Kofi Asante

Kofi Asante is a business and economics reporter based in Kumasi. He covers trade, finance, entrepreneurship, and economic development across the Ashanti Region and greater Ghana. A former analyst at the Bank of Ghana, Kofi holds an MBA from KNUST and brings data-driven reporting to stories about markets, commodities, and Ghana's growing tech sector.

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BoG Freezes US$1bn Sibton Deal

The central bank has reportedly put on hold the billion-dollar deal it handed to Sibton Switch, a local IT firm, to...

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‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ To Begin With GHC560m Cost

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin...

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Akufo-Addo Wrong On IMF Claim – Ato Forson

Claims by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the government of Ghana under former President John Mahama missed...

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Government To Make GHC30bn

The Government of President Akufo-Addo will be generating an amount of GHC3 billion in profit in the Planting for Food...

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Check Fiscal Discipline & Seal Revenue Leakages- Rev. Boadum Tells Nana Addo

With the incessant calls on President Akufo-Addo to hurriedly implement and prove ways his administration would sustain...

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Africa World Airlines Takes Delivery of First Single Digit Airplane

AWA will be the first airline to have bought a plane which is only a year old Africa World Airlines (AWA) has taken...

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We Were On Track To Clear Energy Sector Debts

The Ex-deputy Power Minister John Jinapor has said the erstwhile National Democratic Congress was on track to clear the...

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Gov’t Spends GHC 20 Million On Advertisement For Procurement Annually – Smartbid CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Smartbid Ghana Company Limited says government spends about twenty million Cedis...

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Nana Must Tax Ghanaians More To Achieve His Targets

A former minister of communication in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, Dr Edward Omane...

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Gov’t Is Reviewing Power Agreements Signed By Mahama – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has initiated a review of all the Power Agreements entered...

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Don’t Be Clouded By Political Expediency In Reviewing PPAs – Jinapor To Govt

Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor has cautioned the Akufo Addo-led government not to be clouded by...

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President Akufo-Addo ‘lied’ About Public Debt

Former deputy Minister in the erstwhile Mahama administration has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of being economical...

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Energy Contracts Had Value For Money

Every contract awarded in the power sector in Ghana followed due process, hence assertions by President Nana Addo...

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Commerz S&L To Deepen Financial Inclusion With Technology

Commerz Savings and Loans, the newest entrant to the financial sector, is seeking to deploy technological tools to...

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Gov’t Spends GHC 20bn On Advertisement For Procurement Annually – Smartbid CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Smartbid Ghana Company Limited says government spends about twenty Billion Cedis...

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Ghana Cocoa Buyers Say Cocobod Financing Delays Hindering Purchases

Licensed cocoa buyers in Ghana said yesterday that week-long delays in the release of financing by industry regulator,...

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We’d Save Economy With Comprehensive Policies

President Akufo-Addo has outlined clear cut policies his administration would be implementing to salvage the Ghanaian...

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Fifi Kwetey and Afriyie Akoto Spat Over Akufo-Addo’s Agric Vehicle For Jobs

President Akufo-Addo's pledge to use agriculture as a vehicle to solving unemployment which is one of Ghana's biggest...

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Mahama Missed All IMF Targets

The government of Ghana under former president John Mahama missed all the targets set for it by the International...

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COPEC Discredits Fuel Price Increase Report

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers(COPEC) has discredited reports that fuel prices will go up this week. The Institute...