By Adnan Adams Mohammed Global cocoa futures plummeted to a seven-week low on Friday, last week, as an unexpected surge in near-term supply from West Africa flooded international markets, …
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StanChart Chief endorses COCOBOD’s new domestic financing model during high-level courtesy visit
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adams By Adnan Adams Mohammed Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC has expressed strong confidence in the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) new crop financing model and upcoming notes programme, …
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Atewa to generate $1.3 billion yearly if declared National Park- Activists Call for Urgent Action
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Theresa Weyerane Adiali A group of activists has on Monday demanded that the Government of Ghana urgently declare the Atewa Forest as a National Park, amidst rampant …
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Industry experts caution against exploiting COCOBOD financials
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed Prominent cocoa sector stakeholders and financial analysts have cautioned political actors, commentators, and farmer associations against the partisan exploitation of state enterprise reporting. …
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Ghana-Japan Cocoa Ties Deepen as Meiji Celebrates 100 Years with Focus on Local Value Addition
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan Adams Ghana has signaled a major push toward green manufacturing and domestic industrialization as top government officials and Japanese diplomats gathered to mark the 100th anniversary of Meiji …
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NPA intensifies consumer protection and safety campaigns nationwide
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has intensified its nationwide public education, enforcement, and safety awareness campaigns to protect fuel consumers, prevent loss of …
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Beyond the Pits: How values, intelligence, and infrastructure intersect in Ghana’s fight against illegal mining
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed Ghana’s battle against illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has evolved far beyond visible environmental damage. Rivers that once provided clean water now run thick …
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Courage, Innovation, and Decisive Action needed to defeat galamsey – Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings asserts
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed Newly appointed Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has outlined a firm agenda to combat illegal mining (galamsey), environmental degradation, and pollution, …
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Ayariga tours Adepa landfill as gov’t prepares rapid removal of Accra’s legacy waste
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed A high-level government effort to transform urban sanitation in the nation’s capital has entered its operational phase, as the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and …
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Ghana’s economic rebound threatened by cocoa and energy vulnerabilities – World Bank warns
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsGhana’s steady economic recovery could be derailed if the government fails to address growing operational losses in the energy sector and structural inefficiencies in cocoa production, according to the World …