About Us

Africa Venture Cocoa & Coffee Inc. is dedicated to sustainable, profitable and unique agricultural products mainly in the Cocoa sector, our mission is to produce and grow quality Organic/UTZ certified cocoa locally and export internationally. Our goals include high quality produce to export each month.

Africa Venture Cocoa & Coffee Inc., located in Nimba County Nyor Buutuo, Buu-Yao District Liberia. The company started operation in November 2014 and its founder and C.E.O Mr. George Kings. Howard.

AVCCI is the first and only Agriculture UTZ Certification Company in Liberia, the company is involve into the processing and exporting of UTZ certified cocoa out of Liberia.

From 2014 to present, the company have more than 6000 registered and trained farmers of which 3000 are UTZ certified.

Africa Venture Cocoa & Coffee Inc. is a hundred percent Liberian owned Business, we train our farmers in UTZ and Organic Practices and provides other training on organic farming after which the famers signed a contract with the company which they are under the obligation to sell their cocoa only to AVCCI. The cocoa is then processed package by AVCCI and exported.Our product would tell its users that the cocoa they are buying is certified by the UTZ.

Production methods include new strategic utilizing Sustainable agriculture and best management practices. We hope to increase production by 50% and sales by 60% in the next five years.Africa Venture Cocoa & Coffee Inc. is owned and operated by Mr. George Kings Howard.

AVCCI have a registry of five thousand farmers of which three thousands are certified by UTZ. Our head office is located in Nimba County, Buutuo.Through market research it is evident that the international Buyers are interested in high quality products especially UTZ certified.

There is a move toward health and local that will benefit our operation. Some limitations include time and labor to devote to the operation and being large growers we are still hopping on expansion. Our advantage is that we are the only UTZ certified Cocoa exporting Company in Liberia.

Strengths

  • UTZ certified Cocoa Production
  • Devotion to the farmers
  • Well known in the community and reputation for quality
  • Commitment to quality and success
  • Land area and capacity with good soils
  • Attend trainings and workshops for management and production
  • Ability to extend the growing season and control disease

Goal

Africa Venture Liberia Inc. is a special place. The mission of our company is to expand UTZ Certification in Liberia and provide unique and wholesome produce that is enjoyable and sustainable. We work harmoniously with nature and the land to grow quality, specialty cocoa and fruit to supply to our buyers internationally.

* Production methods are economically feasible as well as utilizing sustainable agriculture and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).

Mission

Africa Venture Cocoa & Coffee Inc. is in a special place.

The mission of our company is to provide unique and certified produce that is enjoyable and sustainable.

We work harmoniously with nature and the land to grow quality, specialty cocoa and fruit to supply to our buyers internationally.

  • To motivate VC involvement in continuing training and monitoring of Organic certification at the village level for better quality cocoa and higher yields
  • To motivate VCs to aggregate and sell as much high-quality cocoa as possible to AVCCI from their village
  • To motivate farmer households in the uptake and maintenance of organic cocoa
  • To encourage and foster replication of Organic certification being applied by role-model farmer households within a cooperatives.

UTZ Cocoa Seedling

FARMERS FIELD SCHOOL

CCD & LPA STORES FOR AVCC FARMERS