The MASO programme was started in 2016. For the past two and half years, the programme has trained thousands of young people in cocoa growing communities to either become entrepreneurial cocoa farmers and or businessmen and women providing various services to the cocoa sector. Fred Frimpong, the MASO Programme Manager reflects on  two and half

Enoch Gyebi  is a 26-year-old carpenter from Sefwi Sui,  a farming community with a population of about 3000 in the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipality, of the Western Region. Enoch, dropped out of Junior High School in 2018 when he lost his father. He subsequently, went to learn a trade in carpentry. He practiced that for the past

Patience Normenyo, is a 25-year-old resident of Tweapease in New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region. She is one of the thousands of young people breathing new life into cocoa production in Ghana. She joined the MASO Programme in 2017 and trained as a cocoa entrepreneur. Her new skills in cocoa