“Innovating Coffee. Empowering Homegrown Economies.”
Tanzania's largest national coffee festival and collaborative platform. Connecting farmers, millers, exporters, roasters, baristas, coffee shop owners, innovators, investors, policymakers, and global buyers to celebrate coffee craft and drive economic growth.
Friday, Oct 2nd – Sun, Oct 4th, 2026
East African Commercial and Logistics Complex, Dar-es-salaam TZ
Showcasing Tanzania's coffee excellence by uniting trade, culture, innovation, and tourism in a world-class immersive experience
"Uniting Coffee, Culture, Innovation & Investment for Sustainable Economic Growth."
Kahawa Festival 2026 is conceived as East Africa's premier coffee-centric celebration, designed to elevate Tanzania's position in the global coffee value chain while celebrating the nation's rich cultural heritage. The festival transcends traditional trade exhibitions by integrating commerce, culture, innovation, and tourism into a single, immersive experience.
Smart farming practices, cutting-edge traceability systems, and advanced processing technologies modernizing localized agriculture.
Specialty coffee, gourmet blends, premium instant variants, and export-ready coffee products processed entirely at origin.
Eco-friendly and sustainable packaging solutions combined with global-ready branding strategies that capture origin heritage.
Catalyzing resources to build stronger local industries, support innovative startups, and expand sustainable homegrown coffee economies.
Discover unique native technologies and smart agricultural solutions.
Engage with startups, international buyers, policy makers, and expert baristas.
Support locally processed, elegantly branded, export ready coffee goods.
Help scale the footprints of Tanzanian and African specialty coffee internationally.
The Kahawa Festival represents a powerful meeting of minds, bringing raw agricultural expertise and modern global commerce into the same space.
Participation blocks are strictly structured and accepted on a first-applied, first-secured basis. Reserve your presence quickly!
Showcase your brand to thousands of attendees
Book an official booth space. Display your machinery, roast profiles, sustainable packaging, or technological coffee solutions. Spaces are granted on an early-application system.
Book a Booth SpaceHonoring coffee extraction as pure high-art
Witness over 40+ premier national and international baristas competing live on stage during this gripping 3-day coffee showdown. Apply to register as an executive competitor today.
Register for BaristasFor precision coffee palettes and professional tasters
Professional coffee cuppers demonstrate supreme evaluation speeds, accuracy, and flavor distinctions. Sign, separate, and rate aroma, acidity, body balance, and premium notes live.
Register for CuppingSupported and co-developed by Tanzanian National Industry Leaders, Regional Agricultural Boards, and Coffee Exporter Boards. Represented with official event credentials at the venue entrance.
Take a nostalgic visual crawl through premium high-resolution highlights from our previous annual iterations.
Tanganyika Coffee Curing Company (TCC) in Moshi, Tanzania stands as a classical historical node of the East African coffee trade. Accessible easily by public and private transit. Adequate parking space is available on-site.
