Tech & Innovation

Engineers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana have built a solar-powered cocoa pod breaker to ease the work of farmers. The team of engineers from the Mechanical Engineering department say the equipment…
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Scientists at a Swiss technology institute Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have become the first to have successfully developed lab-grown chocolate. The team made up of biotechnologists and food technologists was led by…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also ensure the security of funds, a Deputy Chief Executive Officer at COCOBOD, Dr. Emmanuel Opoku has said. The move…
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Six cocoa cooperatives in Ivory Coast have succeeded in creating their own data system through a partnership with agricultural technology firms and Fairtrade. The data system pilot project in the West African nation is aimed at…
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Venchi, the Italian chocolate and gelato manufacturer, has successfully introduced an exciting new addition to its range of sorbet made from cocoa fruit. The vegan Venchi gelato is based on Koa Pure, a 100% natural cocoa fruit juice…
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Innovation indeed has no limit. And the cocoa industry seems to be proving that each passing day. From the chocolate bar up to the recent cocoa pulp juice becoming a healthier substitute to sugar in your favourite bar. Now, what about…
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For us chocolate lovers, there's nothing better than unwrapping a new bar of that bittersweet goodness, ready to meet our cravings, comfort us, and be part of a decadent daily ritual. But did you know that through processing our…
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"Old and unproductive", that is how Francis Oko Lanquaye described his 4 and half-acre cocoa farm when he acquired it some years back. It is located at Otwebediedua, near Suhum in the Eastern Region, about 65 kilometres northwest of…
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The Chief Executive Officer of Mi-Cocoa, Nana Aduna II, is advocating the immediate review of the thirty-seven year old Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Law to meet the present demands of the cocoa sector. Nana Aduna II, a cocoa farmer and…
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Precision in the database of all cocoa farmers and cocoa transactions may see a big change in Ghana, where unreliable data and uncertainties about cocoa yield, robberies associated with cash transaction and the lack of operator transparency…
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