Healthy rains bode well for Ivory Coast cocoa mid-crop, farmers say

ABIDJAN, March 9 (Reuters) – Steady rainfall in many of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions will produce enough small and average-sized pods to ensure a ​strong March-to-August mid-crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, ‌the world’s top cocoa …

Accra Professional Ladies Open: Ivory Coast’s Coulibaly Saajo wins competition

The Accra Professional Ladies Open Finals, held at the Backyard Court in Osu, attracted tennis enthusiasts from different parts of the world who gathered to witness Coulibaly Saajo win the all-women’s tennis tournament. Ivory Coast’s Coulibaly Saajo …

Chocolate gets pricier, but cocoa farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast face payment delays

Cocoa beans rot in Ivory Coast after commodity crash

Sacks of dried cocoa beans sit unsold in homes and warehouses in the Ivorian village of Kouamé-Kouassikro, near Bouaflé, while farmers hold receipts instead of cash. A sharp fall in cocoa prices over the past year has left beans rotting in some West …

Ivory Coast women tap newfound freedom as rubber farm owners

Ivorian farmer Affoua Mea decided one day she’d had enough. Despite years cultivating rubber trees on the plantation inherited from her father, her brothers still held the purse strings. Last year, the 64-year-old bought her own piece of land thanks to an …

Ivory Coast: women tap into financial freedom through rubber tree farms

In Ivory Coast, only five percent of women own agricultural land. But this is changing: for many women, owning their own farms of rubber trees has become a way to achieve financial freedom. Ivorian farmer Affoua Mea decided one day she'd had enough. …

Ivory Coast: ASEC vs. Africa Sports derby headlines round of 16 in the national cup

The draw puts the two historic clubs face to face once again. Ivory Coast: ASEC vs. Africa Sports derby headlines round of 16 in the national cup The fixtures for the round of 16 in the Ivory Coast Cup have been revealed. The high-voltage derby between …

Former Everton favourite relishing Scotland v Ivory Coast at Hill Dickinson Stadium

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more A general exterior view of Hill Dickinson Stadium(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) Ex-Everton favourite James McFadden cannot …

Ivory Coast cuts cocoa farmgate price by nearly 60% amid global market slump 

IVORY COAST – Ivory Coast, the world’s leading cocoa producer, has reduced the price paid to cocoa farmers by nearly 60 percent as the government moves to address a sharp decline in global cocoa prices and a growing sales slowdown in the sector.  The new …

Hard fighting Harambee Starlets lose to Ivory Coast

Kenya  women’s soccer team Harambee Starlets lost  by a solitary goal to hosts Ivory Coast in a 2nd international friendly match staged at the 60,000 seater  Alassane Ouattara Ebimpé Olympic Stadium in Abidjan on Wednesday night. Rebecca Ello scored the …