Ivorian Chocolate Makers Promote Locally-made Chocolate

Ivory Coast is the world's top producer of cocoa, but hardly any of it is processed into chocolate there. Instead, the cocoa is sent abroad to chocolate makers in Europe and elsewhere. This is a general problem throughout Africa — massive exports of raw materials but few finished goods. In Abidjan, several Ivorian entrepreneurs are working to change that formula — one 100 percent Ivorian chocolate bar at a time. The Ivorian flag proudly embroidered on her cook suit,...

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