COCOBOD Signs Agreement With Swiss Chocolate Giant To Process More Ghanaian Cocoa

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed an agreement with Bühler of Switzerland, one of the world’s biggest cocoa processing and chocolate making companies, to process more of Ghana's cocoa.

As part of the agreement, Ghana will also benefit through training, product development and technology guidance to build its local capacity in cocoa processing and value addition to meet both domestic and international consumption demands.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, which was held on 20th June 2021, at Bühler’s Cocoa Competence Centre in Abidjan, Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of COCOBOD, said the agreement will deepen the strong relationship Ghana already has with Switzerland, both of which are significant players in the world’s cocoa trade environment.

Bühler is one of the top-class organisations in the world when it comes to chocolate technology, Hon Boahen Aidoo acknowledged, and we in Ghana, having begun a journey on the path of transformation in our cocoa sector have been looking out for such partnerships to aid us in that process.

“We want to move from the traditional cocoa production to a modern way of cocoa production. We also want to move from the supply of the mere primary commodity to value addition and that is where we find you to be a potential partner, “the COCOBOD boss said.