ICCO admits Cameroon, Ghana on its fine cocoa producers’ list

Cameroon and Ghana joined the “fine cocoa” producers list of the International Cocoa Organization, ICCO. The two nations were added during a meeting held from June 13 to 14, 2023, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The news was disclosed by Cameroon’s Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana. Cameroon’s Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana. Besides the newcomers, only two other African countries are members of the very “selective club”: Madagascar and Sao Tomé & Principe. The club, Atangana stressed, was “only reserved to South American countries in the past.” “Fine cocoa refers, in particular, to what is called organoleptic qualities,…