Ghana

Founder of Bioko Treats, Jeanne started her chocolate making journey in December 2016 after training at Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy. Her company was initially named Treat Confections,  but in late 2017, she changed the name to Bioko Treats.

Although she started out as a chocolatier, using couverture to make pralines, etc., she got into making bean to bar chocolates three years ago when a medical facility asked if she could make them sugar free chocolates for their diabetic patients. After taking an online class with Ecole Chocolat, she started making small batch dark chocolate.

Bioko treats currently produces approximately two tonnes of dark and milk chocolate per year. Having seen growth in both the bean to bar and confectionery sides of the business, Bioko Treats have begun to attract customers outside of Ghana.

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Jeanne has really enjoyed helping one cocoa farmer with making her first batch of 70% chocolate and would like to do more of that. While her background is originally in marketing, she's had some experience in organizational mentoring and would like to bring this experience to the Cross Atlantic Collective.

Leticia A Yankey ( @leticiayankey ), ist eine erfahrene Kakaobäuerin und Besitzerin einer 14 Hektar großen Kakaofarm in Ghana.

Leticia Ama-Kowoa Yankey ist eine starke Befürworterin von Ghanas Youth in Cocoa Initiative und hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, in den nächsten 5 Jahren die National Best Cocoa Farmer zu werden.

Sie interessierte sich für den Kakaoanbau, als sie sich bei Kakaobauern im Oberen Denkyira-Distrikt niederließ, wo sie früher über HIV/AIDS und Tuberkulose aufklärte. Sie gründete 2010 ihre eigene Kakaofarm und besitzt derzeit eine 14 Hektar große Kakaofarm mit einem Jahresertrag von 3,5 Tonnen. Sie ist auch die Gründerin von Cocoa Mmaa ( @cocoammaa ), einer Genossenschaft, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, Kakaobauern zu stärken.

Leticia hat einen Bachelor of Education und einen Commonwealth Executive Master in Public Administration von der University of Cape Coast bzw. der Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Wir freuen uns sehr, Leticias kraftvolle, dynamische und visionäre Energie als Partner von The Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective zu haben!

CEO, Ohene Cocoa​

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Nana Aduna II (known in private life as Dr. Yao Mfodwo) is the current Akyeamehene of the Akuapem Traditional Area; a landowner, and Head of the Agona Clan of Akropong and the Adwumako Family.

He is a consultant psychiatrist trained in the winelands of Stellenbosch, South Africa, with experience as a product physician in the pharmaceutical industry. These experiences in addition to a lineage of cultivating cocoa since the 1920s influenced his passion for cocoa farming / production.