Ibrahim Mahama and Osei Kwame Despite Ghana has a market-based economy with relatively few policy barriers to trade and investment in comparison with other countries in the African region, and the country is endowed with natural resources. Ghana’s economy was strengthened by a quarter-century of relatively sound management, a competitive business environment, and sustained reductions […]
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Cocoa Processing Company acquires additional plant to boost production
Nana Agyenim-Boateng, the Managing Director of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) Managing Director of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) Nana Agyenim-Boateng has announced that the government of Ghana has given the company $3million stimulus to expand its operation. He said the package is intended to help the company expand its operations to produce more products […]
Pain for pensioners over BoG’s dividend directive
File photo Pensioners will be hit hard by the central bank’s directive for non-payment of dividends by banks to their shareholders for the 2019 and 2020 financial years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. By this directive, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)—the state pensions administrator—private pension funds, mutual funds, and […]
Charity Sackitey Kick Against Stigmatization Of Covid-19 Persons
The Managing Director of Barry Callebaut, Charity Sackitey has strongly kicked against the stigmatization of persons diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease. She said stigmatization of such persons and their families puts the entire country at risk and brings to zero the effort being made by the government at combating the disease in the country. She […]
Drink raw cocoa powder to boost your immune system – Pharmacist
File photo A chief pharmacist at the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Edward Amporful, is encouraging the consumption of raw cocoa powder to help boost the immune system and defend the body against the novel coronavirus. Health experts have said strong immune system is currently the only means of fighting the deadly virus which has no […]
Rebecca Foundation supports SOS Village to mitigate Covid-19 discomfort
Rebecca Challenge The Rebecca Foundation has donated assorted items to the SOS Village Ghana as part of efforts to mitigate the socio-economic discomfort associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The items were boxes of cocoa drink, bags of maize, beans, gari, rice, and sugar, cartons of vegetable oil, Chocolate spread, washing powder, toilet rolls and some […]
Cocoa processing company makes presentation to Covid-19 survivor
The Managing Director of the Cocoa Processing Company Ltd, Nana Agyenim Boateng I, has presented some products of the cocoa processing company to Fred Drah a resident of Mataheko, Afienya who recently recovered from the dreadful Covid-19. The items included cartons of Royale Natural Cocoa powder some quantities of Alltime, Assorted ChocoDelight and premium dark […]
Covid-19 survivor and Ambassador, Fred Drah gets support from Cocoa Processing Company
Mr. Fred Drah is one of the 83 persons who have fully recovered after contracting the deadly virus The Cocoa Processing company (CPC), has donated a variety of immune booster products to Mr Frederick Drah, a trader at the Tema port, who through his daily trek to and from the port caught the deadly coronavirus. […]
Rebecca Foundation ‘Relief Boxes Challenge’ donates to SOS Villages
The Rebecca Foundation, as part of efforts to mitigate the socio-economic discomfort associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, has donated assorted items to the SOS Children’s Village, Ghana. The donations include 15 boxes of cocoa drink, 10 bags of maize, 10 bags of beans, 10 bags of gari, 20 bags of rice, 15 cartons of vegetable […]
Coronavirus Effect: COCOBOD predicts Ghana will lose $1bn in cocoa revenue as global price falls
The Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahene Aidoo, said the COVID-19 pandemic has also stalled the current syndication process for loan facilities for the 2020/2021 crop season. Mr Boahene Aidoo told Accra-based Joy FM that the fall in cocoa prices has so far cost the country $1 billion. “The buyers have closed their windows so […]