Austin Changazi
Austin has more than 30 years’ experience within in the tea industry, with expertise in smallholder set up and providing technical advice and support on good agricultural practices, nursery management, monitoring and evaluation, tea planting, environmental management, management of development project, and strategic planning. As Operations Director, he is responsible for providing strategic oversight and technical support on all aspects of TWFA’s greenfield tea development operations in Rugabano, Rwanda. Prior to joining TWFA, Austin served as the Director for Lujeri Estates in Malawi where he was in charge of all smallholder farmer activities and successfully grew the Lujeri business from 1,000 to 13,000 SHFs on 3,000 Has. In addition to managing smallholder and Fairtrade programs, he also served as a Director of the Tea Association of Malawi.
