WEST AFRICA – Africa Capitalworks Management, a Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity investment company, has announced the acquisition of a significant minority equity shareholding in Gaselia Industries Group, one of the largest homegrown beverages groups in […]
IVORY COAST – Lesaffre, the French yeast and bread improvement manufacturer has inaugurated the first Baking Center of West Africa at its subsidiary, Lesaffre Ivoire in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A global key player in the […]
WEST AFRICA – Global agribusiness company, Cargill will be investing over US$113 million to expand its cocoa processing sites in Yopougon, Ivory Coast and Tema, Ghana. The company is planning to invest US$100 million to […]
IVORY COAST – The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) under the auspices of the Joint Secretariat Support Office (JSSO), […]
WEST AFRICA – The Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has signed a block deal with Global food and agri-business Olam International Limited for the sale of 100,000 tonnes of cocoa export contracts for the 2020/21 […]
WEST AFRICA – Ivory Coast and Ghana, the West African nations who together produce more than 60% of the world’s cocoa are planning to re-examine the cocoa industry’s ethical branding schemes following chocolate makers slowing […]
Ivory Coast – Amethis West Africa, a subsidiary of Amethis Finance based in Paris has sold its minority stake in Compagnie de Distribution de Côte d’Ivoire (CDCI) to Groupe Retail Holding, thus becoming the company’s […]
ETHIOPIA – OCP Africa a subsidiary of OCP Group and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), to start impulse start-up acceleration program to build linkages between corporations and start-ups using Agritech solutions in Ethiopia. The program […]
IVORY COAST – Global agribusiness company Cargill has renewed partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to introduce new initiatives to strengthen cocoa producing cooperatives and their communities through an improved Coop Academy 2.0 program. […]
IVORY COAST – With the recently relocated International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) headquarters from London to Abidjan, in Ivory Coast, the ICCO is poised to deliver more on its goals. The ICCO headquarters were moved to […]
