Chocolate in Zanzibar: What’s Actually There
We get asked often enough that it’s worth answering directly: is there a distinct Zanzibar chocolate industry? Honestly — no, not one separate from…
Kokoa Kamili’s Beans, Other People’s Bars: Why Tanzania Became a Prized Chocolate Origin
One centralized fermentary explains why Tanzania shows up on premium chocolate wrappers worldwide, despite having almost no domestic bar production yet.
Rungwe and Kyela: Inside the Farmer-Funded Processing Plants
A farmer cooperative is taxing its own cocoa sales to build a processing plant. A separate investment agency is courting outside capital for the…
From Beans to Bars: Tanzania’s Push to Process Its Own Cocoa
A 2025-26 price collapse forced the question of local processing. Here's what the government's five-point response actually involves.
Tanzania’s Bean-to-Bar Makers: Who Is Actually Making Chocolate Here
A precise, honestly-scoped look at the handful of real businesses turning Tanzanian cacao into finished chocolate.