Rwanda Digital Coffee School is Rwanda’s first comprehensive digital learning platform dedicated to coffee. It offers structured and practical learning materials covering the entire coffee value chain — from coffee farming and processing to cupping and quality evaluation.
This platform provides a wide range of resources, including video and audio lessons, lesson plans for trainers, and easy-to-use handouts for farmers. Designed to be accessible to everyone, it enables learners to study Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) anytime, anywhere.
Rwanda Digital Coffee School was developed under the leadership of the JICA CUP2 Project with the aim of strengthening Rwanda’s coffee value chain through capacity building, knowledge sharing, and inclusive digital education.
Actor: Uzziel Habimana
Farmer | Professional Cupper | Coffee Processing Specialist Uzziel is a Rwandan coffee professional featured in Rwanda Digital Coffee School’s learning materials.
With expertise spanning farming, coffee washing station processing, and cupping, he has played a key role in advancing Rwanda’s specialty coffee sector.
He currently runs Ikawa House, a coffee consulting business supporting
quality improvement across the value chain.
Coffee washing station: Nova Coffee
Nova Coffee is a family-owned coffee company founded by Felix Hitayezu and Agnes Mukamushinja. Based in Bukure Sector, Gicumbi District, the company works closely with local coffee farmers and is driven by a passion for sharing the finest Rwandan coffee with the world.
Through its washing station in Gicumbi, Nova Coffee collaborates with surrounding farming communities to produce exceptional coffees that are exported to markets across the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Singapore, Russia, and many other countries.
The company’s unwavering commitment to quality has been recognized through numerous achievements, including winning Taste of Rwanda 2021 and securing 1st Place in the inaugural Best of Rwanda 2024 competition. Today, Nova Coffee is widely regarded as one of Rwanda’s leading specialty coffee companies, dedicated to producing and delivering coffees of outstanding quality while creating lasting value for farming communities.