Regulatory

Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is set to begin the full-scale rollout of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme effective this month, October 2022. The Board Chairman of Cocobod, Peter Mac Manu, disclosed this at the 2022 Cocoa Day celebrations…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a cue from Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire’s Living Income Differential initiative for cocoa producers to address challenges facing the country’s cocoa sector. In view of this, a National Cocoa…
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The five-member Audit Committee of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been inaugurated by Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA). He asked the committee members to be guided by the Public Financial…
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Bilateral cooperation between West African neighbours, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, introduced a new cocoa pricing mechanism in 2019 targeting a floor price of $2600 per tonne. Chocolate companies and cocoa traders accepted the proposal…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has suggested to cocoa farmers in Ghana to resort to the use of poultry manure for farming due to a looming fertilizer shortage across the world. He attributed the…
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Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, on Friday 3rd September 2021 closed its Light Crop Season bringing the 2020/21 cocoa crop year to an end. A circular signed by the acting Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr.…
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Opanyin Kwabena Nkrumah, 103 years from Adansi Atobiase, volunteered as one of the cocoa farmers who showed up at the early hours on the first day of the Pilot Registration exercise of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme. After spending…
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Kenya is the leading exporter of black tea in the world. The East African nation earned about US$1.1 billion from exports in 2019, and an additional 200 million dollars from domestic sales. Kenya, which has been growing tea since the…
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has procured 40,000 units of password-protected electronic weighing scales ahead of the commencement of the 2021/22 crop season in October. The scales are to be distributed to all Licensed Buying Companies…
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Pilot registration for Ghana's Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme is set to commence from Monday 30th August 2021. Public Affairs Manager for Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo, who made the disclosure also indicated the pilot phase of the scheme…
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