Ghana's Poku-Diaby moves up cocoa value chain with Afreximbank backing
Ghanaian entrepreneur Patricia Poku-Diaby is taking on a cocoa industry long dominated by multinationals, building local processing capacity with backing from Afreximbank as Ghana seeks to capture more of the value generated by its most imp
Patricia Poku-Diaby's expansion into local cocoa processing, backed by Afreximbank financing, positions a Ghanaian-owned firm to capture margin currently retained by multinational grinders and chocolate makers. The move aligns with Ghana's broader policy aim of increasing domestic value addition, though success will depend on processing economics, energy costs, and access to export markets.
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