Articles by Kofi Asante
Third Quarter Earnings From Crude Exports Decrease To $19.5 Million
Government’s earnings from crude exports witnessed a significant reduction for the third quarter of this year. Latest...
Ghana Still Imports Power
The relatively cheaper cost of electricity from Côte d'Ivoire is the reason Ghana continues to import power from that...
Ghana To Ban Charcoal Production
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in talks with government to ban the production and sale of charcoal in...
Gov’t Exceeded Expenditure For the First Seven Months In 2016
Government ended the first seven months of this year missing out on the amount of money it could spend as against...
GRA Signs MoU With U.S Customs To Enhance Trade, Combat Narcotics
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the U. S Customs and Border Protection have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Blame Rains For Latest Erratic Power Supply
Deputy Power minister John Jinapor has attributed the recent erratic power supply in parts of Accra to the rains....
Ghana Imports $135m Fish In 2015
Ghana imported $135 million worth of fish last year due to the reduction in the country’s fish stock, Sherry Ayittey,...
Dirty Food Vendors To Be Prosecuted
Environmental health officials in the Ashanti Region have warned they will not hesitate in prosecuting food vendors who...
Cocobod Grabs Two Chinese Miners
Two Chinese illegal miners have been arrested by the Intelligence Department of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). Li Wen...
Economist Worries About Government’s Unrelenting Borrowing
A Senior Economics Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Legon, has raised concerns over government's continuous...
BoG Targets Digital Finance Training To Reduce Fraud
The central bank has said it will roll out a nationwide digital financial education programme to educate Ghanaians on...
Jubilee Field Will Be Main Driver of Growth 2017 – Terkper
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has disclosed that the main propeller of growth next year will be the oil and gas...
New Airline Begins Flight This Week
Malabo-based Cronos Airline is set to start operations in the country on Friday. The airline is expected to operate...
AGI Admonishes Businesses
Ghanaian entrepreneurs have been advised not to shun the payment of taxes as business people in order to keep their...
Atwima-Kwanwoma Bank Records GH¢7.19 Million Profit
The Atwima-Kwanwoma Rural Bank continues to show strong growth, posting a net profit of GH¢7.19 million on its...
Income Levels Should Influence Fixing of Utilities Tariffs
Government and its Regulatory Agencies must take into serious consideration the low levels of incomes in the country...
Intervene In ‘cement Wars’
The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Togbui Amenya Fiti IV, has appealed to President John Mahama to...
Interest Payments, Capital Expenditure Gap Widens
Government has projected that for the first quarter of next year it will spend GH¢1.88 billion on interest payments,...
E-Zwich Agents Go Up To 100 As GhIPSS Prospects For More
Over 100 e-zwich agents have been set up mainly in Accra, few other regional capitals and major towns, as efforts are...
Oil & Gas To Serve As Main Driver of 2017 Economy
Two months to the end of the year, Citi Business News has gathered the Oil and Gas industry is marked to be the main...