Société de Gestion des Stations de Lavage

A Société de Gestion des Stations de Lavage (Washing Station Management Company), or SOGESTAL, is an organization that coordinates the activities of coffee washing stations in Burundi.

History

The coffee sector in Burundi was entirely state-owned until 1986. That year Burundi began the structural adjustment policies advocated by the World Bank and IMF, under which privatization of the coffee sector was given a high priority. Five mixed private-public SOGESTALs were created in 1991 to manage the 133 depulping and washing stations that the state had created in all places where there was a high concentration of coffee orchards.Sonicoff, a private company, established its own de-pulping and washing stations in Karuzi province.

Management companies with mixed public and private ownership were established, and private operators acquired shares in OCIBU, SODECO and the SOGESTALs. The state retained a majority ownership in the SOGESTALs except those in Kayanza, Ngozi and Kirundo-Muyinga.

As of May 2010 the five SOGESTALs in Burundi were:

SOGESTAL	Provinces	Sample washing stations
Kayanza	Kayanza	Butegana COPROTRA CPC KAREHE BWAYI Kinyovu Kiriyama Rohororo
Kirimiro	Muramvya Gitega Karuzi Rutana Ruyigi	Butemba Kibuye Mahonda Teka
Kirundo-Muyinga	Kirundo Muyinga	Kagombe Murago Ngogomo Nyamasaka Rugerero Buhimba Gasura
Mumirwa	Cibitoke Bubanza Bujumbura Bururi Bururi Makamba	Buhayira Mugina Murwi Ntamba
Ngozi	Ngozi	Rugabo Ruhama Gatukuza Gitwa Rutegana Rwintare Murambi

Sources

• Lentz, Benjamin E (2010), Burundi Agribusiness Program: PY 3 Q2 Quarterly Report 1 January - 31 March 2010 (PDF), USAID, retrieved 2024-10-23
• Reform of the Coffee Sector in Burundi: Prospects for Participation, Prosperity and Peace (PDF), USAID, May 2007, retrieved 2024-10-23