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Time to Decolonise Our Coffee Cup Namibias spent over N$12.4 million on coffee in April – and the bulk of it came from Switzerland. Yes, you heard right – Switzerland, a snow-covered European country that doesn’t grow a single coffee bean. Yet here we are, importing coffee from a nation better known for chocolate, watches and banks than for any connection to the African soil where coffee is actually grown. This revelation appeared in The Namibian on 14 June under the headline ‘N$12.4 million’s coffee warms Namibians in April’. With current winter temperatures in southern Namibia dropping to -2°C, thanks to the icy Benguela Current from Cape Town, warm beverages are in high demand – so coffee comes in handy. However, we must ask: Why is Swiss-packaged coffee warming Namibian homes when Africa is home to the best coffee in the world? Switzerland’s role is simple: It imports raw coffee from African countries, roasts and repackages it, then sells it back to us at a steep markup. It is, quite literally, Africa’s coffee – branded, taxed and profited on by others. And somehow we accept this, with pride, thinking we’re sipping something elite. Let’s be clear. We are consuming our own coffee through Europe, paying a premium for what is essentially a rebranded African product. This is not global trade at its best – it is economic absurdity, and it must stop.   A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES   Africa is the birthplace of coffee. Ethiopia, the cradle of Arabica, along with Kenya and Tanzania, produces some of the world’s finest beans. These countries are our continental neighbours and yet Namibia hardly imports coffee directly from them. Instead, we rely on European traders and middlemen. Even the so-called ‘South African’ coffee in Namibian stores is not grown in South Africa (SA). It’s imported from East Africa, repackaged and then exported to Namibia. We are buying coffee twice removed from its origin – with multiple layers of profit extracted by everyone but the African farmer and processor.   WHY CRITICISE SA?   Some may ask ‘why point fingers at a fellow African nation’? The answer lies in an unequal trade architecture. As Namibia’s former coloniser, SA still benefits from structural advantages under the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and our shared monetary policy – tying the Namibia dollar and SA’s rand.   These arrangements allow SA goods to enter Namibia freely but create barriers – regulatory or tariffs – for cheaper, high-quality goods from other African countries like Angola, Zambia or Kenya. SA acts as a gatekeeper, helping shape what Namibia consumes – including coffee. This is not Pan-Africanism. It’s economic colonialism by another name. THERE IS A SMARTER PATH Namibia must reclaim its trade agenda. It can and should import raw or semi-processed coffee directly from African growers, especially in Kenya and East Africa. Namibian traders and entrepreneurs can roast, package and brand coffee locally. We don’t need to ship beans thousands of kilometres to Europe just to get them back in a shiny bag. This isn’t just about price or pride – it’s about jobs, innovation and self-determination. Local processing creates employment for Namibians, strengthens small and medium enterprises and builds a coffee culture rooted in African excellence. It also keeps more value on the continent instead of exporting it and importing it back at a loss. Policymakers must act. Let’s negotiate bilateral agreements with African coffee producers. Let’s offer incentives for local processing. Let’s reform customs systems that favour former colonial powers over African trade. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE   We are in the age of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – a powerful tool for change. But to benefit, we must stop playing by rules set in Brussels and Pretoria, and start building our own. Here’s the reality: We are drinking coffee grown by Africans, processed by Europeans and sold back to Africans – while our own people remain unemployed. This must change. As the chill of winter drives Namibians to seek warmth in a cup, let’s make sure that cup holds African coffee, roasted and brewed in Africa – not just in spirit, but in practice. Let’s wake up and smell the coffee. It’s time to decolonise our coffee cups. – Elvis Mboya is president of the Namibia-Kenya chamber of commerce and a former journalist in Namibia and Kenya. The post Time to Decolonise Our Coffee Cup appeared first on The Namibian.

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