ACA Featured in WTO's 4th Review of Aid for Trade

On July 9, 2013, Georgette Taraf, ACA President, Partheeban Theodore, Advisory Board member and Vice President & Head of Export Operations at Olam International, and Arie Endendijk, Managing Director of Intersnack Procurement at Intersnack Group, represented the ACA at a U.S. sponsored event in Geneva, Switzerland.  The event was part of the WTO’s 4th Review of Aid for Trade, which focused specifically on adding value along production chains, and the benefits of participation in global value chains. 

The Session Panel

The trio was part of an expert panel that addressed the topic, “Africa can compete, Cases of Africa Succeeding in Global Markets”, which featured USAID’s role in both the African Cashew Alliance and the Global Shea Alliance as two examples of connecting African value chains to global end markets.  Taraf, Theodore, and Endendijk shared the ACA story with many participants, chronicling the organization’s beginnings, current activities and achievements, and the opportunities that lie ahead. Central to the session was the prospect of cashew processing in Africa as a way to increase value-added and gained within the continent.