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AAC plans to expand investments across Africa, prioritising food security continent-wide, he noted.

“With Jospong Rice, AAC is taking a significant step towards ensuring Ghana’s food future

the President outlined his administration’s proactive approach to address the effects of erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts, and rising temperatures on Ghana’s agricultural sector.

This is second time of increasing cocoa price in the same season with the the initial increase pegging the price at GHC48,000 as announced on September 1, 2024.

According to CPC’s unaudited third-quarter financial statement, revenue fell to $31.1 million, down 3.86% from $32.3 million in the prior-year period.

The programme, which provides financial assistance to smallholder farmers at a low interest rate of 5%, has already impacted 11,000 farmers, he said.

Overall, the SB ATB trade attractiveness rankings reveal a dynamic shift in trade standings among the 10 African nations it covers, with Tanzania (moving from 8th to 4th ranking), Mozambique (4 to 3), Nigeria (6 to 5) and Zambia (9 to 8) recording improvements in their positions, while declines were recorded for Ghana (3 to 7), Uganda (7 to 9) and Kenya (5 to 6). Meanwhile South Africa, Namibia and Angola retained their rankings, at positions 1, 2 and 10, respectively.

Adnan Adams Mohammed Last week, the World Bank Africa Pulse Report, indicated a declining inflation across the Sub-Saharan…

Mr. Kutortse noted this was the only way the country’s energy sector could be guaranteed by harnessing the power of our natural resources—sun, wind, and water—to drive our economic growth and reduce our reliance on imported energy.

The levy, which was introduced in the 2024 National Budget under the Emissions Act 1112, imposes a tax on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions across several sectors, including oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, mining, and electricity generation.