Tea, Coffee & Cocoa – AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

PBC has secured a financing facility backed by 30 million cocoa stocks to pay farmers, aiming to ease liquidity pressure and restore confidence in Ghana’s cocoa supply chain.

Access Bank and IFC have expanded financing for Ghana’s cocoa sector, supporting agribusiness growth, export trade and agricultural value chains through over GH₵1 billion in funding.

Kenya’s Tea Board says the new export levy will fund tea marketing, infrastructure upgrades and factory modernization despite growing opposition from buyers and traders.

Sunbeth Global Concepts is investing in large-scale cocoa and cashew processing plants to expand Africa’s agro-processing capacity and strengthen value addition across supply chains.

Ghana plans a $1 billion domestic bond to fund cocoa purchases, aiming to stabilize farmer payments and reduce reliance on foreign-currency borrowing.