ACA's bimonthly newsletter "AfricasheW320" gives you all the latest news on ACA activities and ACA member initiatives. You can find the complete archive below, or visit the complete PDF archive.
CashewGam, a Gambian cashew processor and ACA member, has just become the first Gambian company ever to export processed cashew to the United States. The Gambian-owned company has signed its first contract to supply a container of processed cashew to a major US buyer, and the shipment is now making its way across the Atlantic.
CashewGam opened its new...
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Since the beginning of 2014, ACA has been collaborating with USAID to implement a program to train small-scale farmers in three West African countries – Nigeria, Benin, and Côte d’Ivoire – on best practices, and subsequently linking them to local processors. This program complies with USAID’s Toward Inclusive Markets Everywhere Annual Program Statement...
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The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has received a new grant from the African Development Bank’s Africa Trade Fund (AfTra) to implement an extensive technical assistance program for cashew processors in 8 countries in East and West Africa.
The grant supports ACA activities aimed at creating more than 2,000 new jobs (at least 70% of which will be for women) and generating USD 8 million in...
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