Articles by Kofi Asante
No Priority For the Cultivation of Plantain
The country has no strategic plan or priority for the cultivation of plantain and its value chain, although its...
UMB Set To Transform SME Banking
The viability and growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana has been given a boost with the launch of the...
Telcos Offer Banks Novel Credit-Risk Model
In what could be a game-changer, telecom network operators in the country have offered to assist financial institutions...
Services Sector Maintains Dominance
The economy’s second quarter performance, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), shows that the services...
Angry Residents Demonstrate Against Chinese Mining Company
Residents of Wassa Dawbo, a town in the Amenfi Central District in the Western Region have embarked on a demonstration...
Gov’t Neglected Real Sectors In Appropriation Bill
The Minority in parliament has criticized government for not investing in critical sectors of the economy in its...
Electronics Dealers Demand Strict Regulation From Energy Commission
Distributors of electronic appliances want the Energy Commission to intensify the regulation of the importation of...
Who Is Buying Ghana’s Oil?
The co-chair of the Ghana Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative GHEITI, Dr. Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw, is...
Ghana Gas Deflates Media Report On Pipeline Contract
Ghana National Gas Company Limited, has deflated media reports that it is constructing a 180-mile (290km) gas pipeline...
GHC2bn Deficit Is Blow To Economy – Economist
Economist, Dr. Lord Mensah has criticized the almost 2 billion cedis budget deficit in the advance expenditure...
Amissah-Arthur Promises Cocoa Farmers Better Price
The Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has ended his four-day tour of the Central Region with his “Touching base...
Gov’t To Blow GHC1.8bn On Loan Interests
The Government of Ghana will spend GHC1.8 billion on loan interests alone in the first-quarter of 2017, MP for the New...
Import Duties Will Be Reduced Under Nana Addo’s Gov’t – Alan
The Former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng has assured that the next New Patriotic Party (NPP)...
Fuel Price Increments Unjustified – Group
The Institute for Energy Security, an energy policy think tank, has described the recent increment in price of...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems...
Price of Gold To Remain Under Pressure – Chamber of Mines Boss
President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, expects the price of gold to remain under pressure for...
Drivers Threaten To Increase Transport Fares By 20%
The Committed Drivers Association have threatened to increase fares by 20 percent from Monday October, 25, 2016 if...
Ghacem Does Not Need Monopoly – Kofi Kapito
The Consumer Protection Agency has blamed the high cost of both residential and commercial properties in Ghana on the...
Access Bank Launches Initial Public Offer of Shares
Access Bank Ghana Plc has launched an Initial Public Offer (IPO) for prospective investors to buy shares in the Bank...
2017 First Quarter Budget Presentation Cancelled
The announced presentation of an advanced budget covering government spending for the first quarter of 2017 has been...