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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 ), jẹ agbẹ koko ti o ni iriri ati oniwun ti oko koko 14-acre ni Ghana.

Leticia Ama-Kowoa Yankey jẹ alagbawi ti o lagbara ti Ọdọmọde Ghana ni Cocoa Initiative ati pe o ni ero lati di agbẹ Koko ti o dara julọ ti Orilẹ-ede ni ọdun marun to nbo.

O nifẹ si ogbin koko nigbati o gbe pẹlu awọn agbẹ koko agbe ni agbegbe Denkyira Oke, nibiti o ti lo ṣe ẹkọ lori HIV/ AIDS ati Iko. O bẹrẹ oko koko tirẹ ni ọdun 2010 ati lọwọlọwọ o ni oko koko 14-acre pẹlu ikore lododun ti awọn toonu 3.5. O tun jẹ oludasile Cocoa Mmaa ( @cocoammaa ), awujọ ifowosowopo kan ti o n wa lati fi agbara fun awọn agbẹ koko obinrin.

Leticia gba Apon ti Ẹkọ ati Titunto Alase Agbaye ni Isakoso Gbangba lati University of Cape Coast ati Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ni atele. A ni inudidun pupọ lati ni agbara Leticia, agbara ati agbara iran bi alabaṣiṣẹpọ lori Ijọpọ Chocolate Cross Cross Atlantic!

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.