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Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

The Coffee & Cocoa Marketing Company and Touton are discussing the joint construction of a bean grinding plant in Ivory Coast, with a scalable capacity of over 50,000 tonnes.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 04.04.2025

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

The industry watchdog owes compensation to several international giants of the cocoa industry.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.03.2025

Cameroon
Cocoa industry outsiders take centre stage at Okwelians Summit

Organised by lawyer Jacques Jonathan Nyemb, the forum taking place this month will focus on trade of the highly prized cocoa bean. As a major exporter of the raw product, Cameroon hopes to set up a local processing chain.

Workers transport sacks of cocoa beans in Ntui, December 2017.

Ivory Coast
Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Several members of the Groupement des Négociants Ivoiriens are refusing to sell the volumes of beans contracted with the Belgian-Swiss and Singaporean groups unless the latter pay them more than the regulated price. This practice is prohibited by law.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.02.2025

Yves Brahima Koné, Conseil Café-Cacao's general manager, in Abidjan, 2 April 2024.

Spotlight | Egypt
Cairo's military wheat takeover rattles suppliers from Sofia to Moscow

Black Sea grain exporters remain sceptical about Egypt's new wheat import agency, which is headed by senior air force officers. This procrastination could undermine the country's food security.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 27.01.2025

Ships and cranes in the city of Port Said, Egypt, April 2023.

Ghana
Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private investment arm helmed in Africa by the Franco-Portuguese Sérgio Pimenta, is due on 17 February to consider a $40m loan to Societe Generale Ghana, a 57%-owned subsidiary of the French bank Société Générale.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.01.2025

Ivory Coast
Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Against a backdrop of soaring prices, the cocoa sector's giants have managed to claim the majority of production volumes since the start of the season. With a few exceptions, including Ecookim, Kineden and Africa Sourcing, Ivorian traders are struggling.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.01.2025

A Cargill Cocoa factory in Yopougon, Abidjan, 17 July 2023.

Ghana
Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

The president and his National Democratic Congress party will shortly have to appoint a new management team at Cocobod, the cocoa sector's regulatory body. So far, they have been vague about their plans for this key economic sector, which is in the grip of a serious crisis.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.12.2024

John Dramani Mahama casts his ballot at a polling station in Bole in north-western Ghana on 7 December 2024.

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

President William Ruto's administration has set up a task force to find the causes of Kenya's unsold tea and how to fix the crisis. Not everyone shares the views of Tea Board of Kenya chair, Jacob Kahiu.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 20.12.2024

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Multinationals that own cocoa bean processing plants in Ivory Coast will no longer benefit from a tax exemption on the droit unique de sortie (DUS, single exit tax), the main state tax on exports.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.12.2024

Algeria
EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

In a few days, a European Commission delegation will travel to Algiers for talks about alleged discrimination against French soft wheat producers in the latest tender call from the Algerian cereals office.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 06.11.2024

Youcef Cherfa launching the wheat harvesting season in Bouira, Algeria on 4 June 2024.

Tunisia
Tunis buys barley in bulk

Three companies are sharing a $29.3m contract.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.11.2024

Ivory Coast
Cocoa industry watchdog tightens price controls

With Ivorian traders accusing international firms of overpaying for their cocoa, the industry regulator, Conseil Café-Cacao, led by Yves Brahima Koné, is looking into the matter. The Groupement des Négociants Ivoiriens is also holding talks.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.10.2024

Egypt
Cairo and Moscow agree wheat supply to April 2025

Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has signed a direct contract with a Russian supplier for more than 3 million tonnes of wheat over six months. Russia's United Grain Co is expected to be involved.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.10.2024

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

The Conseil Café Cacao has granted Ivorian operators more time to fulfil their purchasing contracts.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.08.2024

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

By opting to prioritise the needs of the grinding plants of the large international groups, the Ivorian president has caused problems for local traders who no longer have the right to export unprocessed beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.06.2024

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Executive director of the International Cocoa Organisation since January 2019 and triumphantly re-elected last December, the Belgian ambassador has managed to revive an ageing body and open it up to the private sector and NGOs.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 07.06.2024

Michel Arrion, the executive director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 15 May 2019.

Ivory Coast
Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

The regulatory body has given in to traders' demands for compensation for cocoa purchasing contracts that were not executed during the season ending 31 March because of the poor harvest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.05.2024

Ivorian minister of agriculture Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani (left) and Yves Brahima Koné, director general of the Conseil Café-Cacao, in Abidjan, 2 April 2024.

Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Yves Brahima Koné, the head of the Conseil Café-Cacao, has decided to calm relations between his organisation and exporters who have been unable to fulfil their contracts for the main harvest season.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.04.2024

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

Mamaland, a subsidiary of Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil, is ramping up its efforts to farm "brown gold" in the enclave, as the world's two main exporters, Ghana and Ivory Coast, have had weak harvests.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.04.2024

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Cargill

Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

Cameroon
Cocoa industry outsiders take centre stage at Okwelians Summit

Ivory Coast
Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Spotlight | Egypt
Cairo's military wheat takeover rattles suppliers from Sofia to Moscow

Ghana
Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

Ivory Coast
Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Ghana
Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Algeria
EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

Tunisia
Tunis buys barley in bulk

Ivory Coast
Cocoa industry watchdog tightens price controls

Egypt
Cairo and Moscow agree wheat supply to April 2025

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Ivory Coast
Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

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Ivory Coast Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

Cameroon Cocoa industry outsiders take centre stage at Okwelians Summit

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Ivory Coast Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

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Tunisia Tunis buys barley in bulk

Ivory Coast Cocoa industry watchdog tightens price controls

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Ivory Coast Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

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Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Ivory Coast Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

Ivory Coast Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Ivory Coast
Ivorian-Lebanese firm S3C to build cocoa bean grinding plant with France's Touton

Ivory Coast
International traders still awaiting compensation from Conseil Café-Cacao

Cameroon
Cocoa industry outsiders take centre stage at Okwelians Summit

Ivory Coast
Ivorian traders clash with cocoa giants Barry Callebaut and Olam

Spotlight | Egypt
Cairo's military wheat takeover rattles suppliers from Sofia to Moscow

Ghana
Why IFC is supporting cocoa trade via local bank

Ivory Coast
Cargill and key global operators increase cocoa dominance

Ghana
Cocoa sector on tenterhooks after John Dramani Mahama's election victory

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

Ivory Coast
Ouattara abolishes tax exemptions for multinational cocoa manufacturers operating locally

Algeria
EU to take up French wheat producers' discrimination claim with Algiers

Tunisia
Tunis buys barley in bulk

Ivory Coast
Cocoa industry watchdog tightens price controls

Egypt
Cairo and Moscow agree wheat supply to April 2025

Ivory Coast
Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Ivory Coast
Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

Ivory Coast
Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Angola
Mota-Engil to begin farming cocoa in Cabinda