Articles by Kofi Asante
IFS Advises Gov’t To Review Its 2016 Borrowing Plans
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is pressing for government to review its borrowing plans for 2016 to limit the...
CLOGSAG To Sign MoU With Gov’t To End Strike
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) is due to sign a memorandum of understanding with...
Mobile Money Boom; Thousands Scramble For Agency Jobs
On a misty afternoon on Tuesday in Accra, Mary Agyekum sits by a desk, arms akimbo, earpiece in ear and looking pensive...
BoG To Offload 10% To 20% of GhIPSS To Commercial Banks
Citi Business News has gathered that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) may allow commercial banks to acquire between 10 and 20...
Ghana Trains GRA Staff On ‘Rules of Origin’
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has commenced a nationwide training of staff of the Customs Division of the Ghana...
Ghana Retains 85% of Revenue Accrued From Mining Industry
Ghana accrued a little over 3.1 billion dollars in revenue from the mining and quarrying sector in 2015. Of this amount...
NCA Committed To Extend Internet Services To Rural Areas
The National Communication Authority (NCA) is committed to ensuring that internet facilities are extended to the rural...
Nigerians Hail Ghana For Passage of Petroleum Production & Exploration Law
The passage of the Petroleum Production and Exploration Bill into law by Ghana’s parliament has been hailed by some...
FPSO Atta Mills Begins Production At TEN Fields
First oil production from the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) fields is expected to begin this Thursday, August 18, 2016....
Investors Cautioned Against Investing In Banking Stocks
Fund managers in the country have been cautioned against investing in banking stocks as the return on such investments...
30% of Agric Produce Kept Outside Post-Harvest Facilities
Only up to 74 per cent of the country’s post-harvest infrastructure is utilised, leaving about 30 per cent of crops...
FIC, GREDA To Combat Money Laundering In Real Estate Sector
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) is collaborating with the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), the...
BoG Considers Increasing Minimum Capital Requirement of Banks
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is working to increase the minimum capital that every commercial bank must have in order to...
Ghana Gas To Haul LPG By Marine Transport
The Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) has initiated a process to facilitate the switch from the bulk road haulage...
8 Local Insurance Companies Risk Losing License
About 8 indigenous insurance companies risk losing their licenses if they fail to meet the new minimum recapitalization...
Ghana Will Have Single Digit Inflation In 2017
President John Dramani Mahama has given an assurance that Ghana’s inflation rate will fall to a single digit by 2017...
Rural Banks To Venture Into Insurance
The Association of Rural Banks says it taking steps to establish an insurance company to take care of high risk...
Crack the Whip On ‘fronting’
The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), wants the Petroleum Commission to execute its mandate and punish...
Fuel Prices Projected To Drop Further In 2nd August Pricing Window
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected a further drop in fuel prices for the second pricing window for...
Petroleum Fund Accrues Over $144m In First Half of 2016
Ghana received 144.4 million dollars as part of the Ghana Petroleum Funds from three liftings of crude oil from the...