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Ghana To Delay More Cocoa Deliveries As Supply Crisis Worsens

The world's second largest cocoa producer Ghana is looking to delay delivery of up to 350,000 tonnes of beans to next season due to poor crops, five source...

Ivory Coast Cocoa Regulator Scraps Grading Discount For Deferred Contracts

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator has told exporters that a discount for the grading of beans from the mid-crop will not be offered for deferred contracts, acc...

Ghana's Cocobod To Borrow Up To $1.5bn For Cocoa Purchases, Sources Say

Ghana's cocoa regulator will borrow up to $1.5 billion by September to finance 2024/25 cocoa purchases and compensate for low output, two Cocobod sources s...

Notes From Africa: Tiger Brands, OmniRetail, Kuapa Kokoo, Nikgroup Farm

ESM’s regular series, Notes From Africa, brings you the latest retail, consumer goods, and food-and-beverage stories from across Africa.

Ivory Coast, Ghana Unable To Deliver Up To 500,000 Tonnes Of Pre-Sold Cocoa Beans

Top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana do not have beans available to fulfil deliveries of up to half a million tonnes pre-sold at about a quarter of cu...

Surge In Cocoa Prices Prompts Ecuador To Boost Output

Ecuador's annual cocoa production is on course to hit 500,000 metric tonnes in the next two years, potentially overtaking Ghana as the world's second-large...

Notes From Africa: Bralirwa, Mutandis Group, Baladna, Cash-U

ESM’s regular series, Notes From Africa, brings you the latest retail, consumer goods, and food-and-beverage stories from across Africa.

EU Will Not Delay Deforestation Law, Environment Chief Says On Ivory Coast Visit

The European Union is not planning to delay a new law to crack down on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, its environment commissioner said...