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COCOBOD Signs $1.3bn Loan To Purchase Cocoa Beans Next Season The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a syndicated loan agreement of $1.3billion for the purchase of cocoa beans in the 2020/2021 crop season. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Mr Joseph Aidoo, explained that Ghana would receive the money when the agreement is signed, adding that cocoa farmers are assured of receiving physical cash at all COCOBOD contracted agents’ sales points throughout the country when the season is opened in October 2020. The loan agreement was signed on Tuesday, 29 September 2020. Mr Aidoo, in an interview with…