Unifying the cocoa sector in four West African countries could be on the cards after Cameroon and Nigeria officially applied for membership in the Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI).
“Cameroon and Nigeria both represent about 15 percent of world production; if they join Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, that would be 75 percent of world production,” says Alex Assanvo, the executive secretary of CIGCI.