Swiss/Ghanaian startup Koa has almost finished their cocoa fruit factory in Achiase. In a blog post the company describes the greening and equipment testing phase. Greening is key to protect the environment. Therefore Koa plants plants such as shade trees, grass, avenue plants and ornamental plants.
Testing the newest fruit extraction machinery
Regarding equipment Koa is already testing fruit juice extraction machinery in the main processing line. The automation level reduces the human contact with the product by 80 %. Wastewater will be used by Koa to irrigate their R&D farms. For Daniel, Koa’s Production and Operations Director & the factory project lead, his favourite machine is the hand dryers, as they will eliminate the use of tissue paper. Indeed, a breeze of progress is flowing through Africa’s largest cocoa fruit factory.
Source and picture: Koa
