Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd
Niche Cocoa produces high quality semi-finished niche products including organic and fair-trade products: cocoa liquor; cocoa butter ; natural
and alkalised cocoa powder. The company sources its raw beans from Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and exports its products globally.
Amount
€ 41,603.00
Type of investment
Subsidy
Development impacts
- Local economic growth
- Private sector consolidation/innovation
- Food security & rural development
Beneficiary locations
Investment field
Enterprises
Activity
Agribusiness - Cocoa
Development impacts
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Local economic growth
90 permanent jobs; processing of beans locally;
Niche will work with fairtrade cacao farmers; this is a gradual process and the share of fairtrade and organic farmers will increase once NICHE found a fairtrade and organic market;
The company will export globally; the aim is to export to emerging markets such as japan and china
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Private sector consolidation/innovation
Niche products: Fairtrade and organic cacao semi-finished products: butter, liquor and powder; locally produced
Local processing of cacao products. Niche will be the first 100% private Ghanaian cocoa processor in Ghana
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Food security & rural development
Niche indirectly supports thousands of farmers and seeks to increase its organic and fairtrade production.
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