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The Auditor General’s (AG) 2020 report on the public accounts of Ghana has disclosed that allocations totalling GHS7.3 million (US$1.5 million) for the Cocoa Farmers Wards Scholarship Trust Fund have been misapplied. According to the AG’s…
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Pilot registration under the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme for a cross-section of Ghanaian cocoa growers has taken off in the Ashanti Region. Some 2,800 volunteer farmers from the New Edubiase District are expected to be captured within the…
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Ghana Cocoa Board has issued a rejoinder to the Auditor-General's report on expired chemicals and fertilizer with the assurance that prudent measures have been adopted to prevent a recurrence. The Auditor-General (AG) in its 2020 report…
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Fertilizer and agro-chemicals valued at GH¢23.9 million expired in the custody of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) according to the Auditor-General's report. The report captures that the Board of Directors in 2018 approved for a debt of…
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A non-governmental organisation, African Business Centre for Developing Education (ABCDE) has observed this year’s International Youth Day with a conference for a cross-section of Ghanaian youngsters on Youth Innovation in chocolate-making.…
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The Minister of Food and Agric, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has sworn in an 11-member new Board of Directors for Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), at a brief ceremony in Accra. The 11-member team comprising 10 male and one female is chaired by Mr…
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Federated Commodities Limited (FEDCO), a licensed cocoa buying company has been lauded by a Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Emmanuel Opoku for embracing the new cocoa farmer registration module by the…
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Top officials of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire say they have received calls from a number of cocoa-producing countries to join their recently launched joint initiative on cocoa. The formal commencement of operations of the headquarters and…
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The governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast are set to sign the Headquarters Agreement for the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative secretariat based in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Agreement to be signed in Accra, Thursday 5th August,…
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The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has appointed Mr Peter Mac Manu as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the country's cocoa regulator, COCOBOD. Mr Mac Manu replaces Mr Hackman Owusu Agyemang, who has chaired the body…
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