The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) and the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) have launched the 2022 National Chocolate Week to celebrate and promote the consumption of chocolate.

The event, which starts from February 12 and 22, 2022, under the theme 'Eat Chocolate, Stay Healthy, Grow Ghana' and sub-themed 'Our Chocolate, Our Health, Our Wealth' is part of efforts to promote the domestic consumption of Ghana chocolate and other cocoa-based products,

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who performed the official launching ceremony charged Ghanaians to take huge advantage of the celebrations while helping promote local consumption of chocolates and other cocoa based products.

The activities were outdoored at a ceremony in Mampong on Thursday, February 3, 2022.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Tourism Minister, Mark Okraku Mantey, Deputy Trade Minister, Herbert Krapa, Board Chairman of Cocobod, Mr. Peter MacManu and the Executive Director of the GTA, Mr. Akwasi Agyeman.

Major activities of the National Chocolate Week Celebration include:

• Cocoa Health Walk on the Aburi Mountains on Saturday, February 5, 2022.

• Donation of Cocoa products to the Chief Imam on Friday, 11th February at the National Mosque as well as some Churches such as Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic on Sunday, February 13, 2022. GTA Regional staff will also perform these two events in their respective Regions across the Country.

• A float with the Double-decker City tour coach (Auntie Dedei) through some principal streets in Accra to sensitize the public on the health and economic benefits of chocolate and other cocoa-based products, and also the need to embark on domestic tourism on Monday, February 14, 2022.

• Chocolate Day at the Dubai Expo on Monday, 14th February, 2022.

• Durbar and Exhibition of Chocolate and cocoa based products at the Chococity, Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout near the Accra Mall on Monday, February 14, 2022.

• Premiering at the SilverBird Cinemas of a Ghanaian movie, "Heroes of Africa, Tetteh Quarshie"

• Chocolate Expo at Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.

Also, two Chocolate Cities have been set up at Tetteh Quarshie roundabout in Accra and Rattray Park in Kumasi to bring all chocolateurs and processors together to showcase their chocolate and cocoa products.