Nestle-Cameroun Chief Executive, Bruno Olierhok, said the company would begin construction in August. The factory will have the capacity to grind 20,000 tons of beans, Olierhok told state radio, CRTV.

The processed coffee will initially be marketed domestically, but the company will eventually supply what it described as a growing coffee market in the region.

“Nestle wants to put affordable coffee within the reach of Cameroonian consumers and create jobs,” Olierhok said.

This factory will add to the Union Centrale des Sociétés Coopératives Agricoles de l’Ouest (UCCAO CAMEROUN) owned factory west of the country.