Ghana

Founder of Bioko Treats, Jeanne started her chocolate making journey in December 2016 after training at Barry Callebaut Chocolate Academy. Her company was initially named Treat Confections,  but in late 2017, she changed the name to Bioko Treats.

Although she started out as a chocolatier, using couverture to make pralines, etc., she got into making bean to bar chocolates three years ago when a medical facility asked if she could make them sugar free chocolates for their diabetic patients. After taking an online class with Ecole Chocolat, she started making small batch dark chocolate.

Bioko treats currently produces approximately two tonnes of dark and milk chocolate per year. Having seen growth in both the bean to bar and confectionery sides of the business, Bioko Treats have begun to attract customers outside of Ghana.

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Jeanne has really enjoyed helping one cocoa farmer with making her first batch of 70% chocolate and would like to do more of that. While her background is originally in marketing, she's had some experience in organizational mentoring and would like to bring this experience to the Cross Atlantic Collective.

Leticia A Yankey ( @leticiayankey ), es una productora de cacao con experiencia y propietaria de una finca de cacao de 14 acres en Ghana.

Leticia Ama-Kowoa Yankey es una firme defensora de la Iniciativa Juventud en el Cacao de Ghana y tiene como objetivo convertirse en el Mejor Productor de Cacao Nacional en los próximos 5 años.

Se interesó en el cultivo del cacao cuando se instaló con campesinos cacaoteros en el distrito de Upper Denkyira, donde solía hacer educación sobre el VIH / SIDA y la tuberculosis. Comenzó su propia finca de cacao en 2010 y actualmente es propietaria de una finca de cacao de 14 acres con un rendimiento anual de 3,5 toneladas. También es la fundadora de Cocoa Mmaa ( @cocoammaa ), una sociedad cooperativa que busca empoderar a las mujeres productoras de cacao.

Leticia tiene una licenciatura en educación y una maestría ejecutiva de la Commonwealth en administración pública de la Universidad de Cape Coast y la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología Kwame Nkrumah, respectivamente. ¡Estamos muy emocionados de tener la energía poderosa, dinámica y visionaria de Leticia como socia en The Cross Atlantic Chocolate Collective!

CEO, Ohene Cocoa​

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Nana Aduna II (known in private life as Dr. Yao Mfodwo) is the current Akyeamehene of the Akuapem Traditional Area; a landowner, and Head of the Agona Clan of Akropong and the Adwumako Family.

He is a consultant psychiatrist trained in the winelands of Stellenbosch, South Africa, with experience as a product physician in the pharmaceutical industry. These experiences in addition to a lineage of cultivating cocoa since the 1920s influenced his passion for cocoa farming / production.