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        • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
          Covid-19 vaccines
          Ghana becomes first country to receive free Covax vaccines

          African officials complain of delay in delivery to other member states

        • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
          Orla Ryan
          Chocolate is a treat but leaves a sour taste in cocoa farmers’ mouths

          For families growing the crop in west Africa, the farmgate price is low and the life uncertain

        • Friday, 11 December, 2020
          Agricultural commodities
          West Africa vs Big Chocolate: Battle over price sours relations

          Ivory Coast and Ghana struggle to boost farmer incomes from commodity that underpins $100bn industry

        • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
          Ghana president Akufo-Addo wins second term but with smaller margin

          Parliamentary seats neck and neck in possible blow to ruling party’s prospects for easy four years

        • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
          News in-depth
          Africa watches with envy at Ghana’s ‘boring’ presidential race

          Relative lack of violence or vote rigging marks contest out as rare example of democratic values

        • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
          Agricultural commodities
          Africa’s cocoa farmers and Big Chocolate clash over poverty fighting measures

          Confectioners including Mars and Hershey accused of trying to circumvent ‘living income’ premium

        • Friday, 20 November, 2020
          Commodities
          Hershey’s buys cocoa futures as tensions with African producers grow

          Premium charged for beans on physical market pushes buyers to futures market, driving rally

        • Friday, 20 November, 2020
          ObituaryJerry Rawlings
          Jerry Rawlings, a showman president of varied ideologies

          From violent beginnings, he helped secure Ghana’s middle income status and allowed democracy to take root

        • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
          LexCommodities
          Ghanaian gold/Agyapa: Accra forfeits accruals Premium

          Investors will be taking on sovereign risk, but the balance of risk seems to lie with the country

        • Promoted Content
        • Monday, 26 October, 2020
          Energy sector
          Ghana to push ahead with London royalty IPO

          Africa’s biggest gold-producing nation seeks to raise $500m from Agyapa listing

        • Monday, 12 October, 2020
          Ken Ofori-Atta
          Ghanaian finance minister: Africa deserves more Covid help

          Continent has fared better health-wise than others, but its economies are suffering

        • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
          Paul Collier
          Pandemic threatens African economic success

          Fall in commodity prices benefits advanced economies

        • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
          News in-depthAgricultural commodities
          Choc waves: how coronavirus shook the cocoa market

          Commodity slumps amid the biggest quarterly decline in processing in six years

        • Sunday, 5 July, 2020
          Coronavirus economic impact
          ‘We risk losing it all’: voices from the world’s poorest countries on the pandemic

          Virus pushes millions into hardship in economies which had sharply cut poverty

        • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
          Africa
          African business steps up in global scramble for virus test kits

          Ghana’s mPharma have helped countries shut out by suppliers to source vital equipment

        • Monday, 11 May, 2020
          Worker infects 533 others with coronavirus in Ghana fish factory

          Superspreader event accounts for 11 per cent of African country’s total infections

        • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
          Energy sector
          Turkish energy producer caught up in Ghana bribery claims 

          Aksa Energy allegedly funnelled millions to officials in deal brokered by Goldman banker

        • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
          LexCommodities
          Chocolate supply: I should cocoa Premium

          Living income differential of farmers risks playing havoc with confectioners’ hedging strategies

        • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
          David Pilling
          Africa’s mixed blessings in 2019

          Despite floods, famine and disputed Congo elections, hopes rose in Sudan and the fintech sector

        • Monday, 16 December, 2019
          News in-depthThe Big Read
          The African farmers taking on big chocolate

          Ghana and Ivory Coast want a fairer share of profits from global confectionery industry

        • Sunday, 17 November, 2019
          African energy independent finds oil off Ghana coast

          Springfield Group set to reveal deepwater discoveries it says will be bigger than Jubilee field

        • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
          African economy
          Ghana pushes to eliminate paper from most services

          West African country vows to make payments for government resources cashless

        • Monday, 23 September, 2019
          Special ReportThe Future of African Healthcare
          New allies fight Africa’s deadly scourge of fake medicines

          Technology is helping to thwart the distribution of sham drugs in poorly regulated markets across the continent

        • Friday, 19 July, 2019
          News in-depthAgricultural commodities
          Ghana and Ivory Coast plot ‘Opec for cocoa’

          West African nations combine to impose premium over benchmark futures price

        • Friday, 3 May, 2019
          FT SeriesVenice Biennale 2019
          Ghana arrives at the Venice Biennale, bringing new narratives with it

          With the country’s first appearance at the event, curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim is testing out what a national African pavilion can be

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