Ghana
Ghana
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FairtradeFairtrade company Divine Chocolate wins B Corp status for ethical standards
Fairtrade social enterprise Divine Chocolate has won B Corp certification after meeting a range of social and environmental standards. The company, co-owned by its cocoa farmers, also had to demonstrate accountability and transparency, and to show commitment to ongoing development...
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AgricultureGhana’s agricultural co-ops receive $6m from South Korea
South Korea has committed $6m to supporting agricultural co-ops in Ghana over the next four years. Ghana, on west Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, is home to 2,000 registered agricultural, industrial, financial and service co-operatives. The...
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AgricultureKuapa Kokoo celebrates 20 years of empowering cocoa farmers in Ghana
This year sees the 20th anniversary of co-operative cocoa farmers Kuapa Kokoo. Established in 1993 by six farmers, the group is now the biggest farmers’ co-operative organisation in Ghana with over 85,999 members creating the special ingredient for...
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A day in the life of … Mavis Adu Gyamfi
Cocoa farmer with the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative in GhanaWhat is your role? I am a cocoa farmer. As my fellow farmers in my village trust me, and see that I have been to college and...
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AgricultureActress raises awareness for women’s co-ops in Ghana
BAFTA nominated UK comic Jessica Hynes learnt the true meaning of girl power after visiting the Akoma Co-operative Ghana.
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DevelopmentA meeting of co-operatives – The Co-op and Suma visit Kuapa Kokoo
Here’s Divine’s Wendy Rowan reporting on her first trip to Ghana: Saturday 19th January We left a snow bound London to arrive in Accra at 10.30 at night with the temperature at a humid 32...
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Development
Kuapa Kokoo launches its own radio show – “The Hour” Kuapa-style
Recording the “Kuapa Hour” When you are a farmers’ co-operative with 65,000 members, many of whom are almost illiterate, living in village societies spread all over the Western and Central regions of Ghana often deep in the...
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Environment
What do women get out of joining Kuapa Kokoo
I’ve just been to Ghana for some meetings at Kuapa Kokoo - we’ve been working together on communications strategy. I haven’t been for a several months, so it is always very good to catch up with...
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GHANA: Nuevas pautas para las microfinanzas
By Por Francis KokutseACCRA, 18 ago (IPS) - Cuando falleció su madre, Andrew Poku necesitó ayuda para pagar el funeral. Este maestro ghanés de 35 años acudió a una de las varias compañías de crédito...
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Development
Reporting, voting and celebrating – it’s the 18th Kuapa farmers’ AGM
Sophi Tranchell reports from this years AGM in Ghana: Peter Bennett Jones tries out the well at Kwabeng Society I’ve just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Kuapa Kokoo’s AGM to report to them on...