The Plateaux Region, the largest of Togo's five regions, stretches along the border with Ghana and is home to Mount Agou, the country's highest peak at 986 meters. This area is part of the Atakora range, a spur of mountains that extends into neighboring Benin, often referred to locally as the Togo Mountains. Historically, the region is populated by the Ewe people, with communities that took in Adangme refugees fleeing slave traders in the 17th century. Mount Agou has long been a symbol of resilience: Ashanti forces attempted to conquer it in 1870 but were repelled by villagers, and remnants of German and French military installations from colonial and World War II eras still stand as testaments to this history. The slopes are dotted with villages and lush fields where cocoa and coffee thrive, interspersed with banana and other fruit trees. Much of the cocoa on this website comes from the Kekeli Cooperative, a women-founded and owned collective of over 100 smallholder farmers committed to transparency and earning organic certification.