Kenya coffee earnings jump 7.4 pct in 2015/16 - regulator

Kenya earned 18.8 billion shillings ($184.68 million) from coffee exports in the 2015/16 (Oct-Sept) crop year, up 7.4 percent from the previous year, regulator Coffee Directorate said on Friday. Kenya is a small coffee producer, accounting for just 1 percent of the world's annual crop, but roasters require these quality Arabica beans to blend them with coffee from other regions. Coffee is one of Kenya's main foreign exchange earners.