Ghana’s president-elect pledges to revitalise cocoa sector

Ghana’s president-elect, John Dramani Mahama, has pledged to revamp the country’s cocoa industry and reorganise the state-run regulator.

On Friday, he criticised the structure of the industry saying the cocoa marketing board, COCOBOD, competed with farmers for profits.

The board controls all aspects of production in Ghana, the world’s number two grower, from seedlings to jute bag supplies for packing beans for exports.

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