Articles by Kofi Asante
Minimum Wage Increased By 10 Percent
The national tripartite committee has increased the daily minimum wage from GHC8 to GHC8.80. The 10 percent increment...
Earnings From NTEs Rise To US$2.52bn In 2015
A marginal increase in the exports of agricultural products in 2015 helped to push up total earnings of Non-...
$1.5 Billion Tema Port Expansion To Create 5,000 Job
The $1.5 billion Tema port expansion project which is expected to start from October 1 is expected to be completed by...
Ghana’ll Be Energy Sufficient 2017 – Mahama
Ghana will become energy sufficient by the end of 2017, President John Mahama has said. According to him, with the...
Fears of Election Year Spending Splurge Trouble Investors
Investors’ worries over government’s spending bill this year has heightened amid uncertainty over the International...
TOR Levy To Last 10 More Years
Consumers of petroleum products will have to stomach the burden of paying the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Debt Recovery...
Ho Airport Will Be Ready By November
The runway of the Ho Airport, a new regional airport in the Volta Region, is expected to be completed for the inaugural...
Roadmap To Address Concerns of ECG Privatisation
The Ministry of Power, the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) and the Millennium Development Authority (MIDA), have...
Corporate Tax Hikes Worrying – ARB Apex Bank
The ARB Apex bank has said it is engaging the Ministry of Finance to review the taxes on rural banks, following the...
Gov’t Explores Other Sources of Energy
Ghana has moved from solely relying on hydro- power to thermal and is now exploring other sources of energy including...
Ghana Gas To Build $500m Gas Pipeline To Tema
Government has approved the construction of a 24-inch-diameter 290-kilometre Onshore Pipeline estimated to cost about...
Don’t Privatise ECG, List On Stock Exchange Instead – ECG Staff
Staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) say moves by government to involve a private investor in power...
NLC Drags GHOSPA To Court Over Strike
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has initiated legal action against the Government and Hospital Pharmacists’...
WestBlue Partners GTBank To Collect IDF Fees
WestBlue Consulting has adopted Guaranty Trust Bank’s safe, strong and robust payments and collections channels; the...
Tema Port Expansion Project To Commence 1st October
Construction works on the $1.5billion Tema Port expansion project is expected to commence on the 1st October 2016. The...
Nationwide Insurance Scheme For Fishermen Launched
Star Microinsurance Services in collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has begun the...
Terkper Rules Out Spending Spree Before Poll
Ghana’s finance minister hopes to tap international capital markets for the fourth time in as many years, but...
Volta Lake Workers Demand 15 Months Unpaid Salaries
Workers of Volta Lake, a company contracted by the Government to clean the Albert Bosomtwe Sam Fishing Harbour in...
Labour Agitations In Power Sector To Affect FDIs
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has told Citi Business...
Railway Workers Threaten Strike
The Ghana Railway Workers Union has expressed displeasure about the accumulation of salaries, SSNIT contributions, and...