Cocoa Processing

Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around the world are likely to soar. Chocolate-makers have…
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A recently leaked official letter from the Ghana Cocoa Board, granting a request from the Afrotropic Cocoa Processing Company Limited to import cocoa beans into the country for processing, has led to some anxiety among stakeholders in the…
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Some cocoa processors in Ghana are said to have halted operations due to an acute shortage of cocoa beans. A source close to the matter told Cocoa Post that some grinders in the West African country had not received cocoa bean allocations…
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Peter Feld, a 57-year-old German national, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barry Callebaut Group, with immediate effect. Feld takes over from Peter F. Boone who is reported to have stepped down from the…
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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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Ghana's Niche Cocoa Industry is set to open the largest African-origin food and beverage company in the history of the United States of America. The Ghanaian cocoa processing giant is currently in the process of turning a…
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Organisers of Ghana Cocoa Awards, Cocoa Post, have opened nominations for the fourth edition of the annual cocoa industry excellence reward scheme. Ghana Cocoa Awards is an initiative instituted to appreciate and highlight outstanding…
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Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has called for a shift away from the export of raw cocoa to a focus on local value addition and consumption. He noted that current and past governments…
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Processing cocoa has generated more revenue in the cocoa sector worldwide, says the Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo. This, he said has sparked COCOBOD’s interest to pursue processing and to develop…
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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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