Women in Cocoa

A visit today to Dadieso, the capital of the Suaman District, in the Western North Region of Ghana, reveals a bustling community with tarred streets awash with people and Pragya tricycle taxis. But only two years back, this community,…
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The Bodoma Old Ladies Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative, a group instituted to empower women through knowledge sharing and support to create economic opportunities and positive change has been inaugurated at Bodoma, a cocoa community in the Bekwai…
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Lucy Afari, the Chief Executive Officer of Flexy Foods, manufacturers of Ghana's Kamini Chocolate brand is set to speak at PROPAK Ghana 2023. The Kamini Chocolate boss, who is also an Executive of the Cocoa Value Addition Artisans…
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The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced the appointment of three new officers to its board. They are Christine McGrath, who replaces Peter Boone ex-CEO of Barry Callebaut as the new Chairman, Kojo Amoo-Gottfried and Tejinder Singh…
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Kristy Leissle (PhD), a cocoa and chocolate scholar, is scheduled to speak at the cocoa conference hosted by the Lindt Chocolate Museum in Cologne Germany, next month. The conference will explore the subject of "Sustainable cocoa supply…
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The Managing Director of Federated Commodities Company Limited (FEDCO), Hajia Maria Adamu-Zibo, has emerged as the Best Business Leader of the Year 2022 at the Fourth Edition of the Ghana Cocoa Dinner and Awards held in Accra. The award…
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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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Fairafric, a Ghanaian origin chocolate brand, is partnering with the organisers of Ghana Cocoa Dinner to treat guests at this year's edition to new additions to its celebrated chocolate product line. Captains and value chain actors of…
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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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"I have travelled far away from home to be at this important gathering. A few years ago, it would have been impossible for me, a woman, to attend this cocoa farming-related programme," Charity Ofori, a female cocoa farmer, told Cocoa Post.…
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