Ghana

Cocoa Processing Company faces mounting financial pressure despite stronger confectionery sales and higher local revenue during the six months to March 2026.

The investment will develop an integrated poultry value chain spanning feed, hatcheries, farming, processing and cold-chain infrastructure while creating thousands of jobs.

Farmers’ representatives say Ghana’s new cocoa legislation fails to address structural weaknesses and could prolong the country’s dependence on raw bean exports.

Ghana’s cocoa regulator faces mounting short-term obligations as inventories and payables rise, while plans emerge to restructure its debt and financing model.

The directive comes ahead of a new cocoa financing model that COCOBOD says will improve liquidity, speed up payments and support domestic processing.