root_ABANA – Afruibana

8 March 2024

Côte d’Ivoire : joint strategy to negotiate living wages agreed by producers and trade unions

An historic agreement on living wages has been reached in Côte d’Ivoire between banana exporting companies and trade unions. The agreement, which is the product of […]

27 October 2023

The presidents of the banana producer and exporter associations of Europe and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (OACPS) have co-signed a declaration calling on the European Union and its member states to preserve the intra-community balance in the banana trade.

Paris, October 25, 2023 : The main European and Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) banana producer associations, including the Association of European Banana […]

6 October 2023

On the occasion of its participation in Fruit Attraction, Afruibana reaffirms its positions on fair price, shared responsibility and living wage

Madrid (Spain), 6 October 2023: A delegation from Afruibana participated in Fruit Attraction, the leading international event for the fruit and vegetable industry, which took place […]

3 August 2023

Afruibana attended the 2023 edition of the Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summit (GHIOS) in London and continued its dialogue with the British authorities.

Paris, 14 June, 2023 – Afruibana was in London on Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 June for the 3rd Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summit, which was […]

27 July 2023

Afruibana welcomes the joint declaration by the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg to intensify institutional dialogue on the concepts of « Living wage and income »

Paris, July 27, 2023: Afruibana welcomes the actions announced made by Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in a joint declaration signed on June 1, 2023 […]

27 July 2023

Abidjan Fruit Terminal/ Visit of German Parliamentarians

The members of the West African Parliamentary Group of the Bundestag, in collaboration with the German-Ivorian Friendship Group, undertook a study trip to Côte d’Ivoire last […]

8 February 2023

Afruibana relays the Global Coalition of Fresh Produce’s call for “urgent” action to secure the supply of fruits and vegetables.

On January 27, the Global Coalition of Fresh Produce released a report analyzing the current global fresh produce business environment in which it identifies critical issues […]

6 December 2022

Afruibana welcomes the publication by the European Union of its Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages and calls for its principles to inform the debate in producing countries around the concept of “living wages”.

On the 4th October, the European Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the proposed directive which « provides for the promotion of the adequacy of statutory minimum wages […]

5 December 2022

Afruibana salutes the success of the first African Regional Commission of the World Banana Forum – a rich moment of exchange with the main actors of the African banana industry

On Thursday 20 October, the World Banana Forum (WBF) organised, in collaboration with Afruibana, the first African Regional Commission. This webinar brought together key players in […]