Articles by Kofi Asante
Dec Polls Winner Should Put SMEs High On Agenda
Ghana should also look at how investments in roads, power and telecoms – in partnership with the private sector –...
Japan To Fund New Bridge Over Volta River
The Japanese government will fund the construction a new bridge over the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor Road...
Drone Users Must Receive Police Permit Before Flying – GCAA
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has clarified that its new directive on the use of drones is influenced by...
Ghana and Japan Sign $100m Loan Agreement
Ghana has signed a $100-million (11,239 billion Yen) loan agreement with the Japan International Co-operation Agency...
Gas Master Plan To Address Infrastructure Gaps
The approval of a Gas Master Plan by Cabinet would address the country’s infrastructure gaps and clarify areas of...
Treasury Securities Continue To Slide
Yields on treasury securities continued their downturns as government’s appetite for short term securities declines....
Domestic Flight Low Despite Mass Movement For Election
As the elections get closer, one would expect that domestic aviation traffic will be on the rise as people move to...
Ghana’s Coupon Rate On Eurobond Too High
A chartered economic policy analyst, Dr Williams Abayaawien Atulik, has expressed concern about the coupon rate on the...
Mahama’s Second Term Will Foster Rapid Growth – Terkper
Minister of Finance, Hon. Seth Terkper says Ghana will grow at a faster rate if President John Mahama is given a second...
Mineworkers Call For Local Content Law For Industry
The General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), Mr Prince William Ankrah, has called for a local content...
Cedi To Depreciate Even Further
Economist Dr. Lord Mensah is predicting a further depreciation of the cedi ending the year beyond 4 cedis. According to...
Matured Bills & Bonds Reach GHC145bn In 2016
Total bills and bonds auctioned this year, from January to October, by the government, Bank of Ghana, and COCOBOD...
Deficit Threat Comes Alive As Voting Day Looms
Without exception, all the major international ratings agencies have predicted a budget deficit overrun in 2016, a...
KMA Collects GHC21.2m In Internally Generated Revenue
The amount collected represents 72 per cent of the GH¢29,596,267.00, it had targeted for the year. The Kumasi...
Stakeholders Schooled On Ghana’s Mining Vision
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in...
MTN Seeks 4G Partnerships In First Year of License
It has been a year since MTN got its 4G license, and they are already in talks with other 4G players in the country for...
Vodafone Outlines ‘Super Red Christmas’ Intentions This December
Vodafone Ghana has launched a campaign this December dubbed, #VodafoneSuperRedChristmas to reward and excite its...
22 SMEs Receive Training
About 22 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the print industry have received training in new imaging technologies...
Oil Sector Experiences Shock
The decline in crude oil prices on the world market has gravely affected the country’s oil sector, which is likely to...
Extend Election Security To Fuel Stations
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana ( COPECGH ) is calling on the security agencies to put in place every the...