Ivory Coast to reduce 2017 Budget on low cocoa prices
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday announced plans to cut the 2017 budget of the west-African nation by 10 percent due to a sharp drop […]
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Ivory coast and Ghana to increase cocoa processing capacity and price
World’s top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana will boost ties to coordinate production strategies to tackle price volatility in the two west-African nations, Reuters […]
Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa Arrivals at Port Increase by 8%
Ivorian cocoa exporters estimated cocoa arrivals at ports of the West African nation at around 783,000 tons by Dec. 25 since the start of the […]
Ghana: 27 Electoral Reforms to Ensure Credible Elections
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it has adopted 27 electoral reforms to make this year general elections in the West African nation, more […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Cocoa to See Sharp Mid-Crop Decline
Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa production is expected to fall sharply this season due to dry weather and the impact of a severe Harmattan wind, the Agriculture […]
Ivory Coast: Oct-Dec. cocoa harvest drops
Output from Ivory Coast’s October-to-December cocoa mid-crop falls short of last year’s harvest, Reuters reported on Monday. By Dec. 27, cocoa port arrivals had reached […]
Ivory Coast to supply half of global cocoa by 2020
Hours after been re-elected as president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara told reporters that his country will supply half of the world’s cocoa by 2020. […]
Ghana: Central Bank increases benchmark interest rate
The Bank of Ghana increased the policy rate by 1 percentage point, Governor Kofi Wampah told reporters in the capital, Accra after the 66th regular […]
Nestlé to use only sustainably sourced cocoa from the Q1 2016
Nestlé plans to source only sustainable cocoa for its global KitKat brand in order to strengthen consumer trust. All KitKat bars will be made with […]
Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB approved $109 million loan to Sucden
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $109 million loan to Sucden’s Ivorian branch for cocoa investment, a company official said on Wednesday. “We […]