Ebola-Free Sierra Leone Bets on Cocoa to Spark Recovery
- Agriterra resumed cocoa trading in Sierra Leone after Ebola
- Government to hand out cocoa seedlings to boost recovery
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In July 2014, Adrian Simpson was on a night out in Sierra Leone’s third city of Kenema to celebrate his biggest deal yet: a contract to supply a new business partner with cocoa beans from his company’s plantation.
But as he and the business partners sat drinking beer, an unexpected visitor brought some distressing news.