{"id":6634,"date":"2014-03-17T08:13:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6634"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:32:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T11:32:52","slug":"fan-milk-cuts-ghana-investment-plan-on-electricity-interruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/fan-milk-cuts-ghana-investment-plan-on-electricity-interruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Milk cuts Ghana investment plan due to electricity interruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6635\" alt=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2101-300x244.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2101-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2101.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fan Milk Ltd, the dairy producer owned by private-equity firm Abraaj Group and Danone SA, said it will cut investment in Ghana because of electricity outage plaguing storage and distribution.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s largest dairy producer will spend about 15 million cedis ($5.8 million) this year, lower than planned, Managing Director Jesper Bjorn Jeppesen said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Africa that will air tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe electricity problems we have had has taken its toll on our agents,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have not been able to have adequate power and therefore have not been able to store adequate number of products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fan Milk doesn\u2019t plan to raise prices to make up for a slump in its revenue and profit , Jeppesen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to maintain prices for as along as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Net income dropped 21 percent last year to 21.4 million cedis and revenue fell 5.7 percent to 147.2 million, Fan Milk said on Jan. 31. The shares have risen 12 percent this year and were unchanged at 7.42 cedis 1:44 p.m. in Ghana\u2019s capital, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Danone, the world\u2019s biggest yogurt maker, agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in the Accra-based company in October. Abraaj, the largest private-equity firm in the Middle East, which originally agreed to buy all of Fan Milk, will take a 51 percent stake in the company. Danone agreed to acquire a controlling stake in coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Bloomberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fan Milk Ltd, the dairy producer owned by private-equity firm Abraaj Group and Danone SA, said it will cut investment in Ghana because of electricity outage plaguing storage and distribution. 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