… The new operational framework, launched by the Managing Director of CMC, Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, with the support of senior government officials, the CMC Board and Management, COCOBOD and key cocoa-industry stakeholders, will extend critical cocoa operations beyond conventional worki …
… It said the commitments, secured by Dr Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, the CMC Managing Director during a series of engagements with leading Gulf commodities institutions and processing bodies, were aimed at guaranteeing demand for cocoa liquor, butter, cake, and powder produced from Ghana’s …
… The commitments, secured by CMC Managing Director Wisdom Kofi Dogbey (D.Min, D.Hum) during a series of engagements with leading Gulf commodities institutions and processing bodies, are aimed at guaranteeing demand for cocoa liquor, butter, cake, and powder produced from Ghana’s e …
… By that standard, the direction Ghana has chosen is defensible, responsible, and it is the right direction at the right time. – Authored by Wisdom Kofi Dogbey, Managing Director, Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) Ghana Limited.
In a bold and strategic appearance before some of the world’s most influential cocoa traders, commodity financiers, and processing industry executives, the Managing Director of Ghana’s Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Dr Wisdom Kofi Dogbey took centre stage at the London Stock Exch …
…Why headlines about a “50% cocoa price drop in 2026” mislead Ghanaian farmers and policymakers Dr. Wisdom Kofi DOGBEY The recent reporting around the World Bank’s April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook, which projects cocoa prices to fall by more than 50 percent in 2026, has under …
The Cocoa Marketing Company has launched a 24-hour operational model to improve cocoa movement across Ghana's logistics and export value chain, as part of President Mahama's 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme. The initiative, structured around three pillars—Offload 24, Load 24 and Export 24—extends critical cocoa operations beyond conventional working hours at Take-Over Centers in Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi.
The Cocoa Marketing Company has launched a 24-hour operational model to improve cocoa movement across Ghana's logistics and export value chain, as part of President Mahama's 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme. The initiative, structured around three pillars—Offload 24, Load 24 and Export 24—extends critical cocoa operations beyond conventional working hours at Take-Over Centers in Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi.
The Cocoa Marketing Company has launched a comprehensive 24-hour operational model under three pillars—Offload 24, Load 24, and Export 24—to improve cocoa movement across logistics and export, implemented at CMC take-over centres in Tema, Kumasi, and Takoradi as part of Ghana's 24-Hour Economy programme.
An opinion article praises Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ghana's Minister for Finance under John D. Mahama, for exercising disciplined leadership during economic recovery from a severe crisis, including interventions in the cocoa sector.
The Cocoa Marketing Company has secured offtake commitments from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for Ghana's semi-finished cocoa products, supporting the government's 50 per cent local processing mandate. The move aims to guarantee demand for cocoa liquor, butter, cake, and powder and ensure domestic grindings convert into secured export earnings.
Cocoa Marketing Company Ghana has secured firm offtake commitments from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for Ghana's semi-finished cocoa products including liquor, butter, cake, and powder, supporting President Mahama's 50 percent local processing mandate.
The Government of Ghana through COCOBOD has kept the cocoa producer price unchanged at GH¢2,587 per 64kg bag for the 2025/2026 light crop season despite falling international cocoa prices, placing Ghana's farmgate price above that of Côte d'Ivoire and providing income stability for smallholder farmers during a difficult market cycle.
In February 2026, Ghana's government announced comprehensive cocoa sector reforms including a producer price adjustment mechanism guaranteeing farmers a minimum of 70 per cent of the gross FOB price, a shift to domestic cedi-denominated financing, a mandate to process at least 50 per cent of cocoa locally from the 2026/27 season, and COCOBOD balance sheet restructuring.
Ghana and the United Kingdom are holding an investment summit in London themed "The Reset Agenda: Restoring Investor Confidence to Unlock Opportunities and Shared Prosperity," with a focus on repositioning Ghana's cocoa sector. The Cocoa Marketing Company, Ghana's sole authorized cocoa exporter, is working to convert the country's reputation for premium cocoa into investment opportunities across the value chain, moving beyond raw commodity exports.
Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company Managing Director presented President Mahama's plan to process 50% of Ghana's cocoa domestically at the London Stock Exchange, citing the country's 13 processing companies with 500,000 tonnes of combined capacity and the fact that approximately 70% of Ghana's 650,000–800,000 tonnes annual harvest currently leaves as raw beans.
The Cocoa Marketing Company (Ghana) Limited argues that the World Bank's April 2026 forecast of a 50% cocoa price drop is misleading because prices have already fallen 73% from December 2024 highs to around US$3,000–$3,400 per tonne; the Bank's projected US$3,800 average is actually above current spot prices, indicating stabilization rather than further collapse.