33% of Cocoa Trees Unproductive
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Mr. Boahen Aidoo has indicated on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that , government will intensify the provision of hybrid seedlings that have...
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2017 McDan West Africa Tennis Open Final
The top seed at the 2017 McDan West African Tennis Open lived up to expectations when France based Togolese Thomas Sethodji qualified for the Men’s final to face Felix Hounkpevi from Benin....
Setodji To Face Na-Adjrago In Semis
The winner of the Setodji-Na-Adjrago clash will face the winner of a similarly exciting semi-final t Women's top seed and defending champion, Sarah Adegoke, strolled into the semi-finals of the...
COCOBOD To Rehabilitate Cocoa Farms
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to undertake massive rehabilitation of cocoa farms in the country. In view of this, all cocoa trees over 30 years on about 50,000 hectares of cocoa farms would be...
COCOBOD To Subsidise Fertiliser For Cocoa Farmers and Halt Free Supplies
COCOBOD will stop supplying free fertiliser to the country's cocoa farmers and instead subsidise the products in an effort to create a fairer market, a spokesman for COCOBOD said on Friday. The...
Cocobod Goes To Cocoa Farmers’ Rescue Following Armyworm Invasion
Barely 48 hours after TV3’s report on the invasion of cocoa farms by armyworms within the Ejisu-Juaben and Mampong municipalities of the Ashanti Region, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has...
Victims of EOCO, Political Harassment Revealed
The list of personalities, who have become victims of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) political harassment through the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) is growing by the day, with the latest...
EOCO Probes GRA Over Ibrahim Mahama’s Dud Cheques
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has dragged the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to its offices to assist with an investigation into the suspected import duties...
Cocobod Project To Rehabilitate 10,000 Hectares of Cocoa Farms
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has launched a project to treat and rehabilitate some 10,000 hectares of diseased and overage cocoa farms in the Western North and Eastern regions this year. The...
Ghana – Cote d’Ivoire Partnership Could Stabilise Cocoa Prices – Expert
A supply and value chain expert, Vincent Ebo Ocran, is proposing a partnership between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire as a measure to ensure a stabilisation of cocoa prices on the world market. He argued...
EOCO Investigates Ibrahim Mahama
The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has opened formal investigations into activities of Ibrahim Mahama, a brother to former President John Mahama. Ibrahim Mahama, who heads Engineers and...
Kofi Adams Justifies ‘Montie 3’ Over Delta Force
National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams says the action of political vigilante group Delta Force is criminal and worse than what some three activists of his party did...
GCB Bank Appoints Raymond Sowah As MD
An experienced banker-cum-lawyer, Anselm Raymond Sowah, has been appointed the Managing Director of GCB Bank Limited. He takes over from Ernest Mawuli Agbesi who resigned his post last week. Mr....
COCOBOD Hopeful of 2016/17 Targets As It Signs New LBC
The Ghana COCOBOD has reiterated its optimism of meeting the one million metric tonnes cocoa output target at least by the end of the next four years. According to the Cocoa industry regulator, its...
Raymond Sowah Appointed MD of GCB Bank
The Board of Directors of GCB Bank Limited (GCB) has appointed Mr. Anselm Raymond Sowah, a seasoned banker and lawyer as the Managing Director of the Bank. He replaces Mr. Ernest Mawuli Agbesi who...
Sack SADA CEO For Fraud
The Northern Youth for Peace and Development (NYUPED) has petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to “as a matter of urgency” relieve Dr. Charles Abugre of his post as the Chief...
Angry Mampong Chiefs Blast COCOBOD
Chiefs in Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region have expressed their dissatisfaction with the seeming neglect of notable edifices cited in the community in honor of the man recognized for bringing...
Captain Smart ‘fires’ COCOBOD
Radio Presenter, Nana Kojo Yirenkyi popularly referred to as Captain Smart on Wednesday morning took on officials of COCOBOD on his popular show, FABEWOSO for acts of corruption and negligence....
Save Cocobod From Financial Hemorrhage – Dr Ankrah
An investment banker, Dr Samuel Ankrah, has called on the government to take immediate steps to permanently plug the loopholes in the internal control systems at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to...
Inside the Cocoa Factory Which Produces Snakes
Constructed on the occasion of Ghana’s 50th Anniversary to salute the man who is officially recognized as the one who brought cocoa into the country, the chocolate factory which was earmarked to...