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Afreximbank Backs Ghana Cocoa Processing
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- Fri, Sep 18LatestUnverified — not yet reviewed
Afarinick and Meiji Deepen Ghana-Japan Partnership for Sustainable Cocoa Agroforestry
Afarinick and Japan's Meiji have deepened their partnership to advance sustainable cocoa production in Ghana through agroforestry approaches. The development adds a Ghana-Japan dimension to the foreign investment interest in Ghana's cocoa value chain, which has separately seen local processing investment from Poku-Diaby backed by Afreximbank.
- Fri, Sep 11Unverified — not yet reviewed
Poku-Diaby Targets Cocoa Value-Chain Upgrade With Afreximbank Backing
Ghanaian entrepreneur Poku-Diaby is pursuing a move up the cocoa value chain with financial support from Afreximbank, targeting expanded local cocoa processing capacity. The development signals a concrete local value-chain investment in Ghana's cocoa sector at a time when Ivory Coast exporters are separately reporting difficulties with EU deforestation traceability requirements.