Lending in the Congo: Inspiration from Rwanda

A thin ray of hope is emerging today from The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of the most war-ravaged and anarchic countries in the world.

Today, a revival of the country’s coffee industry is bringing peace, hope and better livelihoods to battle-scarred farmers living in the fertile, eastern highlands of the Lake Kivu region, just across Rwanda’s border. Root Capital is proud to play a part in this nascent and fragile renaissance with the recent financing of three far-reaching smallholder coffee farmer associations, Sopacdi, Muungano and Furaha.