Mike Aaron Ocquaye Jnr, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA), Dr. Mike Aaron Ocquaye Jnr. says Ghana’s Free Zone Authority is repositioned to take full advantage of the single continental market to boost investments to its enclaves. To achieve this, he said, […]

By Adedapo Adesanya Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State will on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, commission a N15 billion cocoa processing plant in Akure built by JohnVents Industries Limited. The factory is expected to boost local cocoa production, drive employment and enhance the country’s economy, according to the Managing Director of JohnVents Industry, Mr John […]

Photo: Cargill ACCRA, GHANA — Cargill announced it has completed a 16-month, $13 million expansion of its cocoa processing facility in Tema, Ghana, an initiative that increased the plant’s grind capability by 20% and bolstered its annual production capacity to 90,000 tonnes. With the expansion the plant becomes the largest cocoa processing facility in Ghana. […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the completion of Cargill’s US$13 million expansion cocoa processing facility in Tema underscores the importance of the private sector in the government’s transformation drive. He said in this time of a global pandemic where industries across the globe were scaling down to uncertainties, this milestone of Cargill was […]

Asuquo Ekpenyong By Emma Una, CALABAR CROSS River State Commissioner for Finance, Mr Asuquo Ekpenyong, has called on African leaders to urgently create a pathway for youths to thrive and take active part in building the continent’s economy through trade. Speaking at the Intra-Africa Trade Conference in Durban, South Africa South Africa , Mr Ekpenyong […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with other dignitaries President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday commissioned a US$13 million cocoa processing plant expansion of the Cargill Cocoa Processing Company in the Tema Free Zones enclave. The investment is expected to increase the company’s cocoa-grinding capability by 20 per cent to match growing consumer demands for cocoa […]

ABIDJAN, Nov 2 – Global commodities trader Cargill inaugurated an extension of its cocoa processing plant in Ivory Coast on Tuesday which will increase its annual grinding capacity to 160,000 tonnes from 110,000. The company launched the extension project four years ago at its plant in the commercial capital Abidjan to take advantage of tax […]

Photo: Cargill SCHIPHOL, THE NETHERLANDS — Cargill announced on Nov. 2 that it has completed a $100 million expansion of its cocoa processing facilities in Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire, a project that makes the Yopougon facility the single largest cocoa grinding plant in Africa. As part of the expansion, Cargill doubled production capacity at the site, […]