Local social enterprise Aung Nay Lin Htun, which manufactures and distributes Myanmar’s first international-standard specialty coffee brand, Genius Shan Highlands, won an ASEAN Business Award on Monday in the Sustainable Social Enterprise category. The ASEAN Business Awards 2018 were presented in Singapore in the categories of Priority Integration Sectors; SME Excellence (Corporate Social Responsibility, Employment, […]
Tea Exports to Start This Year
May 28, 2015 by
Myanmar tea will be exported by the end of 2015, U Htun Myaing, chairman of Myanmar Tea Producers Association told Myanmar Business Today. “Technical assistance, such as organic planting methods, is being provided to tea farmers so that the products can match international standards,” he said. The association claimed that foreign countries enact stricter standards, […]
Local, fair-trade coffee in Yangon? That’s Genius
May 14, 2015 by
Rubber, rice, fisheries, beans and pulses – the list of primary products Myanmar exports is well enough known. And then Ko Ngwe Tun thought: Why not coffee? Ko Ngwe Tun is familiar with his country’s geography. He knew where to find the right climate and the rich soil needed to grow the best coffee trees. […]
