Africa produces around 70-75% of the world’s cocoa, yet captures only a fraction of the value generated by the global chocolate industry. Now, four of the continent’s largest producers—Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon—are seeking to change that. At the 2026 Cocoa Value Addition Summit in Abuja, the countries signed the Abuja Declaration, establishing the Cocoa Value Addition Alliance to shift Africa from exporting raw cocoa beans toward processing, manufacturing, a