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Unlocking Africa’s agricultural power to ensure food security for all

Agriculture

Unlocking Africa’s agricultural power to ensure food security for all

3 Sep 2024

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

Agro-processing

Ghana to raise cocoa farmgate price by nearly 45%

3 Sep 2024

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

Agro-processing

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 15 Jul 2024

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

Supply Chain

Inaugural Supply Chain Business Forum and Exhibition

27 Jun 2024

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Agro-processing

Ivory Coast moves to cut out middlemen in cocoa sector reform

Ange Aboa 18 Jun 2024

Ghana delays cocoa shipments, impacting global chocolate industry

Agriculture

Ghana delays cocoa shipments, impacting global chocolate industry

Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 12 Jun 2024

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

Agro-processing

Cocoa prices are surging: West African countries should seize the moment to negotiate a better deal for farmers

5 Oct 2023

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Agro-processing

Farmers plant more cocoa outside Africa as prices rally

Marcelo Teixeira 2 Oct 2023

Chris Blair, CEO at 21st Century

ESG & Sustainability

How AI and blockchain can shape sustainability

Chris Blair 4 Aug 2023

Supply Chain

Chocolate-making ingredient cocoa hits highest price in 46 years

Maytaal Angel and Marcelo Teixeira 29 Jun 2023

Ivory Coast entrepreneur pours love and patriotism into fine chocolate

How To Start Up

Ivory Coast entrepreneur pours love and patriotism into fine chocolate

16 May 2023

Source: Raconteur Despite many countries signing the Harkin-Engel Protocol in 2002 an estimated 20 million children are still working on cocoa farms in West Africa

ESG

Cape Roasters launch sustainably sourced Nuggles

21 Sep 2022

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Forestry

Ivory Coast tests new cocoa traceability system to fight deforestation

Ange Aboa 4 Mar 2022

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Agro-processing

Nestle to pay cocoa farmers to keep children in school

Silke Koltrowitz and Maytaal Angel 27 Jan 2022

What makes chocolate ethically sourced? More importantly, how do we make every bite count?

FMCG

What makes chocolate ethically sourced? More importantly, how do we make every bite count?

Issued by Irvine Partners 29 Oct 2021

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Agro-processing

Chocolate fix: How the cocoa industry could end deforestation in West Africa

Sophia Carodenuto 8 Jul 2021

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

Agro-processing

Why Ghana doesn't get the full value of its cocoa beans - and how this could change

Sophie Van Huellen 3 May 2021

Image source: From Ibrahim Mahama's .

Design Indaba

#DesignIndaba2020: Ibrahim Mahama calls to expand the sensibilities of both art and the world at large

Juanita Pienaar 9 Dec 2019

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Research

Africa should focus on industrialisation. Free trade will follow

Michael E Odijie 27 Nov 2019

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

FMCG

Mon Choco's eco-friendly Easter eggs

18 Apr 2019

Unleashing Africa's economic potential with AfCFTA

Marketing

Unleashing Africa's economic potential with AfCFTA

James Hall 26 Feb 2019

#CreativeMornings: How these dark chocolate makers stay Honest

FMCG

#CreativeMornings: How these dark chocolate makers stay Honest

Maroefah Smith 29 Oct 2018

FMCG

SA chocolate brand Afrikoa gets global nod for great taste

3 Oct 2018

Nigeria exports N85.9bn agric produce in three months

Agriculture

Nigeria exports N85.9bn agric produce in three months

Ifeanyi Onuba 11 Sep 2018

What role can Africa play in contributing to global food security?

Agriculture

What role can Africa play in contributing to global food security?

4 Sep 2018

Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production

Agriculture

Ghana aims to regain top spot in cocoa production

Kwaku Botwe 12 Oct 2017

Africa on the road to industrial progress

Marketing

Africa on the road to industrial progress

24 Aug 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via WC_farming_climate_change_Kenya

Agriculture

How a lack of access to reliable weather data is hurting African farmers

Stephen Yeboah 5 Jul 2017

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Agriculture

AfDB explores investment strategies to tilt markets in favour of African farmers

9 Jun 2017

Exhibitions & Events

#GFWS2017: Good brand hunting at the Good Food & Wine Show 2017

Terry Levin 5 Jun 2017

Research

Improving the lives of Ghanaian cocoa farmers

5 Dec 2016

With cocoa demand on rise, LatAm seeks breakthrough

Commodities & Fairtrade

With cocoa demand on rise, LatAm seeks breakthrough

3 Jun 2014

Future may be bitter for chocolate lovers, leading processor warns

FMCG

Future may be bitter for chocolate lovers, leading processor warns

20 May 2014

ESG

Unilever hits target on its Sustainable Living Plan

4 Apr 2013

Ghana makes cocoa-farming fashionable

Supply Chain

Ghana makes cocoa-farming fashionable

Zeenat Moorad 14 Jun 2012

Cadbury Faircrows empower farmers via Fairtrade

Farming

Cadbury Faircrows empower farmers via Fairtrade

11 Apr 2012

Research

Report indicates food industry under pressure

8 Nov 2011

Trends

Fairtrade expects boom after Cadbury certification

Zeenat Moorad 8 Jun 2011

Import/Export

Ivory Coast cocoa exports to resume after Gbagbo capture

14 Apr 2011

Supply Chain

Cocoa prices surge on Ivory Coast export ban

25 Jan 2011

Retail

Stanbic Nigeria completes cocoa financing for ATL

26 Nov 2009

Marketing

Cameroon courts SA investors

Issa Sikiti da Silva 23 Oct 2009

Research

Cocoa demand to exceed 4 million metric tons by 2010

30 Jul 2007