On April 26, USAID officially awarded the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) with a Global Development Alliance (GDA) grant. The funds will support a two-year program entitled “Leveraging Cashew Business for Poverty Reduction.” Within the two-year time span of the project, ACA’s work is expected to result in additional income of $10M for rural communities and create 3,200 new jobs in the...
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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.
June 2013
20 Jun, 2013
by mragno
After nearly five years at the helm of the African Cashew Alliance, Christian Dahm leaves his role as Managing Director this month. The organization was in its infancy when Christian joined in 2008 when it was still a project under the wing of the USAID-West Africa Trade Hub. With the support of several mentors in Ghana and the cashew industry as a whole, Christian soon became a cashew expert...
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20 Jun, 2013
by mragno
Business was cracking at the nut industry’s biggest event of the year, the International Nut & Dried Fruit Congress (INC) Conference in Barcelona, Spain, at the end of May. ACA’s leadership met with traders, buyers, roasters, national councils, regulating bodies, certifying bodies and other association representative, ACA presented the organization, its objectives, and discussed potential...
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