Education - African Cocoa Stories

From Cocoa Farmer’s Son to Farmer Advocate: The Journey of Issifu Issaka – Part 2

How Issifu overcame financial challenges to attend SHS and found a successful cocoa farmers’ cooperative.

Before Marriage, Salomey Knew Nothing about Cocoa Farming

All attempts at keeping her in school failed.

“We Didn’t Know Money”: Cocoa Farmer talks School Fees & Making Money as Children

Patrick Ansah is a cocoa farmer, a mechanic, and a blacksmith. He lives in Asamankese where he fixes trucks. But Patrick’s cocoa farm is 93 km away fr...

“I was Captain of My School’s Football Team”: Emmanuel Amoani’s Story

When Emmanuel Amoani was in Primary 4, his father—the sole breadwinner of their family—passed away, leaving his mother to raise seven children on her ...

The Life of Yaw Attah: A Driver, Farmer, and Family Man

“Look to your left,” my taxi driver called out. His voice cut through the dusk as he parked at the entrance of Ohene Cocoa Farms in Owuram. The fading...

Paulina Boah Quit School to Become a Cocoa Farmer and Trader

The 1960s were a golden era in Ghana’s cocoa history. Under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah, the post-independence government prioritized cocoa as the...