Cocoa

Financing quality education for under privileged children in Africa is a challenge for many governments and parents. The lack of education and in some instances...

Ivory Coast is set to produce biomass power from wastes from cocoa pods. The West African nation is leading cocoa producer in the world. It...

The governments of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have signed a major agreement called the “Abidjan Declaration” which is to address issues within the cocoa sector in both countries.

Three Ghanaian cocoa farmers have been awarded at the 2017 edition of the Cocoa Excellence Awards ceremony, for having the best of the world’s standard for cocoa. The farmers are; Simon Marfo, John Kofi Asiamah, and Noah Obeng. The awards ceremony which took place in Paris – France, is held every two years to award the hard work of cocoa farmers across the world.

Ghana has signed an accord with its neighbour, Cote d’Ivoire, for closer collaboration in the areas of cocoa production and marketing. The Accra Agreement, signed on Friday, June 2, this year at the end of the two-day second technical cooperation meeting between both nations in the Ghanaian capital, seeks to assist the two countries to collaboratively tackle many challenges adversely affecting their cocoa economy, especially the issue of foreign pricing of cocoa by the West and Asia, among others. It was signed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the Director-General of the Council of Coffee and Cocoa, Cote d’Ivoire respectively on behalf of both countries.

Olam Cocoa has marked the opening of its latest Cocoa Innovation Centre (CIC) in Willowbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. The new facility will provide important innovation capabilities to support Olam Cocoa’s North American customers. The opening of this latest CIC, one of six globally, along with Centres in Brazil, Netherlands, Spain, Singapore and UK, will assist customers in the refinement and reformulation of existing recipes, provide proof of concept opportunities, and aid in the development of new products across such diverse application categories as beverages, cereals, chocolate confectionery, dairy, biscuits and bakery, and ice cream.

Ghana, the world's number two cocoa producer, has missed out on nearly $1 billion in export earnings due to a steep decline in global...

Ivory Coast has cut planned spending for 2017 by 10 percent due to a sharp drop in world prices of cocoa, its leading export,...

The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez have agreed to co-operate in ending deforestation in key cocoa growing areas, starting with the Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast on Wednesday embarked on strike over the refusal of Cocoa buyers to buy their harvests this year. The farmers in...