Tag Archives: GATE

Cocoa farmers demand increase in farm-gate prices to GH¢1,380

Cocoa farmers are demanding a farm-gate price of GH¢1,380 for a 62.5kg bag of cocoa beans, a 72.5 percent increase over the current price of GH¢800. As COCOBOD gets ready to announce new prices for the upcoming 2023/2024 cocoa season in the coming days, a group known as the Ghana …

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Outdoor pool and automated gate: See video of Agya Koo’s mansion set for grand opening

Popular Ghanaian actor Agya Koo has become talk of social media after videos and pictures of his newly built mansion were shared online. The actor, who celebrated his 54th birthday on May 25, 2023, is preparing for the grand opening of his recently acquired property. A 10-minute video, which has gone viral …

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21% increase in cocoa farm gate price ‘way too small’ – Minority

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the 21 percent increase in the producer price for cocoa which has been pegged at GH¢800 per bag is too small. “That is way too small,” Mr. Forson said in a Citi News interview. Before this increase, Ghana had last increased …

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Aisha Huang gate: Akufo-Addo appointees who are ‘under pressure’ to resign

The return into the country of a deported Chinese national notorious for engaging in illegal small-scale mining, galamsey, has dominated new headlines in the last few days. The fact that Aisha Huang, with her new identity Huang En, reentered the country ‘unnoticed’ till her arrest earlier this month at Ahodwo …

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Bill Gates, wife announce divorce after 27 years

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years. They said, “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple”. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” …

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Bill Gates lauds Ghana for exemplary leadership

American business magnate and Co-founder of Microsoft, William Henry Gates, popularly known as Bill Gates, has, lauded Ghana for showing exemplary leadership and making strides on several fronts. r Gates made the remarks when Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia held a meeting with him via Zoom, to discuss three pertinent issues …

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Bill Gates: Coronavirus vaccine shouldn’t go to the highest bidders

Bill Gates said that once a coronavirus vaccine is discovered, it should be distributed fairly and not just go to the “highest bidders.” The billionaire Microsoft founder was speaking at a virtual conference on the coronavirus hosted by the International AIDS Society on Saturday. “If we just let drugs and vaccines go …

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