A sweeter deal for cocoa farmers

The global cocoa industry's annual revenues total over 20 billion US dollars.¹ West Africa plays a huge part in this, contributing 81% of the world's cocoa.² Yet most of West Africa's smallholder farmers who harvest the cocoa live in poverty.
Koa is a Ghanaian-Swiss business that enables smallholder farmers to sell, not just cocoa beans, but the fruit's pulp too. The result? Better incomes for the farmers, a stronger economy for Ghana and 40% less food waste going to landfill.³
Anian Schreiber co-founded Koa with Benjamin Kuschnik in 2017, believing that sustainable technology has the power to unlock new economic opportunities in West Africa.
Koa uses an innovative mobile solar-powered fruit-processing system. The system enables Koa to extract cocoa pulp right next to the cocoa farms, then buy it from the farmers on the same day.
In just three hours, Koa pasteurizes and packages pulp-based juice and powder products, ready to ship to kitchens worldwide. These deliciously sweet and versatile ingredients are creating exciting opportunities for the food and drink industry.
Koa is currently growing its operations, building a second factory in Ghana which will create 250 additional jobs and bring 10,000 more smallholder farmers on board.
Various renowned media outlets, including the BBC, have reported on Koa. Watch the BBC's report here.
Anian Schreiber was born and raised in Southern Germany and has been living in Switzerland since 2012. He gathered his first professional experience as a professional sailor representing the German national sailing squad.
After finalizing his studies in Business Administration & Management in Kiel, Anian’s passion for competition and joy for nature brought him from sailing to Yingli Green Energy and the then upcoming solar energy industry. In 2017 he co-founded Koa Impact where he’s currently operating as Managing Director.

¹ https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/hot-drinks/cocoa/worldwide

² https://www.kakaoplattform.ch/about-cocoa/cocoa-facts-and-figures

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