commercial dual line, and direct farmer sourcing through cooperatives.

Emerging players

• Crop to Cup Coffee Importers: US specialty importer sourcing single-origin lots directly from African and Latin American producers with strong transparency narrative. Comparable to CBC on origin-to-roaster direct relationships and on emphasizing farm/farmer-level traceability for premium buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cbc-rwanda

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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