Our Services
Africa Coffee Academy (ACA) provides integrated training, consultancy, quality assurance, and commercial support services across the coffee value chain.
Professional coffee services
Our solutions are designed to build skills, improve quality, enhance business performance, and promote sustainable growth in Africa's coffee industry.
Professional & Technical Skills Development
ACA delivers practical, industry-led training using our Awareness, Understanding, Commitment and Action (AUCA) model. Training combines classroom learning with hands-on experience in our modern coffee laboratory, cupping room, roasting facility, and barista training center equipped with professional coffee technologies. Our trainers include experienced farmers, processors, traders, roasters, quality experts, and baristas, providing students with real-world knowledge and practical skills.
Coffee Value Chain Consultancy
ACA provides technical and business consultancy to coffee enterprises, institutions, governments, and development partners. Our services help clients improve quality, increase competitiveness, and develop sustainable businesses.
- Market research and feasibility studies
- Business planning and start-up support
- Coffee product development
- Training curriculum development
- Funding proposal development
Over the past two decades, ACA has successfully implemented numerous projects in partnership with local and international organizations.
Third-Party Quality Assurance & Laboratory Services
ACA has a private independent coffee laboratory certified by Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). ACA specializes in quality assurance of green and roasted coffee products and new coffee product development. ACA does not sell coffee, we test coffee. We test, analyze, and evaluate coffee products. Our customers are coffee producers, farmer organizations, exporters and importers, roasters, food-service and restaurant operators, and private-label brand developers. ACA uses the best possible scientific equipment to ensure quick, clear, and precise results. From green coffee to roasted coffee, from sensory analysis to physical and chemical testing, from the simple to the complex, our experience enables us to provide insights that will assist you in making informed decisions in managing your coffee program or supply chains by addressing practical issues from a scientific perspective.
Coffee Analysis services
- Physical Characteristics
- Sensorial Analysis; Flavor & Aroma
- Pesticide Residue Levels
- Mycotoxin Levels
- Microbiological Contamination
- Nutritional Properties
- Caffeine Analysis
- Foreign Matter
Coffee Commercial Services
ACA promotes innovation and business growth through commercial services that connect technology, entrepreneurship, and the coffee industry.
Our commercial initiatives include:
- Coffee machinery and equipment advisory
- Equipment sourcing and supply
- Coffee Technology Expo (CTE)
- Coffee internships
- Coffee safaris
- Kaawa on Wheels youth business incubation programme
These initiatives create opportunities for learning, technology transfer, innovation, and enterprise development across the coffee sector.
