A cocoa company from the western African nation of Ghana says it's opening a processing plant in Franklin that would be the largest food and beverage investment by an Africa-based company in the U.S.

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

ACCRA, GHANA — Cargill announced it has completed a 16-month, $13 million expansion of its cocoa processing facility in Tema, Ghana, an initiative that increased the plant’s grind capability by 20% ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

Sunbeth Global Concepts Ltd, one of Nigeria’s largest cocoa exporters, has announced plans to establish a 70,000-metric-tonne ...

The Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) has welcomed Cabinet’s directive that at least 50 per cent of Ghana’s cocoa beans should be processed locally. Mr Osei Kwame Griffiths, Deputy Managing Director ...