The National Chocolate Day falls on February 14 The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in partnership with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Cocoa Processing Company have launched this year’s National Chocolate Day. At the launch of the event today at the Accra Tourist Information Centre, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi whose speech […]

Ms Adelaide Ahwireng speaking at the launch of the 2020 Chocolate Day in Accra The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in partnership with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), has launched this year’s National Chocolate Day. The day, which falls on February 14, was instituted by the Ministry of Tourism in 2005 […]

This year’s celebration of National Chocolate Day was yesterday launched in Accra with the introduction of two competitions aimed to publicise made-in -Ghana chocolates and cocoa-inspired artworks. In the first contest, participants are required to post pictures of themselves on social media enjoying chocolate with the hastag; ‘#MyChocolateExperience’, ‘#ChocolateDay2020’ and #EatGhana and tag the Ghana […]

Year of Return logo (file photo) The chief of Achiase in the Juaben municipality of the Ashanti Region, Nana Tabono Bonsu III has demarcated 200 acres of land to be given to Ghanaians in the diaspora who have returned home as part of the Year of Return programme and wish to settle down to build […]

The commissioning of the 32,000-tonne capacity industry by PM Dion Ngute last April opened floodgates of real competition in local transformation. Neo Industry is the name. It is one of Africa’s biggest cocoa bean processing factory and it was on April 26, 2019 that the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute cut the […]

Cargill has announced a 13 million dollar investment in the expansion of its cocoa processing site in Tema, Ghana to increase production capacity by 20 per cent. Cargill has also committed 3.4 million dollars to Ghanaian community sustainability programmes and cocoa traceability efforts in Ghana. These programmes will enhance the safety and wellbeing of children […]

Photo: Cargill AMSTERDAM — Cargill is investing more than $113 million to expand two West African cocoa processing sites. The company announced a $100 million investment aimed at doubling its production capacity in Yopougon, Ivory Coast. An additional $13 million investment in Tema, Ghana, will increase production capacity by 20%. “We aim to shift a […]

Photo courtesy of Cargill. AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — Cargill is investing more than $113 million to expand two West African cocoa processing sites. The company announced a $100 million investment aimed at doubling its production capacity in Yopougon, Ivory Coast. An additional $13 million investment in Tema, Ghana, will increase production capacity by 20%. “We […]

Tay: The acquisition of SHG certainly sets us strategically to target new growth opportunities in the world’s largest chocolate-consuming market. Photo by Mohd Izwan Mohd Nazam KUALA LUMPUR: Johor-based Guan Chong Bhd, the world’s fourth largest cocoa grinder, is buying European-based chocolate maker Schokinag Holding GmbH (SHG) for €29.93 million (RM137.84 million) as part of […]