Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative

Global cocoa production giants Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire say effective this month, August 2022, their cocoa would sell at a positive origin differential, a market premium earned for the quality of produce. The resolve announced by the Cote…
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Leading multi-national chocolate companies and key industry actors have assembled in Accra, the capital of Ghana, for crunch discussions bordering on cocoa trade at the instance of the Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI). A…
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The European Union, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and other cocoa sector stakeholders have agreed to step up work on making cocoa more sustainable. At a high-level event of the EU's sustainable cocoa initiative dubbed “Cocoa Talks”, the parties…
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Bilateral cooperation between West African neighbours, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, introduced a new cocoa pricing mechanism in 2019 targeting a floor price of $2600 per tonne. Chocolate companies and cocoa traders accepted the proposal…
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A roundtable on cocoa hosted by Solidaridad West Africa has ended with a strong call on the governments of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to take urgent steps to mend the reputational damage that has arisen from the deliberate anti-slavery…
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Top officials of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire say they have received calls from a number of cocoa-producing countries to join their recently launched joint initiative on cocoa. The formal commencement of operations of the headquarters and…
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The governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast are set to sign the Headquarters Agreement for the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative secretariat based in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Agreement to be signed in Accra, Thursday 5th August,…
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