- Agribusiness Chamber Fires Back Over Maphlix Default Claims
The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana has issued a strong rebuttal of what it describes as a defamatory publication against Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited, insisting that claims portraying the company as being in financial default are false, unsupported and contradicted by written confirmations from named financial institutions.
In a media statement issued on May 4, 2026, the Chamber said it had undertaken independent verification and direct engagement with the financial institutions cited in the publication by Pangea Global Ventures. According to the Chamber, those checks showed that the central allegation of default against Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited could not be sustained.
The Chamber said ABC Fund had confirmed that all loan accounts with Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited were fully cleared and in good standing. It further stated that AV Ventures and Global Social Impact Investments confirmed that their respective facilities with Maphlix remain active, have not expired and have never been subject to repayment default.
“No lender maintains and continues to provide active credit facilities with a defaulting borrower,” the Chamber said, arguing that the publication’s central allegation “collapses entirely” against the documentary evidence it had obtained.
The Chamber also rejected claims that Maphlix had benefited from business advisory services from Pangea Global Ventures. It said its investigation found no business transaction, contract or advisory relationship of any kind between Pangea Global Ventures and Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited.
According to the statement, the disputed publication had no primary source foundation, as the individual and corporate entity behind it had never directly engaged Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited in any professional capacity. The Chamber said the purported case study was therefore constructed without primary source documentation, direct engagement or verified evidence.
The Chamber further alleged that every substantive claim in the publication was false and contradicted by written documentation from the financial institutions named.
Beyond the factual rebuttal, the Chamber has signalled a legal response. It said corporations in Ghana have remedies against false and malicious publications under defamation and injurious falsehood, adding that both causes of action are available to incorporated bodies under Ghanaian tort law.
The Chamber said it had instructed legal counsel to commence proceedings for defamation and injurious falsehood against Pangea Global Ventures and associated persons, seek general, compensatory and punitive damages, and pursue a perpetual injunction restraining further allegedly defamatory statements against Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited and its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Felix Mawuli Kamassah.
It also demanded a full retraction and public apology on all platforms where the disputed content appeared.
The Chamber called on Pangea Global Ventures and its Chief Executive Officer, Tracy Boswell Scicchitano, to immediately and unconditionally retract the entire publication within 48 hours and issue a public apology on LinkedIn and any other platform where the content appeared, acknowledging that the claims were false, unsubstantiated and malicious.
Failure to comply, the Chamber warned, would lead to escalation of the matter to the Economic and Organised Crime Office, the Data Protection Commission and LinkedIn’s legal and professional community policy teams. It said it would also file formal complaints with the appropriate Ghanaian law enforcement authorities regarding what it described as potentially criminal dimensions of the publication.
The Chamber framed the dispute as part of a wider concern over what it called the weaponisation of business analysis language to launch unsubstantiated attacks against Ghanaian enterprises.
It described Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited as a leading producer and exporter of fresh vegetables, roots, tubers and fruits, responsible for about 3,000 hectares, representing 75% of Ghana’s sweet potato production. It further said the company is collaborating with the National Service Authority to train more than 4,000 young people annually in smart agriculture and has revived long-abandoned public irrigation infrastructure.
“The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana will not stand by while reckless publications, unmoored from truth and evidence, seek to damage the reputation of our members and the integrity of Ghana’s agribusiness ecosystem,” the statement said.
For Ghana’s agribusiness sector, the dispute raises broader questions about corporate reputation, investor confidence and the evidentiary standards expected of organisations publishing business case studies or performance assessments.
The Chamber’s intervention signals that agribusiness institutions are prepared to push back strongly against publications they consider damaging, particularly where claims touch on creditworthiness, lender relationships and export-facing operations.
