Articles by Kofi Asante
Gov’t To Create 6000 Jobs With $1 Billion Tema Port Project
President John Mahama has strongly defended his administration’s record of tackling unemployment. Taking his turn at...
Importers Deny Reports That Dec. Polls Have Slowed Down Activities
Importers, exporters and clearing agents at the Tema Port have expressed misgivings about the recent statement by the...
Shell, Mobil, Others Rated High By Oil & Gas Professionals
Professionals from across the global oil and gas industry have revealed who their employers of choice are – and the...
Cocoa Farmers Threaten To Blacklist Cocoa Buying Companies Over Cheating
Over 3,000 cocoa farmers in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region have threatened to blacklist licensed...
Grasscutter Project Initiated To Boost Nutrition In Upper West
The University of Ghana in collaboration with Kyoto University in Japan have began implementing a three-year project...
HFC Bank Inaugurates New Branch In Tema
HFC Bank has inaugurated its state-of-the-art branch in Tema Community 25, the second in the industrial city of Ghana....
Bankers Warn Government Against Capping Interest Rates
Some bankers have warned any move by Government to cap interest rates in Ghana will end in a disaster. Banking...
Ghana and France Trade Exceeds €1 Billion
Since 2015, the trade relations between France and Ghana have increased substantially, exceeding €1 billion. This is...
Time To Reduce Policy Rate Now
The business community, backed by some economists have intensified renewed calls for the central back to strongly...
12 Labour Unions Extend Strike Ultimatum To Nov. 21
Twelve labour unions have given government up to 21 November to transfer their Tier-2 pension funds to their custodian...
Ex Workers of GPHA Want GHC20 Billion Gratuity
Ex workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), have described as unfortunate media reports attributed to...
GCAP Beneficiaries Harvest 1.733 Tonnes of Rice
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) has started yielding results as beneficiaries have begun harvesting...
Works On Kumasi Airport Restricted By Encroachment
Plans by the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to extend the runway of the Kumasi Airport to carry bigger flights...
Exim Bank Supports Graduate Entrepreneurs With GHC2 Million
The dream of some 20 young graduates entrepreneurs to get funding to enhance their business became a reality Wednesday...
Wage Bill To Reduce To 40%
Government is working to reduce the wage bill from the current 51 percent to 40 percent in 2017 in order to invest in...
Terkper Defends Raising Bond At 19%
The Finance Minister, Mr Seth Terkper, has defended the government’s decision to raise a GH¢438-million bond at a...
No Job Cuts Under IMF Deal
President John Mahama has said there will be no job cuts in the public sector under the three-year $918-million deal...
$200m Left To Pay On 2007 Eurobond
The Minister of Finance Seth Terpker has disclosed that the government will soon complete the payment of the...
Stabilisation Fund Reaches All-Time Low
Government’s consistent lowering of the cap on the Ghana Stabilisation Fund (GSF) could ultimately defeat the purpose...
President Mahama To Consider Capping Interest Rates
The President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has hinted of moves to consider capping interest rates in the country....