Chocolate making in Cote d'Ivoire

 

Chocolate making in Cote d'Ivoire • RFI English

Côte d’Ivoire, one of Africa’s most dynamic economies, is best known for its coffee and cocoa production. Yet for decades, Ivorians rarely tasted chocolate made from their own crops. 

Determined to change that, entrepreneur Axel Emmanuel Gbaou founded ten years ago the brand 'Le Chocolatier Ivoirien', the ‘Ivorian chocolate maker’.

He is new selling thousands of chocolate bars per month locally, including his latest, Kimbo, the $1 bar. 

My report in video:

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Article to come.