Karagwe Estates Limited was established in 1986 and registered under the Companies Act of the United Republic of Tanzania Cap 2012 in Kagera region, Karagwe district. It deals with buying coffee from coffee farmers,processing it and sells processed coffee to the external market. it has been buying coffee from small farmers in villages and coffee Unions. It is a leading coffee Buyer in Kagera region

The cherry coffee that is processed in different grades which are EXTRA ( scr 18),SUPERIOR ( scr 16),FAQ ( scr 14), UG ( scr 12) and lower grades

Karagwe Estates Limited is a member of the Tanzania Coffee Board (Govt), Tanzania Coffee Association (Private), East Africa Fine Coffee Association (EAFCA) in collaboration with Africa Fine Coffee Association (AFCA).

Karagwe Estates Limited works with KaragweMarketing Co. LTD that has its own grading machines each having the capacity to grade 5 tons of clean coffee per hour ready to grade the clean coffee beans into different grades as per Tanzania Coffee Board Standards that is screen no 18 which is Extra, Screen No. 16 which is superior, Screen No.14 which is FAQ Standard and Screen No.12 which is (UG). Other standards are Triage (TR) and BHP blacks also processed as per buyer’s choice