Ghanaian cocoa company expands to US, opens plant in Wisconsin

[B86]

Black people in this country don't want to be bothered even though manufacturing is how you gain wealth. And yeah they could have set this up in Memphis or Atlanta but I guess even Ghanaians are

We don’t want to be bothered with anything that makes sense, then point the finger at everybody else as to why we can’t get ahead (collectively). There isn’t a country in Africa that respects us; even Ghanaians…

 

[Buddy]

Ya'll don't know how powerful this is Somebody rep @Get These Nets for me, it won't let me. I'll rep you back

 

[get these nets]

Yeah I would think more along the lines of dairy processing being something similar to cocoa and the infrastructure already being there

There were previous threads about the cocoa industry in West Africa. Informative articles. I learned a bit about the different products that can be made and the current limitations to manufacturing those products there.
This graphic was from one of those articles.

He is among a number of Ghanaian entrepreneurs who are keen to seize the opportunity to process cocoa in Ghana itself, before exporting a more lucrative finished product.
But when it comes to the sweet stuff, Nana Aduna "decided not to go down the chocolate route", he tells the BBC.
"The equipment to make chocolate is very expensive," he explains. "Plus we don't have a local sugar industry and we don't have a local dairy industry."

To make chocolate, on the other hand, would require Nana Aduna to import milk and sugar, which would drive up the cost of production.

He also says producing the confectionary requires consistent refrigeration, but the high cost of the equipment to achieve that is a major obstacle for entrepreneurs without substantial funds

That entrepreneur opted to use the raw materials to make different products. Wines and teas.

I highlighted the comments that Mr. Kopu said in THIS OP story about the existing dairy industry in Wisconsin for those who knew or remembered that part of the story.

 

[Chrishaune]

Wealthiest black diaspora (USA) linking up with the largest black diaspora (Africa)

Good news

Hooked up with the black community where? All I see are white Wisconsinites in that video?

 

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[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

Yeah I would think more along the lines of dairy processing being something similar to cocoa and the infrastructure already being there

This is the coli where everyone thinks the goal in life is obtaining and clarting the yeeks of wihwiymin

i do believe the sarcasm was lost on you breh, but that's okay - life goes on.

 

[staticshock]

Why not somewhere in the south closer to where you can actually grow cocoa trees

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Why Wisconsin

 

[Wildhundreds]

Yeah, but we all know they are about to tax this company more than they tax others. This is the capitalist west we're talking about.
Hershey won't pay the taxes this company will.

Nestle is in the midwest.

 

[Chrishaune]

Nestle is in the midwest.

I was just throwing a U.S company name out there. None of them are going to have to pay taxes like this company. You think these people are going to let an African company set up shop and not try to get their cut? It should be a solely diaspora operation, but they will find out how these folks operate. It's past time for African descendants to have their own supply chain. If people outside want to buy the products fine. This just sounds like a plan schemed up by dairy companies in Wisconsin to get a foothold in a quality chocolate operation in Africa. They won't just invest in the operation in Africa.

 

[UpAndComing]

I love it. How can I buy some online?

 

[WetinBeDat]

Why not somewhere in the south closer to where you can actually grow cocoa trees

....because he comes from a country that produces cocoa. He needs easy access to dairy