Articles by Kofi Asante
Gov’t Not Ending IMF Programme Due To Borrowing Restrictions
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has refuted claims that the government is rushing to end the International Monetary...
COCOBOD To Subsidise Fertiliser For Cocoa Farmers and Halt Free Supplies
COCOBOD will stop supplying free fertiliser to the country's cocoa farmers and instead subsidise the products in an...
Organised Labour Holds Forum On Jobs Ahead of May Day Celebration
Organised Labour will on Wednesday, April 26, hold a forum on its theme for the 2017 May Day celebration; “Ghana @60:...
Ghana Records 3.2m Metric Tonnes of Imports From Africa Region
Imports from the Africa region to Ghana in 2016 amounted to 3.2 million metric tonnes. This represented an increase of...
NAGRAT Begs For More Time To Get Its Member To Register On SSNIT Biometric System
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has asked for a month extension to allow its members the...
Is There Really A Conflict of Interest Situation In Ghana’s US$2.25 Billion Bond Issue?
The Ministry of Finance, through the book building process, recently issued 7- and 15-year bonds at a coupon rate of...
Businesses Need To Strategize To Promote Trade
Businesses in the Central and Western regions must strategize to take advantage of opportunities that abound in the...
SMEs Undergo Training In Tamale
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) have scaled...
Tema Port To Be the Centre of Tourism In Africa
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority says it is doing all in its power to take advantage of Tema Port's strategic...
Ghana Is Open For Business
Minister for Business Development, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, has beckoned to the international business community to take...
Government Lays Foundations For Tourism Growth
As Ghana looks to diversify its sources of foreign exchange, it has aggressive plans to expand its tourism capacity,...
Government To Revamp Tumu Cotton Ginnery
The Minister of President’s Special Development Initiatives Mavis Hawa Koomson has expressed shock at the abandoned...
BoG To Come Out With Report On Banks Recapitalization
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has hinted that it will soon announce a decision on the recapitalization of banks in the...
African Small-Scale Farmers To Benefit From Ecosystem Initiative
The integrated Financial and Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco) on Monday launched an initiative aimed at driving...
Government To Take Deliberate Steps To Boost Tourism
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Samuel Osei-Mensah, has indicated a more aggressive push to boost tourism to...
We’ll Make Ghana Africa’s Business Hub
The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Saturday declared the mission of the Akufo-Addo government is to make Ghana the...
What Is External Borrowing In Context of Issuance of $2.5bn Bond
The Minority in Parliament accused the government of three violations: 1. Conflict of interest 2. Borrowing without...
GN Bank Assures After Fire Outbreak
GN Bank has assured its customers that their monies and investments with the bank are safe following a wildfire that...
Explain Processes Leading To Issuance of $2.25 Billion Bond —Minority Demands
Parliament has asked the Ministry of Finance to explain the processes leading to the issuance of the $2.25 billion bond...
Ghana Joins African Financial Markets Initiative
Ghana and Zambia have become the newest members of the African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) Ghana and Zambia...