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Ghana’s cocoa regulator pitches $1.4 billion domestic financing plan | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ACCRA, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is seeking to raise 16.3 billion Ghana cedis ($1.4 billion) from domestic investors to fund cocoa purchases for the upcoming season, according to a government presentation to investors seen by Reuters. The national regulator is turning to domestic debt markets to fund its operations after struggling to finance the sector since its decade-old syndicated loan arrangement with international banks collapsed during the 2023/24 season. A separate
Ghana cocoa buyers seek unpaid debt, warn of funding gap ahead of new season | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ACCRA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Ghana’s cocoa buyers are owed about 4 billion cedi ($349 million) by regulator COCOBOD for last season’s crop, and want it paid before the new crop year begins, an industry body told Reuters. The Chamber of Cocoa Marketers, which represents Ghana’s licensed cocoa buyers, also warned that financing may not yet be in place to fund purchases when the season opens. “Up till now, we have not seen any visible or reliable funding to show that COCOBOD is prepared for the openi
Ghana consumer inflation rises to 5.0% year-on-year in August | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ACCRA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Ghana’s consumer inflation rose to 5.0% year-on-year in August, from 4.6% in July, the statistics service said on Wednesday. Government statistician Alhassan Iddrisu said housing, water and energy were the biggest drivers of inflation, accounting for 29.4% of the overall rate, followed by food and beverages at 29.1%. “Overall, inflation has declined by more than half in 12 months, and on month-to-month basis, prices decreased 1% in August, the sharpest monthly fall of t
Ghana’s cocoa farmers push back against new law on land use | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ACCRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Ghanaian cocoa farmers are pushing back against a newly passed law that restricts how they can use their own land, urging President John Dramani Mahama to withhold his assent until they have been properly consulted. The Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026, was approved by Ghana’s parliament in late July. It gives cocoa farms “protected” status and bars anyone, including farmers, from converting cocoa farms for other uses without approval from market regulator COCOBOD, except f
Ghana’s cocoa production is expected to fall 16% next season | CNBC Africa (opens the original)
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s cocoa production is expected to fall by at least 16% in the 2026 to 2027 season, market regulator COCOBOD said, citing weather effects, the crop’s natural fruit-bearing cycle and disease, adding detail to warnings farmers have raised. The regulator, responding to questions from Reuters, said the decline reflects the likelihood of El Niño conditions, excessive rain in May and June this year, and the physiological bearing pattern of the cocoa tree, which tends to alternat
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