Articles by Kofi Asante
Government To Issue GHC25.3bn Between August & December 2016
Government has announced plans to issue an estimated 25.3 billion cedis between August and December this year. Of the...
Government Using Statutory Funds As Collateral – Analyst
An energy analyst, Ishmael Edjekumhene, has accused government of using statutory funds as collateral for borrowing and...
Bank of Ghana To Establish Deposits Protection System
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) in collaboration with the German government is to set up a deposit protection system to help...
Investors Urged To Take Advantage of Opportunities In C/R
The Central Regional Chapter of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged local and foreign investors to...
Guinness MD Calls On Government To Develop Empowering Policies For Industry
Managing Director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has called on government to create an enabling environment...
Banks’ Deposits Increase To GHC42.3 Bn In 2015 – PwC
The total deposits for commercial banks in the country increased to 42.3 billion cedis as at the end of December 2015....
Wa Airstrip To Be Ready For Commercial Flight In September
Contractors working on the Wa airstrip say the facility will be ready next month for a commercial flight to start...
UniBank Is Best Corporate Responsibility Bank
uniBank has been adjudged the best local bank in Corporate Social Responsibility at the 2016 Ghana Banking Awards. The...
Mobile Money No Threat To Banks
The advent of money transfer by means of cellular phones poses no danger to the survival of traditional banks, founder...
Ghana To Receive Support From British Aviation Sector
Ghana’s aviation industry is to attract stronger support from the British aviation sector to help accelerate the...
Fidelity Bank Is Bank of the Year 2015
Fidelity Bank beat competition from 27 other local and international banks to pick up the coveted prize. The bank was...
Transport Ministry Meets Shippers Over THC Again
The Transport Ministry is set to meet with shipping companies over the charging of Terminal handling fees at the ports...
NVTI Boss Calls For Re-Branding of Technical Vocational Training
A call has been made to re-brand Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) as it has the potential of employing...
GUTA Castigates Government Over Foreign Invasion of Retail Trade
The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) has castigated government for not showing enough commitment to fighting...
‘Dumsor’ Affected UT Bank – Amoabeng
The erratic power supply situation that Ghana suffered for almost four years affected several businesses including UT...
Mobile Money Value Tops GHC679.2million In June
Total mobile money float balance at end of June 2016 stood at GHC679.2million compared to GHC341.3 million in 2015,...
We Are Not Fighting For Ourselves
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Tema have debunked assertions that they were fighting against the...
Bartender Role Is Timeless – Tetteh
Mr Daniel Raynold Tetteh, President of the Ghana Bartenders Association, has called for training packages for...
Four Million Registered Taxpayers Avoided Tax In 2015
Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, Head of University of Professional Studies’ Centre for Public Accountability, has raised...
Chiefs Must Account For Utilization of Mining Royalties
Dr Steve Manteaw, Co-chairperson of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), says chiefs who...