Ghana collaborates with Cuba to fight malaria
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated
that, the cooperation between Ghana and Cuba is being extended to the eradication
of malaria, and soon, through a joint venture agreement with Labiofam S.A., a
bio-larvicide factory will be established in Savelugu, in the Northern Region
of Ghana.
Nana Akufo-Addo further disclosed that an
agreement is also being reached for the sale of Ghana’s cocoa liquor to the
Stella S.A. chocolate factory in Cuba, and his government wants to examine the
possibility of Stella S.A. establishing a manufacturing facility in Ghana.
Nana Akufo-Addo said these in Cuba on Thursday,
4 April 2019 when he visited the two companies; Labiofam S.A., and Stella
Chocolate Factory S.A.
Mr Akufo-Addo arrived in Havana on Wednesday, 3
April 2019 from the U.S.A. where he delivered a lecture at the Institute of
Politics, University of Chicago, met with Rahm Emanuel, a former Chief of Staff
to President Barack Obama and currently the Mayor of Chicago and interacted
with members of the Ghanaian community resident in Worcester, Massachusetts
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