ADM Cocoa is marking five years of dedicated cocoa processing in the Ashanti Region, with a continuation of the successful partnership with key stakeholders, such as the Ghana Cocoa Board, and a string of important local initiatives.
Since opening the world class cocoa processing facility in Kumasi in 2009, the company has created more than 250 jobs at its 75,000 sqm purpose built site, which houses a bean warehouse, processing plant and finished goods’ warehouse.
It has also nurtured a local supplier network of more than 200 suppliers.
A founding member of the World Cocoa Foundation, ADM has from 2011 invested US$90,000 into its health outreach program targeting HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, enabling it to reach over 13,500 people in 67 communities.
The company has also been instrumental in driving educational progress through various initiatives, such as training for post-secondary students on agri-logistics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and a donation of computers for the Kaase primary school.
To mark its fifth year of activity in the region, it will make a donation towards the construction of a mechanized water facility for the Asuhyiae Health Centre situated in a cluster of cocoa growing communities in the Ahafo Ano North District of the Ashanti region, as well as to the Otumfuo Charity Foundation in support of school refurbishment and sponsorship of awards for teachers in deprived communities.
