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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）は、経験豊富なカカオ農家であり、ガーナの14エーカーのカカオ農場の所有者です。

Leticia Ama-Kowoa Yankeyは、ガーナのユースインココアイニシアチブの強力な支持者であり、今後5年間で全国最高のココア農家になることを目指しています。

彼女は、HIV / AIDSと結核の教育を行っていたアッパーデンキラ地区の農民のカカオ農家と定住したときに、カカオ栽培に興味を持ちました。彼女は2010年に独自のカカオ農場を開始し、現在、年間収量3.5トンの14エーカーのカカオ農場を所有しています。彼女はまた、女性のカカオ農家に力を与えることを目指す協同組合であるカカオ豆（@cocoammaa ）の創設者でもあります。

レティシアは、ケープコースト大学とクワメエンクルマ科学技術大学でそれぞれ教育学士号と行政学の連邦エグゼクティブマスターを取得しています。クロスアトランティックチョコレートコレクティブのパートナーとして、レティシアのパワフルでダイナミックで先見の明のあるエネルギーを手に入れることができて、とても興奮しています。

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.