Ghana

Chocolate manufacturing giant, Mars Incorporated, has put in a patent application for a new heat resistant chocolates. The company's scientists came up with the innovation in response to the challenge of chocolate products melting in…
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Global Cocoa and chocolate companies are donating $325,000 to help cocoa farmers and their families in Ghana fight the spreading coronavirus by supporting the national emergency plan of the government. Coming on top of numerous individual…
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Ghana’s cocoa industry could suffer darker days ahead as the coronavirus pandemic has not just plunged cocoa prices on the world market but also stalled the current syndication process for loan facilities for the 2020/2021 crop season. CEO…
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As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa farmers, the institution has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities in the country to come together as a vibrant community-based Cocoa farmers cooperative.…
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U.S. customs authorities have asked cocoa traders to report where and when they encounter child labor in their supply chains in top grower Ivory Coast, three industry sources said, following calls from American lawmakers to ban some…
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The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo and his three deputies have donated 50 percent of their salaries for three months and a cash amount of GH₵ 200,000.00 to support the fight against COVID-19 in…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has presented a cheque of Ghc200,000 and assorted products worth over GHc1,032,000 to support the COVID-19 Fund set up by the government to mobilize logistics to contain the spread of the pandemic in the…
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