It wasnt the room or in the room there wasnt room close given you. Need to reinforce the colors of the new views of what goes up and he was not for and you know groups. Of controversial leaders are successes beyond mr. Holcombe. One tragedy starts here on t w. This is deja news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes adding value to africas resources most are gone this cocoa is exported role weve meet the women making bonus from the beat. But if you do conflict you think donna and you think who you think girl but chocolate never comes to mind fifty seven chocolate is changing that refreshing to get donna became a free nation the makers want to revive the can do spirit of that independence year. And two years off to kenya announced the Worlds Toughest band on single use plastic bags the alternative that was introduced is now also being. A correspondent in nairobi has that story. Im christine when double come to africa im glad youre. Gonna is a giant when it comes To Cocoa Production the West African Country exports off the being a second only to neighboring ivory coast in fact gonna exports cocoa beans with about two billion u. S. Dollars. But it is a net importer of chocolate spending up to eight Million Dollars a year on the sweet stuff now thats according to what rather that starting to change as going to see as
a new generation of Autism Chocolate produces springing up theyre taking a resource that ghana has in abundance and adding value to the roll material. For kwesi a wood is an expert when it comes To Cocoa Farming but hes not that fond of chocolate hes rather have a plate of fries to eat these really wild preferred food rewards one knew it did it will work. Through one yes a strong well for a dog that is. Through i was food in the Capital Accra the start of companies trying to change that view they are hoping to inspire guy names with exotic creations like a biscuit chocolate. Its not a feeling that very helpful fred to experiment and thats how we end up developing a lot of our play where we at first go to this pot that and then we have the. People who pay for our i pad that father has made Chocolate Produce she is small
for a luxury product that was so mainly in the capital goes straight to export to systems set up the company about three years ago and then they faced many challenges ranging from constant Power Outages to corrupt officials who made life difficult for the small company. But theyre determined to keep on with alexy chocolate and not just leave the field to the big multinational food companies. It takes a lot of it and go and said definitely run a Chocolate Business here and and just to represent using our resources at home to actually produce the finished goods care. So fifty seven chocolate is really putting the Gloss On Ghana School now thats just a commons gone us cocoa from us to become chocoholics. And im happy to welcome to the japanese Africa Kimberly addison you saw in the report she is the cofounder of
fifty seven chocolates and shes coming to us from accra in ghana hi kimberlys so as we saw in our report fair we have a cocoa farmer whos not so keen on chocolates there in guyana and so i wonder what market is more important to you would it be the Export Market or the Domestic Market well it is actually both i would say both are equally important because the truth is we have to start locally in order. Globally so right now as it does dont actually tackling both markets so were tackling our iraqi piece here in terms of ritual create more awareness and create a greater desire for consumption of chocolate here in ghana and then equally target is a global. Consumer of consumable and so were definitely also tackling the Global Market as well because its a huge market out there and these in the in europe and in the. In asia we have
clients all over the world so its definitely local and global. Local and global but how did you come to the idea of making artists know chocolates and ghana what was the inspiration. Well the inspiration actually came to us when we fourteen my sister. And one thing is we were actually living in Geneva Switzerland at the time and we all know that switzerland is very much known for its chocolate and ghana known for its cocoa and you happen to be visiting one a scintilla of largest factory. And for the first time that most of ghanas cocoa is actually brought to switzerland and processed there and we actually found out for the latter part of last year that this is that oprahs that ironically of ghana scoble actually gets sent to switzerland and so we couldnt comprehend why
ghana had the resources it was not making a finished product out of it and so thats what inspired us we wanted to add value to a local resource right here at home because the truth is there is value in cocoa but theres more value in adding. In making it into chocolate and making it into a finished and so thats what were trying to do here the name of your company fifty seven chocolate references that you have a gun a became an independent nation what were you trying to evoke. So i was trying to you go best spirit behind independence well its named Nine Hundred Fifty Seven Chocolate after Independence DayNine Hundred Fifty Seven however its more so now about being freed from colonial power but its about this very palace behind in the pendant and thats one of many Clock Showing was one of creating what a lot of People Dont Know was shortly after independence the i had a lot of Thriving Industries that are no longer in existence today we have major problems being in factories we had Ten Industries we actually has
a thriving Dairy Industry which is no longer in existence today and somewhere between one Nine Hundred Fifty and now we live the source of reducing and consuming made in ghana good to have the least importing things and so now we import tomatoes we import chocolate we import right the important lot of seeing and so we want to and then we are talking seven who want to really imply reawaken people the fact that if we want to go down under the belt as a nation we have to manufacture we have to create and can feel made entirely great fright came right out colleagues on the africa team was kind enough to bring back a box of your chocolate we have the Drop Chocolate with c. Salt and i wonder what your favorite is so i love i love the dyer talk and see you thought so its not him depends on my mood. To talk with you feel is actually one of my favorites and then i would say the next my next neighbor would actually be. Known for the almonds and feast off the column denominator insult that i think fall to establish a live child and really bring about an interesting player if the as and the boxes empty i will tell you that can be at the same cofounder of fifty seven chocolates from a proud gonna thank you. In twenty seventeen kenya announced the Worlds Toughest ban on single use plastic bags forbidding their imports manufacture and useful commercial and private purposes since then non woven bags have been a popular alternative for most businesses but now even these have been outlawed Kenyas NationalEnvironment Management will say is they are just as bad as ordinary plastic bags this is nairobi river a symbol of kenyas struggle to fight pollution in Two Thousand And Seventeen the government banned single use plastic bags to reduce the amount of plastics in the environment they were replaced with non woven poly proposed in bags which are
supposed to be reusable but from the looks of this riverbank it seems these bags do more harm than good there was a vacuum and the nonmoving box came into the market but when they came into the market the one that didnt have strength was too high and they were you had this but i think meds and they were large enough and they were costing. I dont entirety and Safety Conditions so they were usable. And at the time we were not worried. The National EnvironmentalManagement Authority says that since the bad the market has been flooded with top standard non woven poly proposed in bags that can only be used once. And people have often thrown them away improperly the environment authorities felt forced to act the National EnvironmentalManagement Authority has banned the importation and manufacture of these non woven bags and
are now looking for alternatives that dont pose a threat to the environment. Many kenyans support the latest bad things in life the new bats are just like other plastic bags they pollute the environment for. Some environmentalists feel that the government should not just past regulations but also improve Waste Management from where i sit i think that you could do a little better in terms of planning and what we need to think about these long term management of this kind of material and how they are going to be disposed of. In the event that theyre not useful anymore. To the economy. Kenya still lags behind in Waste Management with Recycling Eva done by private companies or informally by people who work at dump sites. But still no alternative
to the non woven bags perhaps this latest ban will force kenyans to be more aware of the impact they have on the environment. South sudan has been enduring a wave of fighting with millions of people displaced from their homes now a socalled Peace Tournament sponsored by the un mission in the south of the country has inspired hope among the population its yet another example of Football Bridging Differences and bringing people together. When the whistle blows people in the town of yea can put their troubles to one size Football Players here taking part in the Peace Tournament a two week long competition sponsored by the United Nations mission in south sudan. Organizers hope the people who have come together here on and off the pitch will take inspiration from the event. Well you know how did this guy go there was nothing zero zero up there but yes. Big up to. The
good chance and you think it was oh most of. Us let us in our own journey why dont you go home to their business and for peace. Yeah a river state has been the scene of violence between government and rebel groups in recent years in the light of such suffering football seems trivial but players at the a Peace Tournament say it can be a symbol of hope. Its a meaning that we have peace in among of us of the players and the people. Im present disordered as also among of some of these yeah. Its the second tournament of its kind the u. N. Mission has organized in south sudan in a bid to demonstrate the unifying power of sports. And well leave it there for
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