Dustin Bailey

CÔTE D’IVOIRE TAKES STEPS TO GET BIGGER PART OF VALUE CHAIN

As we know, Côte d’Ivoire produces a large portion of the world’s cocoa and lately, countries like Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have made significant steps towards economic independence from foreign entities. Côte d’Ivoire will soon require 20% of cocoa purchases by multinational companies to be fulfilled by firms locally.  The president of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane

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Guinness nitro cold brew beer

GUINNESS LAUNCH NITRO COLD BREW COFFEE BEER

The dramatic increase in demand for iced coffee over the last few years has encouraged product development teams everywhere to ensure they too have a cold drink offering. With summer peeking out behind the clouds, and as warm weather approaches, Guinness has unveiled their latest offering to the market.  According to the Diageo-owned Guinness, this

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NESTLÉ JOINS LEAF TO FINANCE FOREST PROTECTION PLAN

There is a coalition of governments and private business aimed at fighting climate change. The Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) is a public-private initiative including the UK, Norway, and the US governments and a collection of private companies, including Amazon, Bayer, Airbnb, Boston Consulting Group to GlaxoSmithKline, McKinsey, Salesforce, Unilever, and now Nestlé.

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CREATING A MARKET TO COMBAT DEFORESTATION

Charles Karangwa, restoration coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, works to rehabilitate forests that have been degraded throughout Africa. Deforestation has been a recurring problem around the globe but Karangwa is looking for new economic motivations for farmers to save these ecosystems. The ecosystems near Africa’s Great Lakes region bear similarities to

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