Articles by Kofi Asante
BoG To Auction Proceeds From Cocoa Syndicated Loan
Citi Business News has gathered that Ghana will soon start inviting bids for the auctioning of the foreign-exchange...
Sankofa Gas Project Receives US$700m World Bank Guarantee
Ghana has received a US$700-million guarantee from the World Bank for its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)- Sankofa...
Ghana Gas Deals Tough With Striking Workers
Four workers of the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) have been sacked for going on strike illegally. The...
ICT Sector Records Double-Digit Growth
In spite of a broader slowdown in the economy, Ghana’s ICT sector has seen high double-digit growth over the past 12...
Stock Market Trade Hits 32,649 Shares
Volume traded on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) hit 32,649 shares which were valued at GHS128,171.34 at the close of...
Makola Traders Unhappy With Unregulated Hawkers
Traders at the Makola market and its environs have expressed concern the unregulated hawkers, salesmen and women who...
Petroleum Holding Fund Received $21.6m From 2015 Oil Liftings
The Petroleum Holding Fund has accrued $21.6 million out of Ghana’s total lifting of crude oil from the Jubilee Field...
National Food, Agriculture Show Launched
The seventh edition of the National Food and Agriculture Show (FAGRO) has been launched in Accra. FAGRO is an annual...
Ghana Could Be Africa’s Fourth Biggest Oil Producer By 2020
Ghana could become the fourth biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 once two new offshore fields come on...
Petroleum Workers Petition Ghana Gas Board Over Dismissals
The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers’ Union, (GTPCWU), is petitioning the Ghana National Gas Company...
Expresso Workers To Protest Over 18 Months’ Unpaid Salary
Workers of telecommunication company Expresso are planning a massive protest, Wednesday, 28 September, 2016 over unpaid...
Deputy Finance Minister Pledges Transparency In Oil Money Spending
Deputy Finance Minister, Mrs. Mona Quartey, has repeated the government’s unwavering commitment to ensure...
Ghana Gas Sacks 40 Workers
The Management of the Ghana National Gas Company has dismissed over 45 workers for misconducting themselves during a...
Aveyime Rice Project Collapses; Over 500 Workers Sent Home Without Pay
No one needs to be told on entering the yard of Volta Prairie Limited (VPL), formerly known as the Aveyime Rice Project...
Cocobod’s US$1.8bn Syndicated Loan Ready In Two-Weeks
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it secured US$1.8 billion syndicated loan from a consortium of banks to allow it...
DKM Customers Dissatisfied With Repayment Plans
Government’s move to settle the longstanding grievances of clients of the DKM Microfinance Company has taken off on a...
Shipping Community Haggles Over Terminal Handling Charges
There is uneasy calm in the shipping sector between shipping lines/agents on one side and a critical mass of the...
Government Argues Banks Into Oil and Gas Funding
For the country to achieve its lofty local content goals, the financial services sector, led by the banks, would have...
Shea Butter Export Reaches US$64 Million
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent...
BoG To Release New Guidelines On Mobile Financial Services
The Bank of Ghana is to soon come out with revised regulations on Ghana’s mobile financial service sector. It follows...