Tag: coffee
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Kawa Moka strives to transform Ghana’s coffee industry
The global chocolate industry is worth $100 billion. Multi-national companies such as Mars, Mondelez International, and Nestle rake in billions of dollars of revenue each year. Ghana, one of the leading producers of cocoa globally, makes a mere $2 billion from the industry. Last year, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, informed the…
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Neglect of coffee sector: State to lose $1.5bn annually
Ghana stands to lose about 1.5 billion dollars every year if it continues to fail to invest in the expansion of the coffee industry. This is according to the Coffee Federation of Ghana. Statistics on the sector also show that its contribution to GDP has dwindled over the years. Some farmers who have been speaking…