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Business

Cocoa Production To Improve

Although Ghana’s cocoa production fell short of industry forecasts for the 2015/16 growing season, increased...

Politics

Empowering Rural Women In Central and West Africa

Thousands of women in rural communities in Central and West Africa are reaping the rewards from Nestle’s agricultural...

Business

Calls For Additional Increase In Cocoa Price ‘irrational’ – Sampson Ahi

A Deputy Minister of state, Sampson Ahi has defended the Mahama-led government for pegging the producer price of cocoa...

Business

Nestlé Partners Groups To Support Cocoa Farmers

As part of measures to improve the livelihoods of farmers in cocoa communities, Nestlé Ghana, with its Create Share...

Business

Cocoa Farmers Lament Poor Sales

Some cocoa farmers at Suaman Dadieso in the Western Region have expressed concern about the alleged inability of...

Opinion

She Wants To Take Ghanas Chocolate Industry By Storm — An XYZ Africa News@8 Exclusive

She wants to take Ghana’s Chocolate industry by storm -- an XYZ Africa Exclusive By E. K.Bensah Jr The first thing...

Business

New Cocoa Prices Meant To Motivate Farmers – Cocobod

Cocobod has announced that the 11.76% increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2016/2016 crop season is to...

Business

Cocoa Farmers Unhappy With ‘meagre’ Hike In Producer Price

Some cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region have expressed disappointment in government over what they describe as a...

Politics

Govt Announces New Producer Price of Cocoa

Government has increased the producer price of cocoa from 6,800 cedis per tonne to 7,600 cedis per tonne for the...

Business

Government Increases Producer Price of Cocoa

Government has reviewed upwards the producer price for cocoa at a ceremony to commemorate this year's national cocoa...

Business

COCOBOD Gives Out 400, 000 Liters of Fertilizers

One million, four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and thirty three (1,413,333) hectares of cocoa farms in...

Business

HFC Bank Earmarks GH¢198.1m Credit For Cocoa Sector

HFC bank has announced plans to increase its investment in the cocoa sector from GH¢90 million to GH¢198.1 million in...

Business

Additional $200m Loan Awaits COCOBOD

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a $1.8billion cocoa syndicated loan agreement in Frankfurt, Germany, for the...

Business

BoG To Auction Proceeds From Cocoa Syndicated Loan

Citi Business News has gathered that Ghana will soon start inviting bids for the auctioning of the foreign-exchange...

Business

Cocobod’s US$1.8bn Syndicated Loan Ready In Two-Weeks

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it secured US$1.8 billion syndicated loan from a consortium of banks to allow it...

Business

No Political Motives In Fertiliser Distribution

Allegations of discrimination in the supply of farm inputs to cocoa farmers have been denied by the Ghana Cocoa Board...

Opinion

Brown Colour In Black Heart (Part1)

Boanna, a sleepy village in the heart of Brong-Ahafo close to Sunyani and Techiman, laid quietly in the afternoon sun...

Opinion

Brown Colour In Black Heart (Part 2)

In the far distance she saw her Father coming that wanted to check on his Farm after having ensured the Truck Driver...

Business

Cocoa Industry Gets $1m Interest-Free Loan

Olam Ghana Limited has given over 1,000 cocoa farmer $1million interest-free loans in addition to the GHS4million...