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Ghana’s gold and cocoa exports have protected the country’s economy from the global fall in oil prices, President John Dramani Mahama said.
Crude, the nation’s second-largest export, has plunged in value since US President Donald Trump took office in January.
Mahama, speaking at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, said Ghana had benefited from being “a bit more diversified than other countries,” thanks to its main exports of gold, oil, and cocoa. In particular, gold, the country’s biggest export, had insulated the economy.
“When the world gets unpredictable, one commodity increases in price: Gold. There’s gold everywhere in Ghana,” he said.
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