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by msg3 1923 days ago
By itself, it's probably not a good idea.

If the government supports the development of a chocolate production industry, including support for cocoa exporters, then it has every chance of success.

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It might, and it might not. Even though Japan also makes some fine watch movements, Swiss ones command a premium over the Japanese ones. I'd assume that this would be similar for chocolate.
If Ghana were to position itself as the 'Casio' or 'Seiko' of chocolate, I expect they'd tolerate the fact that there was a still an Omega out there.

And with the Casio profits, they could make a reasonable run at unseating Swiss chocolate in another century or so.