CAMEROON/IVORY COAST/GHANA/NIGERIA : Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit - 21/10/2022

IVORY COAST Commodity traders 16/01/2023

As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

The Ivorian president is trying to steer Chinese industrial projects towards the cocoa sector so as to bypass the major international players with which Abidjan is at odds.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 7 January 2023.

The New Guard AFRICA Politics Business Diplomacy 11/01/2023

IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers
EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame
KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi
MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

IVORY COAST Commodity traders 06/12/2022

Cocoa regulator Yves Brahima Koné plays Santa for Ivorian traders

Alassane Ouattara agreed to maintain subsidies for local cocoa traders, despite Patrick Achi's initiative to encourage them to transform the cocoa locally. The Conseil Café Cacao will dole out the money, but less than it did last season.

Yves Brahima Koné, president of the cafe cacao council, on October 2021 in Abdijan.

IVORY COAST Commodity traders 16/11/2022

Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

International traders and chocolate manufacturers are limiting purchases of cocoa beans in Ivory Coast. The local regulatory board is requiring them to acquire 20% from local exporters, and they are unable to find enough 'sustainable' material locally.

CAMEROON Business 09/11/2022

French publisher Michel Lafon caught up in legal whirlwind

The French publishing house has been accused of plagiarism by a Cameroonian author, who claims it used his method for learning to read in its school books. The publisher currently faces three simultaneous legal proceedings.

GHANA IVORY COAST Commodity traders 28/10/2022

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

The business and political leaders of Ivory Coast and Ghana's cocoa sectors did not attend the partnership meeting between the world's chocolate producers in Brussels this week. Their aim was to put pressure on European decision-makers working on new supply standards.

Alex Pierre-Arnaud Assanvo, secretary-general of the Ivory Coast Ghana Cocoa Initiative. © Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters

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GHANA IVORY COAST Commodity traders 29/07/2022

New cocoa initiative still far cry from Ouattara and Akufo-Addo's chocolate heaven

The Ivory Coast-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (ICCIG), based in Accra since September 2021 and headed by the experienced Ivorian Alex Assanvo, is struggling to bring multinationals on board. It is also trying to persuade the two regulatory bodies to radically shift their priorities.

The New Guard AFRICA Energy Mining Commodity traders Politics 27/07/2022

GUINEA - Djami Diallo, key to negotiations on the Simandou iron ore project
KENYA - Ogutu Okudo, oil specialist and Odinga's spin doctor
SOUTH AFRICA - Maropene Ramokgopa, the pro-Ramaphosa leader of the ANC Women's League
GHANA - Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng, social and environmental spokesperson for the cocoa industry

WEST AFRICA Commodity traders 12/07/2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere.

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As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers
EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame
KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi
MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers

EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame

KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi

MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

Cocoa regulator Yves Brahima Koné plays Santa for Ivorian traders

Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

French publisher Michel Lafon caught up in legal whirlwind

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

New cocoa initiative still far cry from Ouattara and Akufo-Addo's chocolate heaven

GUINEA - Djami Diallo, key to negotiations on the Simandou iron ore project

KENYA - Ogutu Okudo, oil specialist and Odinga's spin doctor

SOUTH AFRICA - Maropene Ramokgopa, the pro-Ramaphosa leader of the ANC Women's League

GHANA - Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng, social and environmental spokesperson for the cocoa industry

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

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As he tussles with cocoa giants, Ouattara turns to China

IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers

EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame

KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi

MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

Cocoa regulator Yves Brahima Koné plays Santa for Ivorian traders

Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

French publisher Michel Lafon caught up in legal whirlwind

Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

New cocoa initiative still far cry from Ouattara and Akufo-Addo's chocolate heaven

GUINEA - Djami Diallo, key to negotiations on the Simandou iron ore project

KENYA - Ogutu Okudo, oil specialist and Odinga's spin doctor

SOUTH AFRICA - Maropene Ramokgopa, the pro-Ramaphosa leader of the ANC Women's League

GHANA - Tawiah Agyarko-Kwarteng, social and environmental spokesperson for the cocoa industry

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

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IVORY COAST - Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers
EGYPT - Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame
KENYA - Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi
MADAGASCAR - Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre