S&P Global has upgraded Côte d’Ivoire’s economy to BB due to the country’s consistent reforms aimed at stabilising the economy. This upgrade comes at a time…
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Ghana’s government has announced a significant 45% increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2024/2025 crop season, aiming to deter smuggling and enhance the…
Cocoa farmers are sounding the alarm over the European Union’s impending deforestation regulation, set to be enforced in December 2024. In an open letter to the…
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) has introduced an online portal named ‘cocoaconnectafrica.com’ to establish market connections among farmers, aggregators, and buyers in the cocoa value…
Ivory Coast farmers said on Monday that they are hopeful of a healthy mid-crop after heavy rains last week in most cocoa-growing regions. The world’s largest…
The Ivory Coast will launch a pilot program in April aimed at tackling issues such as deforestation and child labour, the country’s cocoa official has said.…
Chocolates mean glad tidings to most kids. It is, however, different realities to different people across the world. A privilege for some, a never-to-be-tasted bar of beauty…
The world’s largest producers of cocoa, Ivory Coast and Ghana have cancelled sustainability schemes organised by US-based chocolate manufacturer, Hershey. Both countries accused the company of…
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast has conferred the National Award of Commander of the National Order of Cote d’Ivoire on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), says it is committed to working with Federal Government to promote sustainable cocoa and oil palm…