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Africa: Tinubu Urges Africa to End Raw Cocoa Exports

eriinfo.com12 hours ago05 mins

President Bola Tinubu has called on African countries to end their long-standing dependence on exporting raw cocoa beans and focus on value addition to increase earnings from the global chocolate industry. Tinubu made the call on Tuesday at the Africa Cocoa Summit in Abuja, themed ‘From Bean to Brand,’ where stakeholders discussed strategies for strengthening…

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Africa: Ghib CEO Outlines Plan to Finance Africa’s Value-Addition Drive … Calls for Trade Finance to Break Raw Export Cycle

eriinfo.com11 months ago06 mins

Cheapside, London — Dean Adansi, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana International Bank (GHIB), has unveiled a financing blueprint aimed at breaking Africa’s dependence on raw commodity exports and driving investment into local value addition. Speaking to the BBC on the sidelines of GHIB CONVERGE 2025 in London, Adansi argued that Africa is losing billions of…