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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Gold Production To Increase In 2017

The Minerals Commission has disclosed to Citi Business News that its projection for gold production this year will be...

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Cocoa Processing Company Runs Out of Chocolate Ahead of Valentine Day

The Kumasi Office of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Ghana’s chocolate producers, has run out of the supply of...

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NLC Faces Danger As Workers Divided On Political Lines

The Employment and Labour Relations Ministry is to investigate the claims of the officials of the National Labour...

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Government Urged To Encourage Investment Into NTEs

Mr Albert Atuah Amponsah, the Managing Proprietor of Albe Farms, producers of pineapples and vegetables, has called on...

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Ghana Wants Trade Not Aid

Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government of Nana Akufo-Addo wants to trade with the rest of...

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Takoradi Port Gets New Oil Storage Facility

A 15 million dollar first class oil storage facility with the capacity of 13.5 million litres has been built at the...

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Ecobank Ghana Donates C600,000 Equipment To Health and Educational Institutions

Among the beneficiaries was the Maternity Department of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital Ecobank Ghana has donated a...

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GHS20m For Ghana@60 Not Outrageous

Some private sector business associations have rebuffed assertions that the estimated cost for Ghana’s 60th...

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Bawumia Touts Ghana’s Quest For Trade Relationships At World Government Summit

The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia left Ghana on Friday February 10, 2017 to attend the fifth annual World...

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We’ll Pay Insurance Claims Soon – NHIA

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is collaborating with the Ministry of Health to release monies pay...

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Ernest Chemist Makes Ghana Proud With Another Award

One of Ghana's leading pharmaceutical players, Ernest Chemists Limited, has once again been honoured as the OTC...

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Ghana’s Fiscal Deficit Deteriorated To An Estimated 9% of GDP In 2016

Ghana's overall fiscal deficit, on a cash basis, in 2016 deteriorated to an estimated 9 percent of GDP, instead of...

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Afriyie Akoto Knows What Is Best For Farmers

The President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, has reaffirmed his faith and trust in the Agric Minister,...

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Investors Are Free To Join GNPC

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corperation, GNPC, Dr. K. K Sarpong has reaffirmed the...

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Tap Potentials of Science and Technology

Industries have been challenged to take up risk by tapping into the potentials of science and technology to propel the...

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Credit Unions To Be Licensed To Ensure Discipline, Effective Operations

Credit unions in the country are to be licensed to ensure discipline and effectiveness in their operations. The...

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Vodafone Launches ‘fibre-To-the-Home’

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Mr Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, has urged...

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Tullow Oil Hints of Another Jubilee Shutdown This Year

Tullow Oil has indicated that it will carry out another round of Jubilee shutdowns in the next half of this year which...

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Government Will Revive Anglogold Ashanti

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that government was committed to reviving the fortunes of Anglogold...

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Union Oil Institutes Scholarship For KNUST Students

Union Oil Ghana Limited has instituted a GH¢50,000 scholarship scheme to train oil and gas students. The scheme will...