The Cocoa Republic

Issue N°01 — Juillet 2026

Editor’s letter

For years, Cameroon has exported cocoa beans and left the profit of turning them into chocolate to processors abroad. This issue follows the cooperatives, grinders, and policymakers trying to flip that equation, alongside a rewritten mining code and a port that keeps growing.

Inside this issue

• 04Cameroon’s Cocoa Boom: why local processors want a bigger share of the bean
• 10Inside the new mining code: what it means for cobalt & iron ore investors
• 16Kribi’s second act: deep sea port expansion & the energy corridor around it