Articles by Kofi Asante
Stock Market Hits Marginal Turbulence
Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) for the second week of February (6-10) hit marginal turbulence and as a...
We Want Trade Not Aid – Bawumia
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has told the world that Africa is more interested in trade than aid....
SSNIT To Bail Housing Sector
The government has hinted of its intention to rely heavily on pension funds from the Social Security and National...
Servicing Debt With 10% of GDP Unsustainable – Duffuor
The current trend where 10 per cent of Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used in servicing the country’s debt...
Tullow Meets Gov’t Over Jubilee Development Plan
Executives of oil exploration firm, Tullow, are expected to meet the new government in the next few weeks. The meeting...
Economy Deteriorated In 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed shock at the level of deterioration of various economic indicators...
BoG ?4.6bn Saga: I Don’t Know Who Owns Sibtons Switch
The Bank of Ghana has mounted a spirited defence for a controversial ?4.6 billion contract to a private company to...
Unibank Donates 300,000 To Ghana@60 Celebration
Unibank has contributed Ghc300, 000.00 in support of Ghana’s 60th anniversary, the steering committee has announced....
Shell Expands Its Services In Kumasi
Vivo Energy Ghana, the award-winning company behind the Shell brand in Ghana, has re-opened its Sunyani Bekwae station...
IFS Pre-Budget Forum 2017
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has held a pre-budget forum to among others, highlight key issues that need prominence...
Cocoa Market Glut May Not Last
Cocoa prices are currently pluming multi year lows, with New York prices below $2,000 a tonne, a level they have only...
Weekly Financial Markets Review
In the Weekly Financial Markets Review for the week ending Friday, February 10, 2017, risk appetite was high on the...
Ghana Wins Back Mining Investors; $500m Pledged
MARK Bristow is unlikely to return to Obuasi, the Ghanaian gold mine he has twice stalked in the past 20 years before...
Artisans Call For Budget Allocation
The Artisans Association of Ghana (AAG) has called on the President Nana Akufo-Addo to place them on the national...
Andani On Graphic Business Forum
The Managing Director of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Mr Alhassan Andani, has asked the government to incorporate its...
Ghana Must Tighten Its Consumer Protection Standards – World Bank
The World Bank Group has called on the government of Ghana to, as a matter of urgency, tighten its consumer protection...
BoG Urged To Fast-Track Corporate Governance Guidelines
A banking professional, Judith Haizel, has appealed to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to ensure that it introduces the...
New Mining Activities Boost Gold Production
Expansion projects in the mining sector pushed the country’s gold production to 2,931,131 million ounces in the first...
Financial Stocks Lead Market Revival
Most of the regularly traded financial stocks are recovering from two consecutive years of battering occasioned by a...
Ghana Can Become An Auto Hub
The Country Director of Stallion Group, Mr Mahesh Mahtani, says Ghana has the potential to become West Africa’s auto...