These video testimonials from some leading cashew industry and ACA representatives describe how participants and the cashew industry as a whole benefit from the annual conference. Click below to hear their thoughts.
The Food Pro Team
The ACA recently saw its mission realized by a new team of cashew processing companies. In late June 2013, the Food Processing Co. Ltd. (Food Pro) was in the process of implementing the ACA...
The African Cashew Initiative launched the second call of the Matching Fund today. Between 19th July to 19th August 2013, Private Enterprises can apply with their projects on enhancement of farmer ...
In the June edition of their newsletter, Root Capital (Growing Rural Prosperity) focuses on the cashew business in West Africa and in particular local processor and ACA member, Cajou Espoir.
For the full story and Interview with the CEO of Cajou Espoir, visit rootcapital
On April 26, USAID officially awarded the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) with a Global Development Alliance (GDA) grant. The funds will support a two-year program entitled “Leveraging Cashew Business for Poverty Reduction.” Within the two-year time span of the project, ACA’s work is expected to result in additional income of $10M for rural communities and create 3,200 new jobs in the cashew industry.
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After nearly five years at the helm of the African Cashew Alliance, Christian Dahm leaves his role as Managing Director this month. The organization was in its infancy when Christian joined in 2008 when it was still a project under the wing of the USAID-West Africa Trade Hub. With the support of several mentors in Ghana and the cashew industry as a whole, Christian soon became a cashew expert in his own right. With his business acumen, development experience, international background, and infectious motivation, Christian helped catalyze what will undoubtedly be heralded as a new era in the...
Business was cracking at the nut industry’s biggest event of the year, the International Nut & Dried Fruit Congress (INC) Conference in Barcelona, Spain, at the end of May. ACA’s leadership met with traders, buyers, roasters, national councils, regulating bodies, certifying bodies and other association representative, ACA presented the organization, its objectives, and discussed potential areas of collaboration. The primary goal of attending this event was for ACA to promote cashew shelled in Africa on the international market, and both Leonard Garden and Christian Dahm, ACA Managing...
The Usibras Group, an ACA member and one of Brazil’s leading cashew businesses, will break ground this month on a $15M cashew processing factory in Ghana. Since being introduced to the African market by ACA in 2008, Usibras has gradually become involved in business across the continent, exporting raw cashew nuts from Ghana, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Now, Usibras will further establish themselves as a major West African processor, with their 35,000MT capacity facility to be built in Prampram, 50 km east of Accra. The project is spearheaded by Tarciso Falcao, Director of...
On May 17, 2013, Anatrans became the third company to be officially certified under the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal. Anatrans, a medium-capacity factory located in Bobo, Burkina Faso, was assessed by ACA Seal Coordinator Peter Nyarko and Food Safety Expert Jim Giles. Nyarko and Giles completed audits in the two critical disciplines: Food Safety and Social Compliance. Anatrans passed both audits with strong results, and is now the first African processor to achieve Seal status in 2013.
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On May 17, 2013, Anatrans became the third company to be officially certified under the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal. Anatrans, a medium-capacity factory located in Bobo, Burkina Faso, was assessed by ACA Seal Coordinator Peter Nyarko and Food Safety Expert Jim Giles. Nyarko and Giles completed audits in the two critical disciplines: Food Safety and Social Compliance. Anatrans passed both audits with strong results, and is now the first African processor to achieve Seal status in 2013.
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