Café Kivu, a Congolese coffee company, seeks to address the global issue that local coffee growers earn only a small fraction of the profits from coffee sales, with most of the revenue generated outside the country of origin, and local consumers are priced out of the finished product. By sourcing, roasting, packaging, and marketing coffee locally in the Kivu region of DR Congo, Café Kivu captures more value at the origin and promotes economic development. With funding from PREO, the company aims to scale production using energy-efficient electric roasters powered by a solar hybrid plant, expand distribution through a franchise system, and create job opportunities for local young people and women. Additionally, Café Kivu seeks to reduce its coffee’s total carbon footprint from seed to cup expand into export markets in the US, Middle East, and Asia.