Despite being one of Africa's fastest-growing economies with an impressive 8% growth rate, Ghana finds itself ranked near the bottom of the continent's economic transformation index, according to a ...

But there could be a more sinister contributing factor. Ghana’s illegal gold mining sector, locally called ‘galamsey’, is ...

Ghana’s cocoa production dropped by nearly 50 per cent in the past three years, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Minister of Finance, said on Tuesday. Presenting the 2025 Budget and Economic Policy Statement in ...

With Ghana’s dominance in cocoa production, Mr. Fokuo emphasised ... With such efforts, he indicated that Ghana could carve out a new niche in the global tourism and chocolate industries ...

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has stated that cocoa production in Ghana has declined by nearly 50% over the past three years, making it difficult for the Ghana Cocoa Board ...

By Elizabeth PUNSUThe Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Association (GCCFA), a coalition of 75 cooperative unions from nine cocoa-growing regions, has been officially launched in ...

Cocoa has long been one of Ghana’s main exports, central to the country’s development and poverty alleviation strategies since its independence in 1957. Presently, Ghana is the world's second largest ...

Smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana have launched an umbrella body to amplify their voices in decision-making processes within the sector and ensure fair representation of their interests as key ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ghana’s cocoa deliveries to warehouses are running roughly 70% ahead of last season helped by an increased harvest and efforts to reduce smuggling in the second-biggest producer ...

Presenter Hazel Lindsey travels from England to West Africa, to investigate the use of child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana. She travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase, about five hours from ...