The Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union (KNCU) is the Africa's oldest Coffee Cooperative Union, founded in 1933 as a Marketing Organization for the Indigenous Farmers of the Chagga Tribe living on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest Mountain.

Along with all of Tanzania's Cooperatives, KNCU was banned by the government in 1976, but then reinstated in 1984 as KNCU (1984) Ltd. Today, KNCU has about 70,000 members from 92 local cooperatives found in Districts of Siha, Hai, Moshi Rural and Rombo. Their smooth mild beans are considered to be amongst the finest in Africa. We are certified by Fair Trade Labeling Organization since 1993.