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Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 21:00 UTC

BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe

Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/17/bean-to-brand-tariff-to-trap-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#africa #america #climatechange #colonialism #commercialloanagreement #consumerlaw

Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 21:00 UTC

BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe

Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/17/bean-to-brand-tariff-to-trap-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#africa #america #climatechange #colonialism #commercialloanagreement #consumerlaw

Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 21:00 UTC

BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe

Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/17/bean-to-brand-tariff-to-trap-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#africa #america #climatechange #colonialism #commercialloanagreement #consumerlaw

Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 21:00 UTC

BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe

Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/17/bean-to-brand-tariff-to-trap-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#africa #america #climatechange #colonialism #commercialloanagreement #consumerlaw

Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 21:00 UTC

BEAN TO BRAND, TARIFF TO TRAP by Lawson Akhigbe

Next in Abuja, four governments will do something that sounds, on paper, like a belated act of economic self-respect. Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon between them the source of roughly two-thirds of the cocoa that becomes the world's chocolate will sign the Abuja Declaration and stand up a Cocoa Value Addition Alliance, a coordinated attempt to stop shipping out raw beans and start capturing some of the value that currently accrues, almost entirely, to everyone else. Nigeria will additionally sign its own Cocoa Value Addition Accord, a domestic compact roping in governors, farmer groups, financiers and researchers into the project of turning bean into brand rather than bean into someone else's bar.

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/17/bean-to-brand-tariff-to-trap-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#unilateralaction #uk #trade #taxes #socialjustice #recession

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 00:14 UTC

The AADA chief executive, James Voortman, said Australia's consumer laws were not fit for modern cars, particularly EVs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/dealers-warn-of-electric-vehicles-ev-refund-repair-delays/106922830
"We've seen a huge surge of electric vehicles backed up by so many new brands coming into this market — brands you wouldn't have heard about five years ago, and that's a great thing," he said.

"It's good to have competition … but those new brands have to support the vehicles they're selling with really good parts supply, with customer service and with guarantees they'll be able to fix a vehicle, replace it, or provide a refund if the vehicle's not working." #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #EVs #consumerlaw

#consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #evs

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 00:14 UTC

The AADA chief executive, James Voortman, said Australia's consumer laws were not fit for modern cars, particularly EVs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/dealers-warn-of-electric-vehicles-ev-refund-repair-delays/106922830
"We've seen a huge surge of electric vehicles backed up by so many new brands coming into this market — brands you wouldn't have heard about five years ago, and that's a great thing," he said.

"It's good to have competition … but those new brands have to support the vehicles they're selling with really good parts supply, with customer service and with guarantees they'll be able to fix a vehicle, replace it, or provide a refund if the vehicle's not working." #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #EVs #consumerlaw

#consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #evs

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 00:14 UTC

The AADA chief executive, James Voortman, said Australia's consumer laws were not fit for modern cars, particularly EVs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/dealers-warn-of-electric-vehicles-ev-refund-repair-delays/106922830
"We've seen a huge surge of electric vehicles backed up by so many new brands coming into this market — brands you wouldn't have heard about five years ago, and that's a great thing," he said.

"It's good to have competition … but those new brands have to support the vehicles they're selling with really good parts supply, with customer service and with guarantees they'll be able to fix a vehicle, replace it, or provide a refund if the vehicle's not working." #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #EVs #consumerlaw

#consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #evs

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 00:14 UTC

The AADA chief executive, James Voortman, said Australia's consumer laws were not fit for modern cars, particularly EVs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/dealers-warn-of-electric-vehicles-ev-refund-repair-delays/106922830
"We've seen a huge surge of electric vehicles backed up by so many new brands coming into this market — brands you wouldn't have heard about five years ago, and that's a great thing," he said.

"It's good to have competition … but those new brands have to support the vehicles they're selling with really good parts supply, with customer service and with guarantees they'll be able to fix a vehicle, replace it, or provide a refund if the vehicle's not working." #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #EVs #consumerlaw

#evs #auspol #auslaw #consumerlaw

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 00:14 UTC

The AADA chief executive, James Voortman, said Australia's consumer laws were not fit for modern cars, particularly EVs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/dealers-warn-of-electric-vehicles-ev-refund-repair-delays/106922830
"We've seen a huge surge of electric vehicles backed up by so many new brands coming into this market — brands you wouldn't have heard about five years ago, and that's a great thing," he said.

"It's good to have competition … but those new brands have to support the vehicles they're selling with really good parts supply, with customer service and with guarantees they'll be able to fix a vehicle, replace it, or provide a refund if the vehicle's not working." #consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #EVs #consumerlaw

#consumerlaw #auslaw #auspol #evs

Australia News Beep @[email protected] · 2026-07-05 · 22:40 UTC

Temu approved for ACCC safety pledge despite denying liability for unsafe products

Ten-year-old Daniella Jacobs-Herd refuses to go to school most days, traumatised by schoolyard taunting of the scars marking…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #accc #AU #Australia #australiancompetitionandconsumercommission #AustralianProductSafetyPledge #choice #consumerlaw #daniellajacobs-herd #ebay #hannahjacobs-herd #productsafety #temu
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/781408/

#newsbeep #news #business #accc #au #australia

Australia News Beep @[email protected] · 2026-07-05 · 22:40 UTC

Temu approved for ACCC safety pledge despite denying liability for unsafe products

Ten-year-old Daniella Jacobs-Herd refuses to go to school most days, traumatised by schoolyard taunting of the scars marking…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #accc #AU #Australia #australiancompetitionandconsumercommission #AustralianProductSafetyPledge #choice #consumerlaw #daniellajacobs-herd #ebay #hannahjacobs-herd #productsafety #temu
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/781408/

#temu #productsafety #hannahjacobs #ebay #daniellajacobs #consumerlaw

Matthew Rimmer @[email protected] · 2026-07-02 · 09:17 UTC

Lactalis Australia Pty Ltd allegedly made "false or misleading representations in the labelling" of two of its "fresh milk" products.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-02/lactalis-milk-company-fined-accc-fresh-labelling-misleading-sa/106870814
Ferguson Valley WA Dairy Fresh 2L milk and Golden North Country Fresh 2L milk were found to contain substantial amounts of powdered milk.