By Kofi Ahovi The Securities and Exchange Commission of Ghana (SEC), the statutory regulator of the capital market, has in collaboration with the Natural Resources Institute UK, has organized a one day workshop for stakeholders to make inputs into the modalities for the establishment of a commodities exchange and a warehouse receipts system in Ghana. The workshop, the third to after earlier ones in Kumasi and Takoradi, was under the theme “Promoting financial deepening in Ghana: the role of a vibrant commodities exchange and warehouse receipt system.” The workshop was to set the right objectives and to examine and approve the right model that will suit Ghana's economy. SEC assured of its intention to provide the necessary legal and regulatory framework to ensure that all those in the supply and value chain in agriculture benefit from their involvement. The director-general of SEC, Dr. Nii Kwaku Sowa, observed that the country’s performance in the cocoa industry indicates that with...