Cocobod pitches $1.4 billion domestic financing plan for cocoa sector

Ghana's Cocobod has pitched a $1.4 billion domestic financing plan to fund operations in the country's dominant agricultural commodity sector. The proposal adds a state-level funding strategy to the cocoa financing landscape that has already seen institutional responses, including a $50 million Absa Bank Ghana and IFC traceable cocoa financing facility announced on 23 September.