Ivory Coast

Barry Callebaut, Dutch Partners Launch Sustainable Mass-Market Chocolate

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut on Thursday signed a partnership with Dutch retailer Albert Heijn to make its private-label chocolate fully traceable...

Carrefour To Sell Products Via African E-Commerce Platform Jumia

Carrefour Group has announced that its products will go on sale on African e-commerce platform Jumia Marketplace. The announcement folllows the signing...

Sunny Spells Help Ivory Coast's Main Cocoa Crop

Sunny spells in most of Ivory Coast last week were expected to boost the main cocoa crop in the world's top producer, farmers said on Monday. A drop in...

Ivorian Cocoa Exporters Struggle To Get Finance After SAF-Cacao Failure

Ivorian banks are refusing to finance purchases of cocoa beans by some local exporters until they are guaranteed repayment of 160 billion CFA francs (&euro...

Ivory Coast On Track For Record Cocoa Harvest In 2018/19

Ivory Coast is on track for a record cocoa harvest in the 2018/19 season of 2.2 million tonnes, up from about 2 million tonnes last season, due to favourab...

Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Welcome Dry Spell Ahead Of Main Crop Harvest

Below average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions last week is likely to boost harvests for the October-to-March main crop, farmers...

Ivory Coast Bank Woes Threaten To Slow Early Cocoa Purchases

Poor liquidity within Ivory Coast's banking system caused by the collapse of the top cocoa producer's largest domestic exporter risks hindering exports at...

Heavy Rain Damages Cocoa Flowers Ahead Of Ivory Coast Crop

Heavy rain in Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions has damaged cocoa flowers and small pods on trees, pod counters and farmers said, raising concern for the...