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 ), est une productrice de cacao expérimentée et propriétaire d'une ferme de cacao de 14 acres au Ghana.

Leticia Ama-Kowoa Yankey est un ardent défenseur de l'Initiative des jeunes dans le cacao du Ghana et vise à devenir le meilleur producteur de cacao national au cours des 5 prochaines années.

Elle s'est intéressée à la culture du cacao lorsqu'elle s'est installée avec des paysans producteurs de cacao dans le district d'Upper Denkyira, où elle faisait de l'éducation sur le VIH/SIDA et la tuberculose. Elle a démarré sa propre ferme de cacao en 2010 et possède actuellement une ferme de cacao de 14 acres avec un rendement annuel de 3,5 tonnes. Elle est également la fondatrice de Cocoa Mmaa ( @cocoammaa ), une société coopérative qui cherche à autonomiser les productrices de cacao.

Leticia est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en éducation et d'un master exécutif du Commonwealth en administration publique de l'Université de Cape Coast et de l'Université des sciences et technologies Kwame Nkrumah, respectivement. Nous sommes ravis d'avoir l'énergie puissante, dynamique et visionnaire de Leticia en tant que partenaire du Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective !

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.