Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana
Ghanaian cashews, processed in Ghana
Gensap Ventures has been processing cashew since 2009. We buy raw nuts from farms around Sunyani and shell, dry, peel, grade, and roast them ourselves — so the value stays here rather than leaving the country in a sack.
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Three different questions, three different answers
What you need from us depends on whether you are buying a jar, a container, or a stake in the business.
I want cashews to eat
Buy a pack
Roasted, raw, pieces, and paste — in sachets and jars, from a sachet upward. Order on WhatsApp.
Buy cashewsI buy by the ton
Bulk and export
Kernels, broken grades, cashew in testa, paste, and toll processing. Quoted per metric ton against your specification.
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A 2009 Ghanaian processor mechanising its line, backed by a Swiss-funded competitiveness programme.
See the opportunityWho we are
A cashew processor in the middle of Ghana's cashew belt
Gensap Ventures started in 2009 as an agricultural business and made cashew processing its first — and still its main — processing activity. We operate from Sunyani in the Bono Region, close to the farms we buy from.
We still process by hand, at a scale that suits the local market. A purpose-built hall and a full mechanised line are now installed and waiting to be commissioned — that is what will let us take on larger and more demanding orders.
How it is made
From a sack of raw nuts to a graded kernel
Every step below happens at our own facility. Nothing is sent out and re-badged.
- 1
Intake and drying
Raw cashew nuts arrive in jute sacks, are weighed, checked for moisture and defects, and stored.
- 2
Steam cooking
Nuts are steam-conditioned in pressure vessels fed by our boiler, so the shell separates cleanly.
- 3
Shelling
Cooked nuts are cut and shelled to release the kernel with as few breakages as possible.
- 4
Drying
Kernels are dried on trays in a steam-heated Borma oven to bring moisture down to a safe, stable level.
- 5
Conditioning
Kernels are brought back to around 6 to 7 percent moisture in the humidifier, so the skin releases cleanly and fewer kernels break during peeling.
- 6
Peeling
The testa — the reddish skin — is removed. Kernels can also be supplied in testa, before this step.
- 7
Grading
Kernels are sorted by hand into whole, butt, split, and piece grades. Grading is done by our team rather than by machine.
- 8
Roasting and paste
Graded kernels are roasted, or ground into paste, depending on the order.
- 9
Packing and dispatch
Product is vacuum packed and gas flushed for shelf life, labelled by lot, and loaded for delivery.
The facility
What the site looks like right now
These are photographs of our own site in Sunyani, taken during the expansion. The hall is up and the full processing line is installed. The machines have not been run yet — commissioning is the next step.
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In the news
10 SMEs secure funding to enhance competitiveness
Gensap Ventures was named one of ten Ghanaian agribusinesses selected under the Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Programme (GPSCP) Phase II, a Swiss-government-funded programme run with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry. The programme committed GH¢157.94 million (CHF 9 million) to strengthening the cashew and oil palm value chains.
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