We are currently experiencing very high demand across all our business areas. In 2025 alone, we almost doubled our revenue, and there were many more inquiries.

The handmade chocolates and chocolate as an ingredient sectors, in particular, are growing rapidly.

Our production has been growing for almost six years. In the
handmade products sector alone, over 150 people work in shifts
around the clock to produce chocolate-covered dried fruits and nuts. But
we are slowly reaching our limits:

Space is getting tight for additional workstations in the
current premises. Yet there are so many people who want to become part of our
mission – for every open position, over 100 interested people apply. What we lack is space.

With a new building, we create space for more jobs, more impact, and the opportunity to further develop our production – so that even more people can benefit from fair value creation and
sustainable growth.

Our premises offer ample space for an additional building, which we can build directly adjacent to our current production building. The infrastructure is already in place – electricity, water, and internet are already connected – allowing us to expand quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

This enables us to optimally integrate the new production area into our existing operations.

We have already proven that we can build quickly and reliably: We completed our entire factory in just under five months in 2020 – from the groundbreaking ceremony to the first finished chocolate bar.

As soon as the financing is in place, we expect the new building to be built in just a few months as well.

With the new production building, we want to take the next big step: In the next three years, we plan to create over 250 additional jobs and triple our sales.

This will not only grow our production – but above all, our impact for all people along the value chain.

2015
First official meetings between Hendrik and cocoa farmers and processors in Ghana.

2016
First Kickstarter campaign
Founding of fairafric GmbH
First production

2017
Second Kickstarter campaign
Successful organic certification of the entire value chain
Switch from 20g bars to 100g bars

2018
Third Kickstarter campaign
Climate-neutral certification
Founding of fairafric Foundation
First Seedrs campaign with 264 private individuals

2019
Decision to build a larger chocolate factory on our own. Entry of Ludwig Weinrich and claro fairtrade AG. Won the Lammsbräu Sustainability Award

2020
Construction of our new chocolate factory in Amanase in 5.5 months.

2021
fairafric GmbH becomes fairafric AG. First convertible bond with €990,000 and first share issue of €999,589.80 sold out. Over 2,000,000 chocolate bars produced.

2022
Finalist of the German Sustainability Award 2022.

2023
Entry into the B2B business with chocolate drops. Vegan cashew-based milk chocolate. First contract productions in the USA.

2024
fairafric sources the first smaller quantities of cocoa from Serendipalm from Dynamic Agroforestry. The first phase of the journey to climate positivity is successfully completed. Over 100 new jobs, over 200 people employed at fairafric Ghana.

2025
fairafric increases the quantities of cocoa from Dynamic Agroforestry and builds its own cocoa bean processing plant. Turnover almost doubled. Another 100 jobs, almost 300 people employed at fairafric Ghana.

fairafric's owners include the founding team, our 1244 customer shareholders, Ludwig Weinrich GmbH, claro fair trade AG, Third Way Capital (a Ghanaian impact investor), as well as our team and the cocoa farmers of our partner cooperative.

fairafric AG achieved profitability by the end of 2025. From 2026, we also expect the fairafric Group to operate profitably. The exact timing of this depends heavily on the development of the world market price for cocoa.

With our new Visitor Center, we also want to give our customers the opportunity to gain a deep insight into our operations. In 2025 alone, more than 1,800 people visited us. The factory tour is combined with a visit to our cocoa communities, all in one day!
Unique in the world!