The
dramatic increase in coffee prices this year has lured many into the coffee
business.
One of
them, and the only noticeable female competitor to other male buyers in town, is Repy Mopafi (pictured) from Bena in the Eastern Highlands province.
Mrs
Mopafi parks her tinted white 10-seater Toyota Land Cruiser between Mendikwae
Trading and Goroka Bowling Club in Goroka and buys coffee parchment almost
every day.
She is
outstanding because all other buyers are male and are lined up at one side of the
fences of Goroka Council Chamber and Ela Motors while Mrs Mopafi is on their
opposite side.
She was
buying Arabica parchment Coffee for K5.00 per kilogram when she was approached.
She
said she was honest in her dealings which she started in May 2010 and this was
prompting many coffee farmers to go and sell their coffee to her.
“Depending
on the type of contract I get with factories, I want to do honest buying and am
purchasing at a higher price at the moment,” Mrs Mopafi said.
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