Social
impact
We guarantee
free commuting
free health insurance
pension plan
Extras
36-hour week (4 days, 9 hours)
paid overtime
weekend work is paid extra
food subsidy
How we work
Fair Working Conditions in Ghana
In Ghana, the daily minimum wage is 10,65 Cedis. This translates into a monthly salary of approx. 55 US$. Through our local partner, Niche Cocoa Industries, our production staff receives a starting salary of around 1,000 Cedis per month (approx. 225 US$). With more skills and experience this rises continuously. The paid wages are not only several times the local minimum wage but are also among the highest paid in the local production companies. This results in a highly motivated, qualified and loyal work force.
Fair Working Conditions in the factory
With the (new) factory, 85 people can be employed directly on site in a rural region in the first year. Their salary package includes, on the one hand, a significantly higher payment than the Ghanaian minimum wage provides, and on the other hand, health insurance and pension provision.
There are also jobs for young professionals and people with years of work experience. The whole factory is completely in Ghanaian hands. Furthermore, around 1,000 new jobs will be indirectly created in Suhum.
With this holistic concept, fairafric is rethinking “fair” trade and “sustainable development”.
Making Chocolate
The best job in the world
How much do the farmers earn?
A lot of people ask us if our farmers make the chocolate themselves.
This is not the case as all the workers in the factory have gone through years of training in High School and College with some bringing university degrees. However, if you want to know more about the income of cocoa farmers in Ghana read here.
Bean by Bean
into a better Future
IMPACT
Even after the plantation
Income Ghana per
ton of cocoa beans
Export of Cocoa Beans
ca. $2,350
Production in Ghana
>$10,000
The world market price for cocoa beans is around $2,350 per ton as of February.
By exporting the beans unprocessed, Africa is missing out on all the additional money that can be made by turning this amazing bean into chocolate. You can find updated prices here.
Some ethically labeled chocolates pay a premium per ton of cocoa, these are:
Fairtrade
$240
UTZ
€102 (+5%)
Rainforest Alliance
no premium
By producing in Ghana we can actually bring more than $10,000 of income per ton of cocoa to Africa.
An average bar of chocolate needs around 61 grams of cocoa beans. That means, that you can produce 16 bars of chocolate with 1 KG of cocoa, or 16,000 bars of chocolate with 1,000 KG of cocoa beans.
The premium of $600 per ton is on top of that and is paid directly to the farmers.
Why made in Africa?
Skilled Employment
Small-hole farming is closely related to dire poverty. Jobs in manufacturing are not. Real change can only happen when people move away from farming.
Better Access to Healthcare
The families of workers in manufacturing jobs are able to easily afford regular checkups. Necessary treatments don't have to be postponed because of a lack of money.
Education
Education costs money. Whereas farmers constantly struggle to finance their children's education, a proper employment can finance second and third degree education for worker's kids.
Equal rights
In Germany as well as in Ghana we stand for equal rights in the workplace. For fairafric, women in leadership positions are a matter of course.
Skills & Capacity
Value adding in Africa is hard due to poor infrastructure. If more companies like fairafric develop, demand will increase quality of services and infrastructure and attract even more companies. A virtuous circle.
Sustainability
We do our best to engage in training of more sustainable farming techniques and constantly seek to improve our own foot print.
PASSION &
DELICIOUSNESS!
"After carefully selecting the best premium beans, we conch the chocolate until this outstanding combination of pure Ghanaian chocolate joy and the mildest dark chocolate is created. With love from Ghana"
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