COCOA POST

The Chief Executive Officer of SEND Ghana, Siapha Kamara, has stated that pricing cocoa is a human rights issue. Mr. Kamara was speaking at a two-day conference on Living Income and Human Rights in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector organized by SEND…
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The United Kingdom (UK) has announced an increase in its climate change adaptation financial support to the most vulnerable African countries that bear the brunt of climate change. Speaking alongside African leaders at COP27 in the…
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners have launched a $520 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones(SAPZ) programme to transform Nigeria’s agriculture. This move has been necessitated by AfDB’s commitment to ending…
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Barry Callebaut has redesigned the making of its chocolate to identify the special qualities of each cocoa bean and bring out the nuances of flavour. This is known as the Cocoa Cultivation & Craft principle (CCC). The company achieved…
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Chocolate giant, Mondelez International, is set to inject an additional $600 million into its cocoa sustainability programme, Cocoa Life, as it marks 10 years of the intervention. "We are proud to announce the next phase of our Cocoa Life…
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Eight Ghanaian chocolatiers have been selected and sponsored by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority to attend WineX 2022 in South Africa. WineX is South Africa’s premier wine festival that annually brings together winemakers and wine…
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The first instalment of Ghana Cocoa Board's annual syndicated loan is set to hit its account at the Bank of Ghana by the close of business Wednesday, 26 October 2022, Joy News has reported. Finance Ministry sources disclosed that…
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The World Cocoa Foundation has confirmed Chris Vincent as its substantive president, two months after serving in an acting position. Vincent became interim president of the cocoa sustainability partnership organisation following the…
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Cocoa farmers and civil society organisations (CSOs) have jointly endorsed Ivory Coast and Ghana cocoa regulators' boycott of the World Cocoa Foundation partnership meeting in Brussels this week. In a statement copied to Cocoa Post, the…
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Ivory Coast and Ghana will not be attending the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting scheduled to be held in Brussels from October 26-27. The meeting which is the leading global conference on cocoa sustainability will miss the…
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