AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCocoa Policy Shock: Ghana’s Parliament has approved landmark COCOBOD reforms, including a legal guarantee that farmers receive at least 70% of the FOB price—aimed at stabilising incomes and boosting local value addition. Cocoa Outlook: COCOBOD also projects Ghana’s 2026/27 cocoa output could fall by at least 16%, citing El Niño-linked weather stress, low cherelle counts, disease, ageing farms and illegal gold mining. West Africa Business Climate: The cocoa squeeze is already rippling into global forecasts, with StoneX slashing the 2026/27 cocoa surplus outlook and pointing to weaker pod counts across West Africa, including Ivory Coast. Digital & Infrastructure: Côte d’Ivoire’s Abidjan is highlighted in regional development chatter around the African Space Solutions Market in Abidjan (7–9 July), where stakeholders discussed using satellite data for food security and climate resilience. US Policy Watch: The US State Department apologised after a widely mocked AI-generated map of Africa mislocated every country during an AIDS 2026 presentation—while also continuing its visa realignment across Africa, moving routine processing to regional hubs from August 1.
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