Ghana's 2027 Budget targets processing 50% of cocoa locally by 2028 and all of it by 2030, completing a transition to a ban ...

Presenting the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament, he said the initiative would pave the way for Ghana to end exports of raw cocoa beans.

Chocolate prices will likely climb even higher as West African cocoa processing plants can no longer afford to buy the bean. According to Reuters, state-owned Transcao, one of Cote d’Ivoire’s largest ...

Dublin, Nov. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "United States Cocoa Processing Market Report by Product Type, Application, States and Company Analysis, 2025-2033" report has been added to ...

LONDON/ACCRA — Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources said, meaning chocolate prices around ...

All cocoa powders come from cocoa beans, but the difference lies in how they’re processed. Cocoa powder can range from light tan to jet black with varying pH levels that affect how it interacts with ...

Cargill Inc. has halted cocoa grinding in Ivory Coast as poor-quality beans with unusually high levels of waste material curb yields and risk damaging machinery, according to people with knowledge of ...

Tema, Feb. 13, GNA – The Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) has welcomed Cabinet’s directive that at least 50 per cent of Ghana’s cocoa beans should be processed locally. Mr Osei Kwame Griffiths, Deputy ...

Protracted droughts and fungal outbreaks across West Africa have driven cocoa supplies into historic shortfalls, forcing candy manufacturers to reconsider how chocolate is made. By isolating specific ...

ILO News - Ghana is one of the leading producers of cocoa in the world - second after Cote d’Ivoire - with a market share of about 20 per cent. In 2017, the country received USD2.71 billion in export ...