Articles by Kofi Asante
Terkper Soaks In Moody’s Optimistic Rating
Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, is upbeat other ratings agencies like Fitch and Standards and Poors, will follow suit...
NPP Opposed Withholding Tax Because It Will Kill Businesses – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
The Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency and Minority Leader of Parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed...
Exim Bank Can Be Transformative
The newly established Ghana Export Import Bank (Ghana EXIM) can boost exports and reduce country’s the balance of...
AfDB Approves US$24m To Restore and Expand Forests
Ghana has received approval from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a project to restore degraded forest reserves...
Housing Finance Can Be Cheaper – Banker
Long-term funds could drastically reduce the cost of mortgages, Head of Commercial Banking at Stanbic Bank,...
Ghana To Lose Over US$3m Project Over Land Dispute
A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has...
Finance Ministry Upbeat As IMF Meet Today To Decide Release of 3rd Bailout Funds
The Finance Ministry says it is optimistic a meeting Wednesday by the IMF to decide release of the third installment of...
BoG To Give Banks Time In Meeting Recapitalization
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has disclosed that it will give commercial banks some space to meet a new capital reserve ratio...
Gov’t Pledges Transparency In Oil Money Spending
A Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs Mona Quartey, has repeated the government’s commitment to ensure transparency in the...
Pressure Mounts On BoG To Cut Rates
Ghana’s headline inflation is likely to slow further downwards raising prospects of a series of interest rate cuts as...
Ghana Risks Entering Into Recession
Ghana’s economy faces a recession if steps are not taken to diversify its productive sectors, the Head of the...
Ten BRT Buses Now Registered
Ten of the buses being tested as part of the redefined ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ (BRT) services, have been registered,...
Shippers To Protest Continuous THC Implementation
Players in Ghana's shipping sector are planning a protest against the continuous implementation of Terminal Handling...
Korea Eximbank Finances Prestea-Kumasi Power Project
Korea Eximbank has been a dynamic Official Development Assistance (ODA) provider in the African continent – it has...
Banks Can’t Absorb US$1.8billion Cocoa Loan Inflow
Banks have admitted their inability to take the entire US$1.8 cocoa loan at once, an admission that supports moves by...
Punish Defying Shipping Lines
Key business organizations in the country have called for all shipping lines that flouted the Transport Minister’s...
Expansion of Rice Production Is Our Policy
Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the Minister of State at the Presidency, has said it is the policy of government to expand the...
Moody’s Positive Rating of Ghana A Reflection of Economy- Terkper
Finance Minister Seth Terkper is optimistic recent revision of Ghana’s Long Term Bond Ratings from negative to stable...
FPSO Nkrumah Gets Hull & Machinery Insurance
Tullow Oil has announced that Hull & Machinery insurance cover has been confirmed for the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah by its...
Petroleum Commission Touts Gas Production Prospects
The Chief Executive of Petroleum Commission, Mr Theophilus Ahwireng has touted the prospects of the country’s gas...