Ghana's Akufo-Addo on Economy, Cocoa, Trade, Oil

[@fivegoalseason]

no war talk, simply fair business strategies for his people. Long Live Ghana

[@simonyalley2331]

Wow! 👏🏽Fast track 2019. Ghana 🇬🇭 and Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 joined hands to set the floor price of Cocoa. Mr President, am amazed by your vision. May God bless our Homeland Ghana 🇬🇭 and make her great and strong 💪🏾.

[@kingskidkmf]

I’m an American and I’m a fan of this President. May God bless and protect him.

[@shaunrheeder4491]

I wish all African countries had leaders like him.

[@balkanforestboy5040]

The man sounds solid. I am so ashamed of the misunderstanding/puppet we've had in Bulgaria as our PM for over a decade now, who choked the economy and chased away more people than ever. I haven't heard anyone in our government speak like Mr. Akufo-Addo in my life. So it's very humbling to see what leaders the people of Ghana had. I think most European nations can only dream for people of such mind and (seeming) integrity. I hope Ghanaians appreciate his work as well. But knowing that the powers that be cannot stand independent nations, I am saddened... God bless the man and the people he's served to keep going forward!

[@ngombes7347]

I am a big fan of this man, he recognises the place of youth in the future development of Africa and he suggests concrete actions. He acknowledges that focusing on the economy is central to the development of Africa.

[@lordmichael5095]

Why they always Chase our boses,,,,, keep your secret nana,, because this people are not humans

[@kofiasanteGH]

This is my wife’s President! And she’s very proud to be Ghanaian 🇬🇭

[@edmacgee2880]

This is a world class president. Just imagine if such a leader took Ghana on from where president Kuffour placed the country. Ghana's fate would have been a shinning one.

[@InfinitiCyberSolutions]

Broooo!!!!!! I said the exact same thing the moment I found out the NDC had come back to power. Its so dumb how we allowed them to take over again and caused so much problem. They halted so many good economic plans the previous NPP administration had put in place. Saddens me every time I think of it but God knows best.

[@kwakye7]

Very well said bro. No two ways about it😊

[@benjaminbambieu4153]

Small minds opinions respected

[@nestamarleyn367]

God bless u bro

[@hannahtwumasi5951]

Say it again ooo hmm look at us now hmmm

[@josephboateng8716]

I thank God for our President . l believe God will use him to change Ghana for good.

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

Joseph Boateng 👍

[@tebotingweiclinton4326]

AND AFRICA AT LARGE

[@victoriaamoabil8998]

Hahaha

[@gamer14-n1o]

We Have new Global hero there 👍👍👍❤️

[@chyrelmuzic329]

I’m now a big fan of this President

[@kingtroygh2788]

Africa is taking back what it rightfully belongs to her and this time we are not stoping

[@hudsonfrempong224]

The vision is amazing. I now believe he can do it.

[@manassehnana7873]

May God bless Nana akufo-addo

[@Sheppesh]

This guy is amazing. I’m bullish on Africa now. His influence on Africa and the rest of the world will be interesting

[@benjaminlamptey1867]

A vote well spent, I'm continually proud of this man.

[@salinaappau4584]

Nana, you have great ideas, but sometimes i wonder if your own people will allow you to implement your ideas. I encourage you to be steadfast. Wow a man with great wisdom. Godbless you.

[@charleswilliams8248]

He speaks the the truth! Europe has been robbing Africa for centuries, of her riches and resources! They need to take back what their enemies have stolen! Go Ghana 🇬🇭 Africa!

[@henrybeans4823]

I'm in love with the way this gentleman thinks and sees our motherland. After this speech, he we went on to ban the export of cocoa from Ghana in 2021, rather produce and export the finished products and that's chocolate.

[@amisstrong7415]

I like this man he is wise and full of wisdom Ghana is bless to have him!!

[@snrmckooms1165]

Very well spoken, Mr. President!!! More strength, More Life!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@shukridjibril6848]

Papa Addo we love 💕 you Sir 🇹🇿🇧🇮✊🏿

[@askeldouglas421]

Congratulations mrs president of Ghana 🇬🇭 , I would to come and live in you country, as a black British Jamaica I am 4% Ghanaian I been looking at what is going on in Ghana 🇬🇭 huge business opportunities , thank you mrs president of Ghana 🇬🇭 huge respect lady’s and gentlemen 🌹🇬🇧🇯🇲

[@MohammedMSabo]

We will welcome you with opening hands... Ghana is home and God bless our homeland ...

[@footballfan449]

This Ghana president's intelligent.nice one sir

[@kingtroygh2788]

The new africa has just started and observerd are worried

[@footballfan449]

That's true bro 😘

[@BPB9973952]

I wish this man much luck, I will be watching

[@AlouattaCaraya]

He has a point, they should make their own chocolate. It's like as if France only grew grapes and the wine was made in Norway

[@AlouattaCaraya]

@@Keith070 That's what I meant

[@alexotoo8048]

Great minds and action people are difficult to find but I think Ghana and Africa have got one now.

[@frankdarkwah6247]

Thinking President. Very focus and full of wisdom

[@SavingGraceTV]

Smart man, great example of building for his people, this is looks like a spark of an African socio-economic awakening, about time!!

[@milchshake4162]

AFRICA IS THE POWER HOUSE OF THE WORLD, THE CHINESE SAW THIS AND PARTNERS WITH US AFRICA. EACH AFRICAN COUNTRY NOW NEEDS TO CLOSE ITS DOORS TO EXPLOITERS. GOLD, DIAMONDS, FLOWERS, COCOA, COLTAN, TEA, COFFEE, FRUITS, BASICALLY EVERYTHING. THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL SOON RESPECT OUR MOTHERLAND AND KISS OUR HANDS. PEACE, LOVE N UNITY TO ALL MY AFRICAN STATES, LOVE FROM KENYA 🇰🇪

[@WinnieAmos05]

This is black intelligence at work.

[@lesleykramer7207]

No such thing as black intelligence. Just intelligence - human intelligence.

[@chyrelmuzic329]

You are so right you need to do it Mr President for your people

[@princejadon2770]

I wish this would come true

[@Happiness1876]

Jamaica cheering you on

[@adamalmubarak8837]

Long live Mr president

[@chyrelmuzic329]

You have Shea butter you could make moisturiser and other beauty products and export that coconut oil too these two products are big business in the western world

[@nyaniels79]

people are already doing it in ghana

[@JoelDegue]

True. Coconut will take over from cocoa if well implemented and well managed.OK

[@elginjohnson3102]

Please pray for the Ghana president bcoz he has been speaking out against the powers that be ,and I'm afraid that they are going to take him out like magufuli. Whenever you stand up against them,they try to get rid if you. Ghanaians should rally around him and do your best to protect him and his family.

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

We adore this man vision

[@dorisdeyfashions]

Nana I support you 100%

[@afuafricke4818]

soo powerful stay bless

[@solomonburke9213]

We need "Vertical Integration" of ALL of Africa's resources. It is not right that everyone is getting rich off of Africa except Africa.

[@richardbaffoe3971]

Getty Odoom infrastructural building in itself is a component of industrialisation so it can be done if and only if Ghana is determined to go that path. America began industrialisation when the country didn't have even a half of what Ghana has today over hundred years ago so Ghana can do it. Ghana's problem is fiscal discipline, cutting waste of resources and most of all tackling corruption. If the will power is there as a country, trust me it can be industrialised.

[@grantgerson2492]

Africa's new great light to prosperity for our young and future. If the western nations don't like give them the middle you know what.

[@blackpuffa84]

And he started with 🇨🇭 😂😂😂😂, so so proud.!!! Africa has everything to run this world 🗺

[@nanibaffoe1449]

Well spoken mr president

[@abdighanigarow5651]

western countries can't give more percentage to Ghana for cocoa, because if African countries have more percentage, they can develop in the technology of making the chocolate,so western countries they can't allow that.

[@williammcdaniel4888]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@chyrelmuzic329]

You need to get people who have this expertise to help you set it all up and train your people

[@joejoe-eu9qh]

God bless you sir.

[@Rasbilly235]

Buyaka Nana bigg UP to stay bless !!

[@mbagroupltdedgeproducts370]

Bravo

[@mattersarising7169]

Leadership matters.

[@TheDSohn1652]

Good talk, but these are the exact things ex-ivory coast president Gbagbo was talking about, before the overthrow him.. I wish u good luck and long life Mr. President.

[@tspcocktail]

Man, this chick is looking worried she won't get her chocolate anymore. Ghana President, stop accepting invitations to tell of your plans with them. They are plotting against you. You don't owe them any explanation of what what the intentions are for your people. Learn to keep quiet and do the work. Peace

[@techtherapy9467]

The woman didn't seem comfortable 😆😆 We ain't giving you our raw resources again!!😆😆

[@cbyn9288]

We need to talk with ourselves not with Neanderthal about our problems facing our problems

[@fredneequaye8003]

You reporters must go to the ground in Ghana to interview the people to face the reality! Stop these interviews that provide opportunity for flowery speeches prepared for this President. You are not doing the Ghanaian people any service by interviewing only the President. Stop giving him the opportunity to play to the gallery!

[@theape8462]

Why there are people talking in the bacground?!??

[@letothejust]

Good for you you need to work for your people and make them money instead of giving it away so I agree with you fully

[@manafshaibu5907]

thanks am manaf shaibu I hope you have been telling things am doing more as am saying it now and i will want west African knows the right as from peoples as well...all things done as working be myself all my works will going done...you knows that as well......have been eyeing something not good in West african Ghana ...as right

[@emmanuelameyaw9735]

It is good to increase the price of cocoa beans but that aint enough. producers of chocolate can just shift that increase in price to consumers of chocolate...You cant fight for a fair share of the value of the global chocolate market by raising price of cocoa bean in the long run. In the short run...you are happy. But in the long run...you will still be fighting for a fair share. What needs to be done is to try and produce the chocolate yourself and sell it...thats where the value is. Not in the raw cocoa beans. Building a chocolate industry and exporting chocolate will lead to a higher economic growth than exporting cocoa beans. You can have the resource but that is not where the value is...this world is brutal...:). Agriculture is good...but there aint any rich economy solely based on agriculture...we need to industralize, make finish products and export them...that is how one fights for a fair share.

[@adolfmudau9956]

They must put money aside and give farmers for a year and stop them from working for a year and start a fresh 3 billion is nothing compare to what is Goin on

[@EastofVictoriaPark]

Francine: Are you sure you'd rather make more money rather than less? Nana: Yes.

[@chyrelmuzic329]

Get people in to help you make that idea come to light build chocolate factory and go from there fantastic idea

[@nkosinathimyende205]

a lot of western economies are going to crash especially those that have built their economies on processing our natural resources(france and britian in particular}

[@jambalaya201]

Let them crash, time for us to become rich again.

[@cujoemblakka1041]

Cut out the midddle men and add processing. Create more jobs, hugher value products, increase. checkmarket share.

[@oscarkings92]

Stop exposing yourself man.

[@Hope-vn5vb]

Eeeeeewwwww Nigeria 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

[@gamer14-n1o]

Africa need partners not suporters 👍👍👍🍀

[@amankwaabeatriceoseioosei4667]

I always say that, the Westerns don't have a problem. We Africans have a very big problem. Number one: they print the money we spend for Africans. Secondly, they process our resources here in Europe. Let me ask the African Leaders that, processing our product here in Europe,are the going to bring everything they processed without stealing some? We Africans living in Overseas working, are we paid as the citizens of the country in which we live in?? We must think of our country. Though we live in the diaspora, but we cannot destroy our Motherland. It's time we do everything by ourselves. Yes!! Let's do everything by ourselves, BC.we are not babies.

[@shoutmeshorty208]

Mr President, I rather have a bowl of coco pops oooooh yeah🙉you talk too much, I thought my Mrs spoke alot after I bumped into you, like wow can you talk🎶🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉

[@roma.681]

Ven ahora los que salieron a decir que el audio era trucho y la vos no era de el.

[@radiation8174]

Commonsense on display right there .

[@london7369]

1:40 He needs seriously security around him. Now that President Magufuli🇹🇿 is gone, he might be the next target

[@salumtajiri8018]

It's really

[@nigeljack3733]

very soon they will be painting him with a dark brush like they did to the departed Mugabe and Magufuli, African heroism is taboo to them

[@ashleysilver5594]

The days of colonilaism and exploitation are over. Anyone who tries it today will get the stick up somewhere. Shameful how some of these poorer countries have been exploited.

[@keonbrowne2436]

These guys speak the truth to hide their lies … it is very different : the con games they play in these times. African leader with a British accent also is annoying !

[@wendinmonegdepitt4210]

I were able to do. We had leader that could not represent the people (us or people that elect them ) . Leader that are sell out .

[@josephineeffahyeboah5816]

Hi

[@shoutmeshorty208]

Look Mr if you practically got on with the job in hand like you talk maybe your country will get somewhere! So far it seems to me you have to do this an that and that and this, you got a long journey, a tip, you talk too much, zip your mouth an start doing action rather than fantasizing, your in office so start producing for the people of your country rather than constantly going on dreaming, wake up from your dream world! 😂

[@nmg1909]

Two things are required in Africa: Take back stolen wealth by non-Africans and Get rid of bad governance in different levels of the countries. (Get rid of bad leadership, youth orientation and empowerment, and diaspora investment in Africa)

[@donnaking1809]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@gettyodoom8657]

hmmm, I agree with u nana but how can u industrialize a nation like Ghana with such horrible infrastructure?

[@floryngongo2632]

getty odoom by building infrastructures ...Pore question!!!

[@zealonrail3644]

He said we won't eat infrastructure😂😂😂. .have you forgotten what he said before coming to power..we would make the chocolates under the cocoa trees😂😂😂😂

[@Pkerr100]

When the president talks about the need of the mindset of Ghanaians to change it includes all of these. Infrastructure is key to our development but until we realise the need to create opportunities that warrant the need for such infrastructure the sacrifices and determination needed to achieve our goals will be lukewarm at best. We’ve had cocoa for over 50 years but until now we’ve not really debated the need for value added incentives. So now that we are awakening to such vision and opportunities we will start gearing our thoughts and resources be it private or government towards the infrastructure needed, I believe it applies to all our stakes. I’m quite excited for our children, the future is bright.

[@jubgiba.9318]

Cocoa farmers should be interviewed randomly on their plights in the farm, leaders talk as if they know how to plant cocoa seed and when to harvest. It takes the natural breed of cocoa 7 years to mature, the hybrid ones takes 4 years but that one has a genetic problems, after ten years it looses it's viability. Go to Wassa, Bodi, Asafo, Asawinso, etc and see for yourself whether cocoa loans reaches farmers, they trek miles away to various villages to dry their beans. Cocoa loans end up in Administrative offices for paper work, pot belly accountants and Administrators enjoy monies they know nothing about, how many COCOBOD employees had seen real cocoa pod before, 1 out of 50. I was expecting farmers to have common aboboyaa for ups and downs, but not even bicycles. Cocoa is still done the traditional way. You his face, bluffing and talking, let's give him 20 years, still the same issue. The problem in Ghana are these two demonic parties NPP/NDC. We need a change for just four years. CPP has proven to be god of Ghana, NPP/NDC is family parties. There are over 300 dead state companies, non of the leaders are failing to revive them? Ghana was manufacturing cars, matches, car parts, sugar, corned beef, tyres, glass, metal parts, aluminum, textiles, etc, these companies are dead in the bushes, Akoffo Addo is spending mony building new ones, 11million sacks were imported by Hackman Owusu and his family, whilst Kaase Jute Company is still in the bush, that's my opinion, think and let's think together.

[@FirstGear83]

You talk but you're not doing anything to help your own country shut up

[@kentyeboah7425]

Give us an evidence of what you have done to help improve the economy of Ghana. As the saying goes, "An empty vessel makes the most noise."

[@nanaprodigy4742]

All bark and no bite

[@helenaquartey2113]

Please don't believe what his saying. Hes the biggest L🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@nanovananova]

In the.. In the.... In the beningging... Errr in the beginning

[@victoriaamoabil8998]

I don't waste my time with useless government. Nana Addo has failed and need to retired t if the Npp will not Ghanaians will retired him. Who want a sleeping president.

[@austinjohn8713]

from what he is saying he has no policy in place for what he is preaching. he came to power with no policy, machinery to lead. this is the problems with Africa, leaders admitting their inabilities while smiling. you should be ashamed of yourself

[@helenaquartey2113]

Pl

[@jubgiba.9318]

The youth are always confused when old aged leaders speak English instead of acting, the only time Ghana was compared to that of Belgium was from 1955 to 1967, I am surprised the youth of today, out of ethnicity do not follow policies and charge incumbent leaders to act. "Promise and fulfil", that is what white developed nations do. Akoffo Addo talks too much, just 2 years $40nillion loans, Dr. Nkrumah never took loans and never touched any resources of Ghana, yet he developed every region in Ghana with an industry and housing. Please, I have only witness just two leaders in Ghana, Nkrumah and Kuffour, for Akoffo Addo, I was expecting him to be strict on his appointees as a lawyer, but you see, 11 air-conditioners in 4 rooms, he says there is no evidence, a clear corruption, the president has denied. Is that the leader we were waiting for? Ghana youth don't listen to words, talk is cheap

[@victoriaamoabil8998]

Npp need to replace this old man he has failed nothing to offer Ghanaians.

[@alexyaooagyei3970]

Who is to replace you?

[@victoriaamoabil8998]

I am fool and you are stupid.

[@victoriaamoabil8998]

you don't care about how Ghanaians suffering under this government.

[@london7369]

You have colonialism trauma

[@krystynabarakan4805]

Sorry this man should go.He is too old.Even he can not express himself clearly.Not up to date rediculous leader.POOR GHANA!!!

[@kingtroygh2788]

Foolish... where should he go?.. we the ghanaians want him like that.. i guess you are white thats why you soo threatened about his decisions..

[@FaFa-fl1kh]

Learn to write properly first before you criticize someone else.

[@akanamerican8163]

Damn man I can can call u a dog from now on ward

[@jeffreyo.a6715]

Poor Ghana Have you checked the list of countries in Africa with the fastest growing economies?