Women in Cocoa

"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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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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Last month, Charity Sackitey was named the 2021 Woman of Excellence Award recipient during this year's edition of the Ghana Cocoa Dinner organised by Cocoa Post under the auspices of Ghana Cocoa Board. The award was presented to her by…
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Yaa Peprah Amekudzi, the Ghana country lead of Mondelez International's Cocoa Life Program, has been enstooled the Nkosuohen (Development Chief) of Mayenda, with the chieftaincy title Nana Okofo Apetu II. She was officially outdoored on…
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Ghana has been growing cocoa for almost a century and a half and was once the world's leading supplier of the key chocolate ingredient until losing that spot in 1977. The West African nation boasts of a rich heritage in cocoa production.…
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Zimbabwean sustainability expert, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, has been approved by shareholders to Nestlé's Board of Directors at the company's 154th Annual General Meeting held at Vevey, Switzerland. Prof. Sibanda was proposed by…
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Under the shade of an awning, Rosine Bekoin leans over a fire, stirring a pan of roasting cacao beans — the main raw ingredient of chocolate. A rich, fruity scent rises into the air. Around her, 10 other women sing as they pound roasted…
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Did you know most of the world's chocolate comes from the Ivory Coast and Ghana? The oldest chocolate maker, Switzerland, gets its cocoa beans from Ghana. Yet, Ghana doesn't readily produce its own chocolate. What's more, is Ghana then…
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Female cocoa farmers are averagely is paid as little as 23p a day, highlighting a gender pay gap in the global chocolate industry, according to Fairtrade. That figure is well below the extreme global poverty line of £1.40 a day, and…
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Yaw Nkansah took over three acres of the cocoa plantation when his father died five years ago. He was 25 and a junior high school leaver. Now 30, he has the frame and looks of a man resigned to a hard life. He hates and loves in equal…
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