With cocoa prices soaring – to almost $10,000 per tonne at the end of April – the fifth World Cocoa Conference (WCC) attracted more than 1,000 industry professionals from 21 to 24 April in Brussels. Organised by the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), the event brought together key decision-makers in the sector: African trade ministers Souleymane Diarrassouba (Ivory Coast) and Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana (Cameroon); national regulators Yves Brahima Koné from
Cameroon/Ghana/Ivory Coast/Nigeria : Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network
