Arthur Karuletwa
Arthur Karuletwa shares 22 years’ experience in commodity value chains, including, coffee, cocoa, tea, perishables, and cosmetics. Arthur is a business development strategist with experience in developing retail/roastery businesses, and a master in digital and literal storytelling through the lens of comprehensive authenticated data and content value chains. Arthur has held leadership positions in coffee and beverage companies, the public sector and NGO national commodity bodies, food companies, agricultural/environmental NGOs, and has managing teams of more than 100 people.
Residing in the United States, Arthur is a global citizen and fluent in seven languages with extensive capacity in sustainability, programming, marketing of sustainable products, donor management and government engagement.
This year, Arthur featured on the La Marzocco Rise of Espresso film along with the Apple Series Ominivore ‘coffee episode’. He has used his past and experience of being the product of those who were targeted during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda towards educating the world on coffee as a force for good.
1:45pm - 2:30pm
Thursday 20th March 2025 Day 1
In Conversation with La Marzocco: Coffee Traceability & Sustainability with Arthur Karuletwa
Making his MICE debut from the United States, Arthur Karuletwa will share his experience of being a product of the Rwanda genocide and educating the world on coffee as a force for good in this intimate one-on-one session.