Tanzania leverages deals to challenge Kenya’s avocado export dominance

Baskets with avocado on a supermarket showcase, close-up, organic and natural food product.

Nairobi. Tanzania is leveraging trade deals and shorter routes to tap booming emerging markets like Indian to push its fast growing avocado production rates into the global market as Kenya’s ‘green gold’ exports falter amid Red Sea crisis.

As geopolitical tensions in the Red Sea continue to disrupt global trade routes, Kenya’s dominance in Africa’s avocado exports is being challenged by Tanzania, which is aggressively expanding into emerging markets like India.