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  "id": 19699556,
  "title": "2027 Budget: Ghana targets 100% local cocoa processing by 2030, plans to end raw bean exports – Finance Minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/2027-budget-ghana-targets-100-local-cocoa-processing-by-2030-plans-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T19:44:45.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/2027-budget-ghana-targets-100-local-cocoa-processing-by-2030-plans-to-end-raw-bean-exports-finance-minister/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The government has announced plans to process all of Ghana’s cocoa locally by 2030 as part of efforts to increase value addition, expand agro-processing and retain more revenue from the country’s cocoa industry. Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson said the country would increase its domestic cocoa processing capacity to at least 50 per cent […]",
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        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "2027 Budget: Ghana has emerged from its worst economic crisis - Finance Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/2027-budget-ghana-has-emerged-from-its-worst-economic-crisis-finance",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:30:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Ghana has overcome the worst and most painful economic crisis in its history – Finance Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/ghana-has-overcome-the-worst-and-most-painful-economic-crisis-in-its",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:42:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Ghana has come out of its worst economic crisis – Finance Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/ghana-has-come-out-of-its-worst-economic-crisis-finance-minister",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:52:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Starr FM",
        "title": "2027 Budget: Gov’t to invest US$10bn in new economy programme from 2027 to 2030 – Ato Forson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/2027-budget-govt-to-invest-us-10bn-in-new-economy-programme-from-2027",
        "published": "2026-11-12T18:56:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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