Articles by Kofi Asante
Gov’t To Announce 12.5% Pay Rise For Workers
Public workers across all sectors are to enjoy a 12.5 percent pay rise, a source has told Myjoyonline.com. According to...
Explain GHS1.7bn Shortfall In Budget – Bawumia Tells Gov’t
Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on government to...
Ghana Presents Data On Energy Sector
Government has disclosed it is working to present data on the country’s energy sector to the International Monetary...
US$750 Eurobond Oversubscribed By Over 400%
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has expressed satisfaction at the pricing of Ghana’s fifth Eurobond at 9.25...
ACEP Proposes Privatisation of ECG Through Stock Exchange
Energy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is proposing the transfer of at least 51 per cent stake in...
New Gold Refinery To Provide Over 300 Jobs
Gold Coast Refinery Limited (GCRL) says its US$110million gold refinery facility is about 95 per cent complete as it is...
Use of Made-In-Ghana Logo To Attract Charges
The Trade Ministry has tabled a proposal before Parliament seeking approval to charge businesses for the use of the...
Graduates Need Retraining To Fit Job Market
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, President of UT Holdings, says it has become critical for employers to upgrade the skills of...
Cement Sales Decline By 3% On Power Cuts
Expectations are high among cement producers that there will be a recovery in consumption this year after a sharp fall...
Energy Levies Are “a Bitter Pill”
The Energy Sector Levies are “a bitter pill” the country has to swallow to heel ailing utilities, and not because...
Shippers Call For Strict Compliance
The leadership of key business associations in the country who represent a critical mass of the shipping community have...
Minister Advocates Quality Home-Made Products, Services
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Nii Osah Mills, has indicated the need for local industries to produce to meet...
Terkper Pledges Fiscal Discipline
The government has renewed its promise to maintain strict fiscal discipline and avoid the mistakes made in the last...
NLC Summons Transport Minister Over Railway Workers’ Intended Strike
The Minister of Transport, Mr Fifi Kwetey, has been subpoenaed to appear before the National Labour Commission (NLC) on...
Be Sure There’s Funding Before Undertaking Projects -Tekper Tells Contractors
Finance Minister Seth Tekper has charged contractors to do due diligence by ensuring that Ministries, Departments and...
Kofi Adoboli Warns On Banking Culture
Kweku Adoboli was a successful young trader for the Swiss Bank UBS based in London when his world fell apart in 2011....
Atuabo Gas Plant Gets Backup Compressor
The Ghana Gas Company has built a second standard overhead compressor unit at a cost of nine million dollars to serve...
PURC Will Fix Tariffs For ECG Even When A Concessionaire Takes Over
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has dismissed suggestions that the Commission will no longer be able...
Importers Get Fresh Boost With New Ideal Loan Scheme
Ideal Finance Limited has said traders, businessmen, businesswomen, and individuals who over the years have had...
Help Clean Country of Financial Rot — Accountants Charged
The Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, and the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants,...