On the 7th of April 2017, ACA’s Head of Sector Organization & Advocacy, Olivier Kabre and Communications Assistant Blessing Okam were invited to attend an assessment Stakeholders’ Roundtable Discussion held by the Enabling Environment for Food Security Project, which is being implemented by Fintrac.
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The latest news from the African cashew industry.
10 Apr, 2017
To help achieve the vision of the African Cashew Sector and increase the level of in-country value addition in Africa, the Director General of CCA, Dr. Adama Coulibaly has accepted the request of the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) to allow its members to export raw cashew nuts across land borders.
Specifically, Dr. Coulibaly stated "... for the supply of raw nuts to processing units...
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10 Apr, 2017
Pour la toute première fois, sur le marché mondial de l'anacarde, le prix de l'amande de cajou origine Vietnam a dépassé celle origine Inde, que ce soit pour les amandes entières ou brisées, souligne Rongead dans sa...
7 Apr, 2017
On March 30th 2017, ACA participated in the Annual Marketing Forum organized by International Relief & Development (IRD) in Dakar, Senegal. The forum welcomed more than 100 people from Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea Bissau and ACA was represented by the Assistant Manager for Business Services Wermé Mahamadou, who delivered a presentation on advantages and opportunities of cashew processing... read more
7 Apr, 2017
After the price of cashew – 500 F/kg was fixed, during the cashew marketing campaign, – President Patrice Talon and his government has adopted new measures in the marketing of cashew nuts. At a press briefing on Wednesday, April 6, 2017, the Minister of State, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Pascal Irénée Koupaki said ‘the government has banned the export of raw...
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6 Apr, 2017
5 Apr, 2017
From the 1st to the 7th of April, ACA’s Chief Business Services Officer Sunil Dahiya and executives of the Cashew Industry Association of Ghana (CIAG) Mr. Nii Smith and Mr. John Addaquay visited cashew processing factories in Ghana. This visit is part of ACA‘s technical support and assistance to the cashew sector in Ghana via the national industry association. Its main objective is to...
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31 Mar, 2017
Following the ACA’s first Cashew Stakeholder Meeting held in Accra on 29th March 2016 to formulate a vision for the African Cashew Industry, a Board meeting of the Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew) was held on the 30th. The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) is a constituting board member of ComCashew and as such, sat in this meeting. During this meeting, competitiveness of cashew... read more
31 Mar, 2017
On the 29th of March 2017, African Cashew Alliance (ACA), with the support of the Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew) and USAID West Africa Trade and Investment Hub(WATIH) organized a one-day cashew stakeholder forum . Stakeholders from the entire cashew value chain, gathered together on this platform to learn, share ideas and most importantly, brainstorm for the development of a...
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31 Mar, 2017
Mr Ernest Mintah, the Interim Managing Director of the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has called on government to sign unto the Cashew Consultative International Council (CICC) to help address challenges confronting stakeholders in...
