Do you want to see how much a cocoa farmer was paid in real-time? No problem. Via the transaction button, you can check the farmer payments and the cocoa's origin for yourself. Get access to a fully transparent value chain – verified with blockchain.

Witness your impact

There's more than just beans. By upcycling the white pulp of the cocoa fruit, we increase the income for cocoa farmers. This extra pay surpasses the premium price paid by known certification labels. For the cocoa pulp, we pay farmers a minimum of $ 307 income increase per ton of dried cocoa beans. Common certifications typically pay $ 70-240 of extra income.
 
At Koa, we stand for direct trade and paying the farmers on the harvest day via mobile money. This ensures that the money reaches the farmer directly and at the same time, allows you to trace the payments back to the origin.

Why is Koa different?

Joint mission

You want 100% transparency, just like we do. Get full proof that the payment has reached the cocoa farmers. To give you full confidence, we use blockchain and verify every single transaction.
 
And if you're now thinking: Is Koa paying the farmers with Bitcoins? Don't worry! We pay farmers with real money. Blockchain is, simply put, a technology that can record anything of value with full transparency.

Let's be transparency ninjas

At Koa, we spot the potential to empower people. In 2017, we had the sparkling idea of how to contribute to sustainable growth in rural Ghana. We discovered that the cocoa fruit has much to offer besides the beans. The fruit pulp lets us increase farmers’ income, create new jobs in rural areas and is a resource for added value for the people and planet.

The Koa way

By collaborating with us, small-scale farmers increase their income. At the same time, our staff receives fair salaries and operates under attractive working conditions.

No Poverty

Our employees are being promoted independently of gender and we set an example for gender equality in rural communities.

Gender Equality

We create new jobs in underdeveloped regions. By investing directly in the local value chain, we encourage economic development. Through technical innovation and training for our employees, we boost sustainable growth.

Decent Work & Economic Growth

As we upcycle the pulp, we reduce food waste from cocoa production by 40%. Our mobile processing station is 100% solar-powered while we constantly increase our solar energy at our factory. 

Responsible Consumption & Production

Your feedback means the world to us.

Let us know what step of our production process you would like to know more about, if you have any new ideas and most importantly if you like our Koa products.

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Promote lasting, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive full employment and decent work for all

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Responsible Production and Consumption

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Climate Protection Measures

B Corporation

As our processing site is mobile, we’re able to process the cocoa fruits next to the cocoa farms. Thanks to solar energy, we can work even in remote areas.&nbsp;
 
Solar power also enables us to immediately cool the cocoa pulp to guarantee the best quality. This is the first step of our production chain, in the heart of the tropical rainforest.

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Mobile Processing

Origin

The fresh cocoa pulp is brought to our factory in Assin Akrofuom for processing. Within a few hours, Koa is pasteurised, packaged and ready to be shipped.

Koa Factory

Processing

The pallets with Koa are brought to the harbour in Tema in Ghana where it's loaded onto a vessel to be shipped to Europe.&nbsp;

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Shipping 

Handling

The Koa products arrive by boat in the harbour of Rotterdam where it's loaded onto a truck and brought to the storage facility.&nbsp;

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Arriving in Europe

Koa products are&nbsp;stored in a cooled facility in Beneden-Leeuwen, Netherlands. &nbsp;Some products are sold as they are to our customers while others first get processed further, e.g. concentrated or dried.