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Next On “The A List From WTCI PBS”: Ella Livingston

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published July 23, 2024 at 9:45 PM EDT

In 2018, Ella Livingston - a first-time entrepreneur - founded Cocoa Asante, a luxury chocolate brand with a home base here in Chattanooga.

Though Cocoa Asante might be a local startup success story, the company’s roots - like its founder’s - are firmly planted across the world in Ghana, West Africa.

Born from the Asante tribe - and with family members operating cacao farms in her ancestral land - it seems Ella was destined to make her mark on the chocolate industry.

Cocoa Asante is about more than beautiful bonbons.

For Ella, it is also a deeply personal mission to invest in Ghana’s economy - and help build a more sustainable, ethical and equitable cocoa industry for all.

Ella Livingston is the next guest on “The A List with Alison Lebovitz” - this Thursday night at 8:30 PM on our public media partner WTCI PBS.