Value Addition

A Swiss-Ghanaian startup, Koa, has introduced its first ready-to-drink cocoa fruit juice - Koa Natural - onto the Ghana and West African markets. The product, called Koa Natural, is an all-natural juice produced from the white, fleshy…
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Ghana Cocoa Board has inaugurated an 8-member committee to spearhead efforts to boost local consumption of chocolate and cocoa products. The move falls in line with long-term plans to build local capacity in value addition to target the…
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Some things are special but some things are more special because they are made with love, made by love and made for love. I'm talking about Chocolate. As the world gets ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day and we in Ghana prepare to…
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The founder of Cocoa Club, Michael Owusu Manu, is encouraging students and all youth to actively explore career and business opportunities in Ghana's cocoa industry. Mr Owusu Manu made the remarks when over 300 students from the Cocoa…
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With 70% of the world’s cocoa coming from West Africa, it comes as a surprise that less than 1% of world chocolate is produced at the origin. This gives cocoa producers, especially smallholder farmers, only a meagre share in the…
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Some Ghanaian cocoa farmers are asking for a review of the COCOBOD Law to allow them unhindered participation in the country's emerging cocoa value addition space. They anticipate that a review of Ghana's cocoa sector governing law will…
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The Cocoa Value Addition Artisans Association of Ghana (COVAAAGH) is set to showcase an innovative Ghana made artisanal cocoa products line at the 13th World Trade Promotion Organizations - WTPO Conference and Awards in Accra, Ghana.…
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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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Swiss-Ghanaian start-up Koa has secured $10 million in growth capital to accelerate its disruptive upcycling business around the cocoa fruit. A press release copied to Cocoa Post stated that the investment will allow the company to scale…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of the Ghana Investments Promotions Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant has said it was time Ghana committed to making the needed financial investments to tap into the full potential of cocoa and chocolate industry…
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