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United Bank for Africa, America UBA America has partnered other banks to arrange the US$1.3 billion syndicated loan for the purchase cocoa beans by the Ghana Cocoa Board COCOBOD for the 2020/2021 crop season.According to a statement from COCOBOD, UBA America, as one of the participants in the syndication, partnered other financial institutions such as the ABN Amro Bank, Cooperative Rabobank UA, DZ Bank AG Deutsche, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, and the Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft.The loan agreement si owala ca gned on Tuesday, 29 September 2020 through a virtual ceremony will be used to purchase an estimated 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa beans from farmers through the Licensed Buying Companies LBCs for the 2020/2021 cocoa season.Commenting on the loan, MD/CEO of UBA Ghana, Mr. Olalekan Balogun praised the management of COCOBOD for working efficiently to secure the future of farmers with the introduction of various schemes to aid cocoa farming in the country.He said, UBA will continue to offer its support to the cocoa sector to ensure its complete development.Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu-Afriyie Akoto, who also participated in the virtual ceremony, thanked the financial institutions for the interest shown in the cocoa industry, stressing the loan facility would help the country achieve its production targets.Since its inception in 2005, UBA Ghana has established its presence in Gha stanley tazza na as a full financia tappo stanley l service institution providing retail, co Bnei President Akufo-Addo says Ghana ready to host African Games
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