Dangote targets 50% local cocoa processing in Ghana by 2028: Finance minister.
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote has proposed a major investment to process 500,000 tonnes of cocoa from Ghana locally by 2028, Finance Minister Kasiel Ato Forson told local media.
Although Dangote personally presented this proposal to President Mahama and the minister, the deal has yet to be discussed or agreed upon, Forson noted.
This initiative directly supports Ghana's strategic push to process all of its natural resources locally.
President John Dramani of AMA has consistently championed this agenda, declaring a firm goal of ending commodity exports by 2030 and calling on the nation to "produce more, process more, earn more" to ensure continued economic value and job creation.