Personalities

Dr. Veronica Agartha Martinson, a 100-year-old Ghanaian Crop Scientist has become the 2022 recipient of the Ghana Cocoa Awards Lifetime Achievement Honour. Dr. Martinson has thus joined the ranks of former President John Agyekum Kufuor…
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A Deputy Executive Director of the Cocoa Health & Extension Division (CHED) of Ghana Cocoa Board, Kwame Owusu-Ansah, has picked the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2022 edition of the Ghana Cocoa Dinner held in Accra. The award…
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Founder and Managing Editor of Cocoa Post, Kojo Hayford, has been elected as the Media and Communication Officer for the Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH). Hayford will serve alongside three other elected…
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Olam Group has appointed Maya Hari as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its climate-tech venture Terrascope. Terrascope, which is based s Singapore, is said to support businesses to accurately and efficiently manage and reduce their…
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Social justice and sustainability label Fairtrade International has announced the appointment of Sandra Uwera as its new Global CEO. Uwera steps into the role following the departure of Dr. Nyagoy Nyong'o, who served as Interim Global…
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Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world's top two cocoa beans producers, have appointed Alex Arnaud Assanvo to head an organisation born out of their joint cooperation on cocoa. Until his appointment as the first-ever Executive Secretary of the…
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Nana Aduna II is the CEO of OheneCocoa, a cutting edge processor of Ghana’s raw cocoa beans. He comes from a family in Akropong-Akuapem in the  Eastern Region of Ghana with a proud tradition of cocoa farming for over 100 years. Nana Aduna…
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu- Agyemang, says his happiest moment as the overseer of Ghana's cocoa sector is to witness a strong political commitment aimed at ensuring full…
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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ecom Ghana, Mr Rahul Gopinath has been adjudged Cocoa Personality of the Year, at the 2020 Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra on Saturday. Mr Gopinath who also won the CEO of the Year, beat stiff competition…
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A former Member of the Council of State and Presidential Adviser, Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, King of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area (Assin Kushea) is confirmed to chair the second edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards, an industry networking…
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