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Yves Brahima Kone

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

The head of the powerful coffee and cacao board Yves Brahima Koné has blocked over 1,200 cargos handled by Cargill, Olam and Barry Callebaut as a squabble over this season's cocoa price drags on.

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Côte d'Ivoire Métrologie, the company of former minister Youssouf Soumahoro which has a monopoly on weights and measures throughout the country, has outraged farmers and the business community by sending its prices through the roof.

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders with RHDP ties given second chance for 2021 season

Though ignored by the Conseil Café Cacao on 11 September, cocoa traders close to the ruling RHDP have been given a second chance.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.10.2020

Ivory Coast
Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

This summer, the International Monetary Fund conducted an audit of the cocoa sector. The upshot is that the Conseil Café Cacao has severed all ties with those close to power who have not settled outstanding debts from previous cocoa harvests.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 01.10.2020

Ivory Coast
Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

The Conseil café-cacao (CCC) has had to do battle with [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Newly-formed cocoa cartel tries to force hand of traders

Struggling to impose the fixed price on bean buyers set by the cartel recently established with Ghana, Ivory Coast is seeking to circumvent them by processing the beans itself.

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Ghana, Ivory Coast
New cocoa cartel playing it soft with buyers

Set to be enforced right before the 2020 presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, the $400 surcharge on cocoa futures contracts is already being softened in private negotiations with buyers.

Subscribers only Business 24.07.2019

Ivory Coast
Atlantic Cocoa Co stuck in starting blocks in Abidjan

The Atlantic Cocoa Company (ACC) founded by Bernard Kone Dossongui [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2019

Ivory Coast
Alain Guillemain's lucrative Saf Cacao liquidation

The founder of FIDECA (Fiduciaire d'expertise-comptable et d'audit) in Abidjan, [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2019

Ivory Coast
Theodore Coulibaly to head up Choco Ivoire

Theodore Coulibaly, the former director of Unicao, a subsidiary of [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.04.2019

Ivory Coast
KMS contests failure to secure cocoa contract

Kellynette multi-services (KMS), a firm specialising in monitoring the quality [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.03.2019

Ivory Coast
Prime Group set to take over Saf Cacao

A Moroccan businessman has teamed up with a relative of the late Felix Houphouet-Boigny in a bid for the trading company.

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2018

Ivory Coast
The palace dashes Saf Cacao's hopes

Liquidated in July, the top Ivorian exporter has fallen victim to political manoeuvrings in the country. The latest revelations.

Subscribers only Business 05.09.2018

Ivory Coast
The Conseil Cafe-Cacao under government pressure

Amadou Gon Coulibaly is set to launch an audit of [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.07.2018

Ivory Coast
Yves Brahima Kone in the firing line

Yves Brahima Kone, the MD of the Conseil Café-Cacao (CCC), the body responsible for overseeing these two strategically important sectors, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.05.2018

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
An explosive report lays bare the state of the cocoa sector

Commissioned after a 20162017 season marred by over-production and exporter failings, a recent audit of the ‘Cocoa commercialisation system', which has been seen by the West Africa Newsletter, forensically picks apart the sector's shortcomings. An exclusive.

Subscribers only Business 25.04.2018

The Conseil Cafe-Cacao, led by Lambert Kouassi Konan, is fingered for its dysfunctions.

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Yves Brahima Kone

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders with RHDP ties given second chance for 2021 season

Ivory Coast
Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast
Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

Ivory Coast
Newly-formed cocoa cartel tries to force hand of traders

Ghana, Ivory Coast
New cocoa cartel playing it soft with buyers

Ivory Coast
Atlantic Cocoa Co stuck in starting blocks in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Alain Guillemain's lucrative Saf Cacao liquidation

Ivory Coast
Theodore Coulibaly to head up Choco Ivoire

Ivory Coast
KMS contests failure to secure cocoa contract

Ivory Coast
Prime Group set to take over Saf Cacao

Ivory Coast
The palace dashes Saf Cacao's hopes

Ivory Coast
The Conseil Cafe-Cacao under government pressure

Ivory Coast
Yves Brahima Kone in the firing line

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
An explosive report lays bare the state of the cocoa sector

Ivory Coast
Second time lucky for Snedai

Ivory Coast
A fertiliser contract eludes Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Ivory Coast
Yves Brahima Kone ushers out the Toure-Liste era

Ivory Coast
Bureau Veritas among the winners of the cocoa quality monitoring contract

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Yves Brahima Kone

Ivory Coast Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

Ivory Coast RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast Cocoa traders with RHDP ties given second chance for 2021 season

Ivory Coast Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

Ivory Coast Newly-formed cocoa cartel tries to force hand of traders

Ghana, Ivory Coast New cocoa cartel playing it soft with buyers

Ivory Coast Atlantic Cocoa Co stuck in starting blocks in Abidjan

Ivory Coast Alain Guillemain's lucrative Saf Cacao liquidation

Ivory Coast Theodore Coulibaly to head up Choco Ivoire

Ivory Coast KMS contests failure to secure cocoa contract

Ivory Coast Prime Group set to take over Saf Cacao

Ivory Coast The palace dashes Saf Cacao's hopes

Ivory Coast The Conseil Cafe-Cacao under government pressure

Ivory Coast Yves Brahima Kone in the firing line

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Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders with RHDP ties given second chance for 2021 season

Ivory Coast
Audited by IMF, Conseil Café Cacao suddenly becomes virtuous

Ivory Coast
Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

Ivory Coast
Newly-formed cocoa cartel tries to force hand of traders

Ghana, Ivory Coast
New cocoa cartel playing it soft with buyers

Ivory Coast
Atlantic Cocoa Co stuck in starting blocks in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Alain Guillemain's lucrative Saf Cacao liquidation

Ivory Coast
Theodore Coulibaly to head up Choco Ivoire

Ivory Coast
KMS contests failure to secure cocoa contract

Ivory Coast
Prime Group set to take over Saf Cacao

Ivory Coast
The palace dashes Saf Cacao's hopes

Ivory Coast
The Conseil Cafe-Cacao under government pressure

Ivory Coast
Yves Brahima Kone in the firing line

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
An explosive report lays bare the state of the cocoa sector

Ivory Coast
Second time lucky for Snedai

Ivory Coast
A fertiliser contract eludes Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Ivory Coast
Yves Brahima Kone ushers out the Toure-Liste era

Ivory Coast
Bureau Veritas among the winners of the cocoa quality monitoring contract