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The Cocoa Board, the force powering Ghana's economy

The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) headquarter, in Accra.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) headquarter, in Accra. © Ghana Cocoa Board website
Ghana produces, just behind Ivory Coast, almost 45% of the world's cocoa. At the head of this "brown gold" boon is the Ghana Cocoa Board, or "Cocobod", headed since 2017 by Joseph Boahen Aidoo, a loyal supporter of President Nana Akufo-Addo. This body supervises, in close collaboration with the trade and agriculture ministries, an economic sector that generates nearly $2.5bn in exports per year. [...] (860 words)
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Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP
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GHANA Diplomacy 22/01/2021

How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy 

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa. [...]

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