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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Articles by Kofi Asante

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Scrap Fuel Levy Or We March

The government of Ghana has no justifiable reason to continue with the Energy Sector Levy imposed by the previous...

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Pan-African Banking Finding Its Stride

In the years since the global financial crisis, Africa has witnessed a rapid expansion of cross-border banking, led by...

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Govt Exploiting Cocoa Farmers

The Western Regional Minister-nominee, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as the...

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There Would Be No Imposition In One-District-One-Factory Policy

We will not impose factories on districts in carrying out the one-district-one-factory policy. That’s according to...

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Yeji Hit By Premix Fuel Shortage

Yeji and its adjoining communities in the Pru District of the Brong Ahafo Region have been hit by premix fuel shortage....

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Accra Commuters Dump Ayalolo Buses For Trotro

One of the key reasons for the inauguration of the Ayalolo Transport System late last year was to supplement the...

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Institute of Energy Security Warns of Fuel Shortage

Fuel supplies are expected to be seriously disrupted due to the unanticipated shutdown of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)....

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Government On Top of Economic Challenges

The government has conceded that the economic challenges confronting the country are daunting but has given its...

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Pioneering App Gives Millions Access To Ambulances

University of Warwick, UK graduate from Ghana designs revolutionary navigation app. For the first time ever, 8.7...

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Will the New ‘Ghana Airways’ Succeed

Successive governments have expressed their desire to behold a plane bearing the flag of Ghana on its tail, an...

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MTN Ghana Holds Blood Donation In Ho To Mark Valentine

The Foundation's target for the exercise was to collect about 2017 pints of blood The annual blood donation exercise...

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Government Must Stop Starving Statutory Funds

If government would not ensure adequate and timely transfers to its statutory funds, then it must as well collapse...

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Director General of GRA Set To Quit

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has scheduled a meeting with the Director General of the Ghana Revenue Authority,...

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Pharmaceutical Firms Target 60% Market Supply

Local pharmaceutical manufacturers are scaling up their investment in plants, machinery and new technologies in order...

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Glo Launches Three New Packages To Introduce Sixth Ghana Boss

Glo Mobile Ghana today launched three new products designed to empower customers to call and browse with data at the...

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Negative Return On Oil Cash Investment

IT has emerged that the performance of the Ghana Petroleum Funds’ portfolios declined in the second of 2016. In an...

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Allow Chinese, Indians To Invest In Industry – Aryeetey

Economist Prof Ernest Aryeetey has advised government to pursue investments in the agricultural and manufacturing...

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Government Asked To Re-Visit ECG Concession Deal

The Public Utility Workers’ Union of Ghana (PUWU) has reiterated its call on the government to renegotiate aspects of...

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Tullow Adopts 3-Phase Plan To Convert FPSO

Oil and gas firm Tullow and its JV Partners have adopted a three-phase approach to convert the Floating Production...

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‘Ghana To Experience Fuel Shortage Soon’

Barely three weeks after a furnace at the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) exploded,...