Tag: Cocoa

Ghana emerged as the West Africa’s top performer in trade, recording a remarkable trade surplus of approximately $4.1 billion in 2024. Côte d’Ivoire followed closely with a surplus of $2 ...

Ghana has unveiled a plan to transform its export sector by tripling the country’s non-traditional export (NTE) earnings from $3.5 billion to a projected $10 billion annually by 2030. This ...

Ghana’s cocoa sector, a backbone of the country’s economy and a key foreign exchange earner, has been rocked by revelations of gross underperformance in a major rehabilitation project. The Chief ...

Professional services firm, Deloitte, has forecasted a continued slowdown in the depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi throughout 2025. This projection is based on expected forex inflows from the International Monetary ...

Ghana’s economic transformation has remained weak and unstable over the past two decades, according to a recent report by the Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET). The report highlights Ghana’s ...

Gold and cocoa prices are poised to deliver strong performances in 2025, while Brent crude oil prices are projected to decline, according to a report by Databank Research. These price ...

Cocoa purchases in Ghana faced a significant downturn in December 2024, as election-related uncertainties and constrained financing disrupted market operations. The resulting delays in payments from the state marketing board, ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board's (COCOBOD) recent downward revision of cocoa harvest projections for the 2024/2025 season has sparked concerns about the Ghanaian cedi's stability. Joe Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of ...

Ghana's trade surplus reached an impressive $3.8 billion at the end of October 2024, marking a significant milestone for the nation’s economy. The Bank of Ghana's November 2024 Summary of ...

Alan Kyerematen, the presidential candidate for Movement for Change, has promised to transform the cocoa sector, particularly focusing on the Ahafo Region, where livelihoods are heavily tied to cocoa farming.   Speaking ...