CEO of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo Even before the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa initiative headquarters is fully established in Accra to champion the welfare of cocoa farmers in the two countries, some minor cocoa-producing countries on the continent have applied to join the group. The Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire Initiative was promulgated by the two leading producers of […]
Cocoa beans at a warehouse in the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ange Aboa Ghana’s plans to introduce a central bank digital currency can help the country climb the cocoa-processing value chain, Ferenc Szelenyi – managing director for Middle East and Africa at Giesecke+Devrient – tells The Africa Report. On August […]
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Wednesday led the staff of the Information Ministry and members of the Ministry’s Press Corps to donate blood to stock up the National Blood Bank. They targeted to donate 100 unit pints of blood to the blood bank at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital following […]
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed an agreement with Bühler of Switzerland, one of the world’s biggest cocoa processing and chocolate making companies, to process more of Ghana’s cocoa. As part of the agreement, Ghana will also benefit through training, product development and technology guidance to build its local capacity in cocoa processing and value […]
Senior Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, Mr Fiifi Boafo The Senior Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, Mr Fiifi Boafo, has called on the culinary sector to explore cocoa recipes to maximize its use in homes. This will help inculcate the habit of cocoa consumption, in various forms, in the young and become a major drive […]
• Ms Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss Minister of Environment, Energy, Transport and Communication and Councillor, engages with workers on a farm. The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has distributed 15 million hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across the country to increase yields. About 75,870 cocoa farmers have benefited from the distribution exercise through a public private […]
Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has said the development of Ghana’s cocoa sector remains key to the country’s socio-economic advancement. According to her, the sector contributes significantly towards the enhancement of livelihoods in cocoa-growing communities. “The benefits from the cocoa sector remain enormous as it offers a reliable source of income to farmers […]
COCOBOD CEO, Joseph Boahen Aidoo The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has said Switzerland can strengthen its existing economic ties with Ghana by supporting the effort of the Ghanaian government to expand the local cocoa processing and value addition sector. Such support, he explained, can be in the form […]
Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan with other dignitaries at the ceremony. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan’s Remarks Cargill Sod Cutting School Project Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Ghana Chief of Staff to President; H.E. Ron Strikker, The Netherlands Embassy in Accra, Ghana; Mr. Aedo van der Weij, Cargill Managing Director Hon. John Ntim Fordjour, Deputy Minister of Education; Hon. Michael […]
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has reiterated the need for Ghana to go into strategic partnerships with developed countries to add value to the country’s basic exports to improve foreign earnings. He stated that Ghana has exported over US$18 billion worth of cocoa to Switzerland in recent times but the European country […]
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