Cocoa has always been one of Africa's greatest exported commodity for a few centuries now and one community in Nigeria is using it to help develop their region with the help and blessing of their paramount King.
In Eti-Oni community of Osun State, Nigeria, cocoa is their main product and the community came together to make chocolate out of their product export it to the world with their King His Royal Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson, Oloni of Eti-Oni as their spokesperson and biggest motivator.
Eti-Oni community began planting cocoa when the product was introduce into Nigerian soils in 1896. The funds received from exporting this to the world has helped developed the country both educationally and financially.
In partnership with chocolate producer Duffy, HRM Oba Thompson together with cocoa farmers in the community have been able to turn cocoa into their own label chocolate which can be found in shops in small quantities in the United Kingdom.
In an interview with BBC(British Broadcasting Network) Pidgin (the British public broadcaster pidgin section), His Royal Majesty said he wanted to help farmers majority to whom are women and improve their living standards by a lot as well as develop his community.
This opportunity has open doors to foreign investors from around Africa, America, Colombia to join in and broker dialogue with the community.
Annually the community organises the Eko Chocolate show which showcases various products made with the cocoa in the community.
In Eti-Oni community of Osun State, Nigeria, cocoa is their main product and the community came together to make chocolate out of their product export it to the world with their King His Royal Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson, Oloni of Eti-Oni as their spokesperson and biggest motivator.
Eti-Oni community began planting cocoa when the product was introduce into Nigerian soils in 1896. The funds received from exporting this to the world has helped developed the country both educationally and financially.
In partnership with chocolate producer Duffy, HRM Oba Thompson together with cocoa farmers in the community have been able to turn cocoa into their own label chocolate which can be found in shops in small quantities in the United Kingdom.
In an interview with BBC(British Broadcasting Network) Pidgin (the British public broadcaster pidgin section), His Royal Majesty said he wanted to help farmers majority to whom are women and improve their living standards by a lot as well as develop his community.
This opportunity has open doors to foreign investors from around Africa, America, Colombia to join in and broker dialogue with the community.
Annually the community organises the Eko Chocolate show which showcases various products made with the cocoa in the community.
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