Expertise

Grants and Awards:

• 2018 - 2023: Globe Award by the Georgia Department of Economic Development for exporting to new countries
• 2022 -2023: 10000 Small Business Program by Goldman Sachs
• 2021: Exporter of the Year - Small Business Category from Georgia Department of Economic Development
• 2021: Semifinalist for IFundWomen Entrepreneur of the Year
• 2018 & 2019: Semifinalist for the Manufacturer of the Year award -Small business category for Georgia
• 2021: Completed the Women Export University program in Atlanta GA & received “Women who trade Microgrant” by City of Atlanta
• 2017: Semifinalist for the Atlanta Metro Export Challenge Grant Award
• 2013: “Innovation in Chocolate Products” award from the Fine Chocolate Industry Association.
• 2012: Completed SBDC’s GrowSmart program & ExportGA program

Here is a brief list of projects that we have participated

• Avanse project in Haiti by USAID
• Gola Rainforest Cocoa project in Sierra Leone
• MOCA USDA project in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• INIAP - Guittard - ANECACAO – MOCCA project in Ecuador
• Fundación ProPetén in Guatemala
• CNFA-LADA & UNIDO projects in Liberia by USAID
• ACPACI-RUTA-USAID project & ACPACI Los Izalcos project in El Salvador
• Jamaica Cocoa Farmer's Association
• UNDP in the Dominican Republic

CocoaTown's machines have been utilized for training farmers and small businesses in various cocoa research institutes and programs worldwide, including:

• The Cacao of Excellence (formerly Cocoa of Excellence) for selecting the "Best Cocoa Beans of the World" award
• The Cocoa Research Center at the University of West Indies in Trinidad
• The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)
• The Cocoa Research Program in Ivory Coast (CNRA)
• The Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG)
• The World Cocoa Foundation Institute of Research for Agricultural Development in Cameroon (IRAD)
• The Cocoa Research Lab in Indonesia
• The CATIE lab in Costa Rica
• Earth University in Costa Rica
• Flavor development labs of big chocolate companies