October 2019

The world's top two cocoa producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana have agreed on a common position on the future of sustainability and certification programmes in the cocoa sector. Their joint decision arrived at during a 2-day Abidjan meeting…
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Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Albert Kassim Diwura, has said the authority is set to provide capacity building for cocoa processors to maximise export base. Speaking at the maiden edition of the…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Afua Asabea Asare, says the export of cocoa derivatives accounted for 785 million dollars out of the total 2.81 billion dollars Ghana earned from non-traditional exports in…
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KKO International, operators of one of the largest cocoa plantations in the world based in Côte d'Ivoire, has raised a 3.8 million-Euro credit facility to further its strategic plan. According to a press release copied to Cocoa Post, the…
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An amount of US$600 million representing the first tranche of Ghana Cocoa Board's US$1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan has hit the accounts of the Bank of Ghana. The loan was signed between the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and some…
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Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate has renewed its partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to introduce new initiatives to strengthen cocoa producing cooperatives and their communities through an improved Coop Academy 2.0.…
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The United Nations Development Programme and the FairChain Foundation have created The Other Bar, a chocolate bar that challenges consumers to take direct action against poverty. Launching on Oct. 14, this experiment pilots a new way of…
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