By Adnan Adams Mohammed Institutional investors, commodity trading desks, and global food conglomerates are recalibrating risk models as a widening structural supply deficit in West Africa propels cocoa benchmark …
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COCOBOD clears GH¢2.6bn debts to LBCs as global cocoa price crash hits West African farmers
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major bid to salvage the livelihoods of struggling cocoa producers, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) announced today that it has released GH¢2.6 billion …
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West African Cocoa Cartel Revived: Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire harmonize prices and push for industrial processing
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a historic bid to reshape the economics of the global confectionery industry, West Africa’s primary cocoa powerhouses, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, have signed an …
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Govt cushions cocoa farmers …maintains producer price for 2026 Light Crop Season amid global slump
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a major move to shield local farmers from the volatile international commodities market, the Government of Ghana, acting through the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), …
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Ghana paying 112% more to cocoa farmers over Ivory Coast …edging out regional competitiveness
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsBy Adnan Adams Mohammed In a significant shift for the West African agricultural landscape, Ghanaian cocoa farmers are now earning substantially higher returns per bag than their counterparts in neighboring …
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Cedi gains slashes Ghana’s external debt stock
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsWe have reduced our total debt over the last five months by almost GHc150-billion, which is very significant” President John Dramani Mahama revealed at a session during the African Development …
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Commodity markets outlook promising for cocoa and gold
by Adnan Adamsby Adnan AdamsGhanaian investors are encouraged to diversify their portfolios by considering gold-backed securities, such as the Ghana Gold Coin introduced by the Bank of Ghana, as a hedge against economic uncertainties.