Africa has an abundance of natural and human resources, yet poverty remains extremely high as local communities rarely benefit from this natural wealth.
To ensure sustainable development and wealth participation by local communities, T4D partners with global leaders in exploration, mining and processing, promoting on-continent beneficiation whislt developing and creating global markets for locally manufactured goods.
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T4D is in the process of developing a unique WORLD CLASS African Brand of Coffee that will revolutionise the concept of Fair Trade whilst offering our clients some of the Best Quality Coffee in the World.
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“For farmers throughout the developing world, coffee used to hold hope for a better future. Coffee is one of the few internationally traded commodities that is still mainly produced not on large plantations, but on smallholdings farmed by peasant households. Farmers sell at a heavy loss while branded coffee sells at a hefty profit. The coffee crisis has become a development disaster” Oxfam, Mugged Poverty in your coffee cup report
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“Innovative partnerships are demonstrating that inclusive business models can be commercially competitive, while integrating smallholders into value chains. ” Philip Kiriro, President and Chairman of Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)
“Helping farming families increase production in a sustainable way, and sell more crops, is the most effective way to reduce hunger and poverty over the long term” Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Secure Specific Coffee for a Specific Market that result in Specific Development while retaining and building value-adding capacity. |
| Despite huge natural mineral wealth, the majority of Africans live in extreme poverty as very few benefit from the extraction of these resources. Fairer community participation in mining is essential to build and transform communities and alleviate poverty on the continent. African resources can build and finance the development of Africa. T4D is aligned with socially responsible Mining and Agricultural Companies that are willing to ensure that communities and the host countries benefit from their own natural resources. |
| “Africa is endowed with considerable amounts of mineral resources and ranks first or second in quantity of world reserves of bauxite, chromite, cobalt, industrial diamond, manganese, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals, soda ash, vermiculite and zirconium. The continent is also a major global producer of these minerals. For example, in 2010, Africa’s share of diamond, chromite, gold and uranium was 57 per cent; 48 per cent 19 per cent; and 19 per cent, respectively. The continent is also becoming an important player in world production of coal, oil and gas” Trade Mark Southern Africa Despite huge natural mineral wealth, the majority of Africans live in extreme poverty as very few benefit from the extraction of these resources. Fairer community participation in mining is essential to build and transform communities and alleviate poverty on the continent. |
| T4D oversees the formation of strategic partnerships with local communities for exploration, mining and beneficiation of minerals on the continent. Established secure database of buyers and ensure the security at source includes security and reward for the communities in which the minerals and resources are mined. T4D ONLY Partner with socially aware and responsible Mining and Agriculture Companies. |
