CONDICAF is a company that exports products derived from the processing of cocoa bean, such as cocoa paste and butter. 

 

Since 2006, effective start up date of its transformation activities, CONDICAF has essentially produced natural cocoa paste conditioned and packaged in 25 KG boxes. These boxes are then put in groups of 36 and 48 boxes and wrapped with transparent plastic then loaded in 20’ container which is 21 000 KG per full load of ten groupings of 36 boxes and ten groupings of 48 boxes for seaway export.

With the ongoing installation of cocoa paste pressing machines, CONDICAF will soon be making cocoa butter and cocoa paste for export traders and chocolate makers. 
Before starting the processing of the cocoa beans, they have to be cleaned and cleared of all foreign bodies. The beans are then dried, and once the shell removed, the beans are ground into paste, called pure cocoa paste. The paste is then refined into butter.

The paste is further processed through a hydraulic press machine that removes part of the butyric fat to produce a paste of cocoa that has a reduced fat content.
The paste is then transformed into fine powder which is mainly used in confectioneries.

TOWARD THE ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION

On the 19th February 2009, the Chairman of CONDICAF, Mr Frédéric Gbongba METCH, launched the standard quality management approach project with the aim of achieving the ISO 9001 certification, ensuring that the organisation has proven natural cocoa mass production processes in place to meet its customer requirements internationally. This project is motivated by the desire to see CONDICAF widening its portfolio of clients and reach very demanding markets such as the United States of America.

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We are planning on tripling our production output to 100 000 tons of cocoa paste after a full period of activities.

Keeping our customers satisfied being of a major concern to us; we have created a feedback sheet that we put into every exported container to allow the customers to give their opinion on the quality of our products and services.

 

Given the preferred customer’s contacts that we have for the quality of our product, we plan on selling more of our products to large customers in the area than to traders. It is important to mention the sales contracts that we are currently having with Euromar, Ecom and Alltrade for cocoa mass.

To buy the products from all the suppliers who come with their products to the plant.

This option is the result of a good marketing strategy on the proposed prices and other incentives proposed to the suppliers, among others:

A competitive price (base price + 5 to 30 francs of bonus depending on the quality of product received)

A rapid payment for the delivery (within 48 hours max)
Payment of super commission on the basis of the net

 

weight of product sold at the end of season.

 

Special bonus for the quality of product delivered at the end of the season.