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Africa Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit (AFMASS) Conference & Expo – Western Africa edition

AFMASS Western Africa is the largest food, beverage and milling industry's largest conference and exhibition attended by key decision makers from Western Africa Africa to trade, network and learn the latest processing, packaging and safety technologies. Bringing together delegates and visitors from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin, Ivory Coast and surrounding countries in Western Africa, AFMASS…

Ghana opens a new flour milling factory in West Coast Region

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GHANA - Ghana has established a new plant, Aspuna Flour Mill and Processing Factory in Duwasu, Kombo, West Coast region that will process cassava into flour and starch, reported a Ghana Newspaper, Foroyaa. While the cassava flour produced will be sold in the local market and surplus exported, the starch will be exported to attract…

Coca-Cola Ghana wins bottling and manufacturing company of the year awards

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GHANA - The Cola-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana (TCCBCG) has been named the “Bottling Company of the Year” and the “Beverage Manufacturing Company of the Year (non-alcoholic)” at the Ghana Manufacturing Awards held in Accra on May 24. It recommends the Coca-Cola bottler for achieving sustainable growth, becoming once again, the best beverage company in…

Ghanaian Agribusiness company to invest US$5m in maize processing factory

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GHANA - KEDAN Ltd, an agribusiness firm with activities in maize and soyabean is set to invest US$5 million by 2019 to increase daily production in a maize processing factory it recently inaugurated in Tumu, Ghana. The funds will be used in improving the company’s working capital for raw material aggregation, construction of silos, irrigation…

Ghana’s food processor Samba Foods posts massive sale revenue

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GHANA - Samba Foods Limited, Ghana’s food processor and preservation business has reported 117% sale revenue of 2016 receipts for the 2017 financial year, reported GNA. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Mrs Leticia Osafo-Addo, Managing Director, told shareholders that the year 2017, though a tough one for industries in general proved to be…

Barry Callebaut partners with Ghana and Ivory Coast for sustainable cocoa production

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GHANA - Barry Callebaut, one of the world’s largest cocoa producers and grinders has signed a letter of intent with Ghana and Ivory Coast to clear and replant trees infected with swollen-shoot virus disease in an initiative to ensure sustainable cocoa farming. The initiative, in collaboration with Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the Coffee Caco…

Unilever Ghana reports 16% revenue growth on stable economy

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GHANA - Unilever Ghana has announced that its revenue for the year ended 31 December, 2017 grew 16% to US$122.69 million from US$105.83 million in 2016 driven by increased volumes of sales and a stable economy. Operating profit before tax was US$13.93 million, representing 22% increase over 2016’s US$11.41 million while profit-after-tax improved by 23.3%…

Cashew leads Ghana’s agricultural export products with US$197m

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GHANA - Ghana’s cashew earned US$197 million worth in export earnings, representing 53% of the total revenue of US$371 million in agricultural non-traditional exports in 2016. The cashew sector, with an estimated production area of about 89,000 hectares, employing 40,000 people has become the leading category in agricultural products exports, according to GNA. To attain…

Ghana to establish a Cashew Development Board by June to regulate the sector

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GHANA - Ghana is planning to establish the Cashew Development Board by the end of June this year with a mandate to regulate the cashew industry, reports GNA. Making the announcement, Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his government recognised the contributions of farmers in the region towards the achievement of national food security.…

Ghana develops new global standard for sustainable cocoa

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GHANA - Ghana has developed a new global standard that will be used to measure cocoa quality level internationally, raising its cocoa pricing image on the international market, as reported by  GNA. The new standard which ensures sustainable cocoa production has been adopted by International Standards Organisation (ISO), an international standard-setting body to be used…