Licensed Buying Company · Ghana Cocoa

From Ghana to the world, value shared all the way back to the farm.

Rostoff Marketing Limited is a reimagined Licensed Buying Company — pairing operational efficiency and a digital payment platform with a model that puts the fortunes of the business in the hands of farmers, purchasing clerks and district suppliers.

Partner with RML How we buy cocoa
Sustainable sourcesLong-term, certified supply
Market accessFarm gate to global trade
Trusted partnershipsStakeholder collaboration
Shared prosperityValue back to farmers
Ripe yellow cocoa pods growing on a cacao tree
20,000 MT
2026/27 target
40
Cocoa districts
100%
Digital payment
Cocoa · Markets · Opportunities

Mission & Vision

A beacon of change and innovation in Ghana's cocoa sector.

Mission

Rostoff Marketing Limited is a reimagined Licensed Buying Company exploring the powerful potential of nature to improve the quality of business and life — through integrated approaches built in collaboration with different stakeholders across the cocoa chain.

Vision

To be a beacon of change and innovation in the cocoa sector of Ghana — linking cocoa farmers to industry stakeholders for a long-term, sustainable supply of Ghanaian cocoa to the world's markets.

Rostoff Marketing Limited◆ Licensed Buying Company◆ Operating across Ghana's cocoa belt

The challenge

Cocoa sustains Ghana. Its farmers are still left behind.

About 80 licensed buying companies compete for Ghana's cocoa — six of them, mostly foreign-owned, control roughly 80% of the market while local LBCs face a liquidity crunch. Farmers carry the cost of that squeeze.

800K+

Smallholder farmers supported by cocoa

20%

Of global cocoa production from Ghana

~80

LBCs licensed — 6 control ~80% of volume

92%

Of farmers live below the living income threshold

The living income gap

A typical Ghanaian cocoa farmer earns far below what a dignified life requires. Closing that gap is the reason RML exists.

Typical farmer income / year
$1,728
Living income requirement / year
$3,072

The RML model

Inclusive by design — the people who supply the beans share in the fortunes.

Farmer harvesting ripe cocoa pods at the farm
Sub-contractors are the main suppliers of beans from the field
Highly competitiveStructured to win and keep farmer loyalty in a crowded buying market.
Operationally efficientLean district logistics from depot to take-over centre to port.
Technology-drivenDigital payments move money to the field the moment beans are taken over.
Partnership-targetedClimate-smart and voluntary certification programs with industry stakeholders.
Commercially sustainableRisk-diversified purchases protect volume and liquidity season after season.
Social-impact drivenFarmer welfare and financial inclusion are built into the business, not bolted on.
The inclusive structure: a senior management team plus a middle-level workforce of sub-contractors — district managers who supply beans from the field, each with their own team of purchasing clerks and farmers. Every layer benefits substantially from the fortunes of the business.

Cash flows to the field

The moment beans are taken over, payment moves.

Cocoa moves forward
Money flows back
Farmers field · farm gate Cocoa depot district level Take-over centre quality & grade Rostoff Mktg licensed buying co. COCOBOD / Traders contract · CTOR generated cocoa Farmers paid at farm gate District manager collateral-backed Rural bank district account RML bank payment instruction digital payment purchasing clerk pay CTOR triggers payment District managers use their collateral to borrow from the rural bank — liquidity stays in the district.
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Operations · 2026/27 crop season

Anchored across Ghana's cocoa belt.

40

Districts earmarked for the season

20,000 MT

Expected purchase volume

35

Operational districts confirmed

100%

Digital payment at the field

Freshly harvested ripe cocoa pods ready for purchase

Our operational districts

KasapinTwifo NyinaseJuasoBogosoDadieso ASankoreKibiAkoaseAsamankeseAnhwiasoNkawkawDebiso AAssin FosuBonsu Nkwanta ANyinahinEssamAmpenimTwifo PrasoKukuomKadeEffiduaseSunyani ASunyani BDebiso BTakoradiAsumuraOfoaseAsawinsoMankransoTepa ATepa BOffinso AOffinso BSefwi WiawsoGoaso

The team

Deep cocoa experience, from farm gate to global trade.

Samuel Adimado

Samuel Adimado

Managing Director

Agricultural development professional with 20+ years in agric projects, sustainability protocols, capacity building and M&E. Instrumental in developing and transforming cooperative businesses and LBCs in Ghana, including Kuapa Kokoo. President of the Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana (LICOBAG) and Acting President of the Chamber of Cocoa Marketers Ghana.

MPhil Agricultural Administration, Univ. of Ghana, Legon · BSc Agriculture Technology, UDS Tamale
Jonathan Quaynor

Jonathan Quaynor

Deputy Managing Director

Oversees daily operations, compliance, staff and budgets. Previously General Manager at olam food ingredients (ofi) for over two decades — grew crop volume from 40,000 to 160,000 MT in the 2019/20 main crop season, sustained ofi as the top LBC from 2016 to 2026, and earned Top Employer recognition seven consecutive years.

MBA HRM, Univ. of Ghana Business School · PGD Marketing · BA English & Sociology
Seth Adimado

Seth Adimado

Director / Board Member

Astute development economist with 15+ years in business advisory across real estate, construction and commodities, with added expertise in fundraising and financial re-engineering. Project Manager at Imperial Homes and director on boards of both government and private-sector businesses.

MBA Finance · BSc Economics
Ghapson Kwadwo Boakye

Ghapson Kwadwo Boakye

Senior Consultant

Chartered Accountant with 33+ years across fund management, banking, housing, sustainability, haulage, commodities financing and FMCG, in Ghana and the UK (Audit Commission London). Managing Director of Monarch Capital for the past 9 years; Country Consultant of Peaceinvest (Switzerland) since 2023.

CA · CFA · Chartered Banker · MBA Finance, Univ. of Hull Business School
Stephen Oglie Tetteh

Stephen Oglie Tetteh

Finance Manager

Results-driven finance professional with 9+ years in banking and financial management, excellent IT and financial-software skills, and a focus on driving growth and profitability.

MBA Finance · ICA Level II · BSc Management Studies, Univ. of Cape Coast
Keziah Antwiwaa Amponsah

Keziah Antwiwaa Amponsah

Marketing Manager

Marketing professional with 12+ years in banking and marketing management, deep experience in product distribution — including wheat bran and animal feed — and a strong record of driving growth and profitability.

MBA Strategic Management & Consulting · BSc Political Science

Contact

Let's move Ghana's cocoa forward — together.

Whether you buy cocoa, finance trade, certify sustainability or farm the beans themselves — we should talk.

Principal contact
Samuel Adimado — Managing Director
Email
rostoffml@gmail.com
Phone
+233 (0) 596 833 969

Partnerships we're building

Cocoa sustainability initiatives — climate change / climate-smart programs, voluntary certification, farmer financial inclusion, and long-term supply partnerships with industry stakeholders.

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