Ghana’s cocoa sector has long been a source of national pride and rural livelihood, supported by a state-led marketing, trading and pricing system designed to shield farmers from the volatility of ...

Mid-season cocoa price cut has triggered protests among Ghanaian farmers and raised concerns over livelihoods - Anadolu ...

Former managers of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are facing mounting scrutiny after failing to respond to a series of audit ...

Ghana's licensed cocoa buyers are staggering under up to $750 million in debt to banks, the Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association ...

Ghana lost nearly $941 million in a single cocoa trade deal after buying beans from farmers at $7,200 per tonne to settle pre-existing contracts priced at just $2,600 per tonne, Dr Peter Boamah ...

Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed details of financial transactions involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako, ...

Farmers and purchasing clerks say the money is yet to reach them, raising questions about whether the funds are instead being used to service debts owed by cocoa buyers to banks.

Chocolate bars may have shot up in price but West Africa's cocoa farmers are facing economic ruin.

Ghana’s licensed cocoa buyers owe banks up to $750 million as financial pressures intensify across the country’s cocoa sector, raising ...

After paying record interest of 8% per annum during the previous season – amounting to $32m – Ghana is putting an end to a 30-year-old practice: borrowing from the international market to fund its ...

Ransford Abbey, the acting CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), has pledged a sharp increase in the farmgate price for cocoa by August – a move he describes as a ‘turning point’ for Ghana’s 800,000 ...

LONDON/ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's cocoa regulator Cocobod is investigating a shortfall of around 70,000 tonnes of beans between official cocoa purchases and its inventory after buyers reported inflated ...