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Cocoa and chocolate giant Barry Callebaut has revealed plans to lay off some 2,500 workers across its global operations, according to CEO Peter Feld. The drastic downsizing move, to be implemented within the next 18 months, is aimed at…
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Koa, a Ghanaian-Swiss startup, has successfully commissioned into operation Africa's largest cocoa fruit processing factory in Akim Achiase, Ghana. The facility raised at the cost of $10 million is the company's second in the…
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Cote d'Ivoire's Cavally Forest is reported to have seen a significant facelift thanks to a 3-year multi-sectoral restoration partnership. Preliminary results from the first phase of the Cavally forest restoration project point to an…
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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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Wnwn Food Labs, a UK based food ingredient startup, says its cocoa-free chocolate will go on sale in London effective 18th May 2022. The company claims its 'world's first' chocolate uses a combination of barley and carob to successfully…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has made the case for Switzerland to consider deepening its economic relations with Ghana by partnering with the country to establish more cocoa processing plants. Increasing local processing of cocoa beans is…
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Scientists at a Swiss technology institute Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) have become the first to have successfully developed lab-grown chocolate. The team made up of biotechnologists and food technologists was led by…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reported promising results from its pilot cocoa farm irrigation project launched two years. Data from the COCOBOD indicate that farmers who signed on to the pilot phase of the irrigation programme in the…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Swiss food processing technology giant Bühler Group to support the country's value addition drive. Bühler Group is a world leader in cocoa processing and chocolate…
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