Are Children Paying the Price for Cocoa in Côte d'ivoire and Ghana?

By Allan Ngari and Duncan E Omondi Gumba

Child labour is a serious problem in the cocoa industry in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, with children often trafficked from neighbouring countries to work in the cocoa fields. This paper delves into the cocoa industry in the two countries and its challenges. It argues that multinational corporations operating in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana should be held criminally responsible for their role in cocoa production when it involves illicit activities and explores how national and regional laws can be used as a tool to do so.

ENACT (Africa), 2022. 24p.