The leadership of ACA underwent an evolution in Cotonou, Benin, as a result of the Executive Committee Elections held on September 18. Votes from Core Members elected the 2012-2014 Executive Committee, which will be led by Madame Georgette Taraf, ACA’s first woman president!...
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On Friday, September 2012, ACA Member West Africa Markets Link (WAML) was awarded the Gold Award for the Export of Cashew Nuts in 2011 by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority. Winfred Osei, Managing Director of WAML, accepted the award at the 22nd National Awards for Export Achievement in Accra, Ghana.
The award, given for companies working with non...
From 17-20 September, cashew stakeholders from around the world gathered in Cotonou, Benin from to attend the 7th ACA Annual Conference. The event was the world’s biggest cashew event to date, with more than 500 registered participants from 36 countries. Keynote speakers, sector-specific workshops, and hundreds of Business2Business meeting provided both first-time attendees and experienced industry players with key information and tools to facilitate the continued development of the African cashew industry.
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Following the elections in September, the ACA Executive Committee will now be led by Georgette Taraf, who succeeds Idrissa Kilangi, who acted as ACA President since March 2011. Madame Taraf hails from Benin, where she first became involved in cashew in 1996 as a buyer. A decade later, Madame Taraf entered the export side of the industry, establishing NAD&Co Industry in 2008, which opened a processing facility in 2011. She began working with ACA as head of the national committee in 2010, going on to serve as National Representative. This year, she helped establish a national...
The 7th ACA Annual Conference provided a prime opportunity for cooperation among cashew associations as part of ACA’s Partnership and Advocacy service offer. The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) and ACA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate promotion of the cashew industry in Nigeria. The agreement outlines a framework that will guide institutional development, exchange of information, and implementation of programs for cashew business development.
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This month, Mim Cashew is set to be officially certified under the ACA Quality and Sustainability Seal. The Ghanaian processor, with facilities in the Brong-Ahafo region of the country, will be the second company to receive this approval, following the inaugural certification of Tolaro Global in May of this year.
Mim began the Seal-approval process in March, when the...
By Samantha Mensah, ACi
As it builds on lessons learned in its first phase, the African Cashew initiative is preparing itself for an exciting second phase with final contractual steps to be taken with the following main contributors: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the German Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). 
In its...
The high-level panel featured ministers and representatives from ten countries.
From 17-20 September, cashew stakeholders from around the world gathered in Cotonou,...
On July 31st, a Togolese processor was approved for a US$2.4 million loan by the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). This is the first loan granted by EBID resulting from an MOU signed between the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), the USAID West Africa Trade Hub, and EBID over a year ago. The MOU aimed to address one of the most substantial barriers to development in the cashew industry – access to finance.
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From 18-20 May, major international players in the fruit and nut industries gathered in Singapore at the INC’s XXXI World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress. Cashew associations of the major cashew origins (Brazil, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and ACA) and major international cashew processors and buyers, all members of the Global Cashew Taskforce, decided to solidify their international cooperation in the form of a permanent body.
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