Chocolate is the food of the gods. The name of the tree from which the confection originates, Theobroma cacao, combines the ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

Dedication to protecting key bird habitats and biodiversity made possible the first Bird Friendly cocoa certification in ...

Almost everyone likes chocolate. Some might even love it enough to qualify as ‘chocoholics. For those chocolate lovers who have the space and inclination to grow their own chocolate, they are lucky to ...

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation ...

DMCC announces Cacao Centre to accelerate the global cocoa market projected to reach USD 26.2 billion by 2035 New centre to launch with strategic partners Kumbi Cocoa and Ribezzi Group DMCC hosts 88 ...

Dubai plans new DMCC Cacao Centre to tap $26bn cocoa market, linking producers, finance and processing in a bid to reshape trade ...

West African Mills Company (WAMCo), a cocoa processing firm in Takoradi, has signalled plans to scale up production in line with government’s vision of processing at least 50 percent of cocoa locally.

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor will headline a high-level summit in London focused on the future of the African cocoa economy. The Africa Cocoa Finance & Investment Forum 2026 (ACFIF) convenes ...

Cameroon generated CFA385.3 billion in export revenue from cocoa butter, cocoa paste, chocolate, and other cocoa-based ...