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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Set Up Revenue Courts At the Ports To Deal With Tax Infractions

The Ghana Community Network Services Limited, GCNet, has urged government to speedily set up revenue courts at the...

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President Akufo-Addo Stresses Need For Stronger Ties Between Ghana and Liberia

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his desire is to see Ghana and Liberia continually search for ways to...

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BoG Action Needed To Quell Cedi Speculations – RMB Research

Analysts want the Central Bank to aggressively intervene in the currency market to quell increased demand and...

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COCOBOD To Support Local Cocoa Processing Firms

Government and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have pledged to support local cocoa processing companies in an effort to...

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Youth Must See Agriculture As Lucrative Venture — John Mahama

Former President John Dramani?Mahama has challenged African leaders to present agriculture to the youth as a lucrative...

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GCB Declares GHC318 Million Profit After Tax

The Ghana Commercial Bank Limited has declared a total dividend pay-out of GH?100.7 million for the 2016 financial...

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GCB Shareholders Disapprove Motion To Increase Directors’ Remuneration

Shareholders of the GCB have shot down a motion to increase the remuneration of the Bank's Directors, from GH?2.5...

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LEAP Beneficiaries Appeal For Increment In Grant

Beneficiaries under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in the Tano South District of...

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Government Must Monitor Safety of Fishes

Nana Kwesi Duncan I, the Chief Fisherman of Marine Park Elimina in the Central Region, has urged the government to...

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Employers Push For Passage of Affirmative Action Bill

Employers in the country have heightened calls for the quick passage of the Affirmative Action Bill to increase...

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Broll Secures Management of Kumasi City Mall

Broll Ghana Ltd, the country's premier multi-disciplinary property services Company, has secured the Management...

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Canadian High Commissioner Cuts Sod For Agro-Processing Factory

The Canadian High Commissioner in Accra, Ms Heater Cameron, has cut the sod for the construction of an agro-processing...

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Lady Julia Commends Vodafone For Healthcare Initiatives

Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of the Asantehene, OtumfuoOsei Tutu II, has entreated Ghanaians to take interest in...

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Galamsey Cited As Reason For Komenda Sugar Factory Shutdown

One of the panellists on the extended New Day programme on 3FM on Saturday, May 27 has advocated a total ban on all...

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Dr. Duffuor II Is New MD of UniBank

Citi Business News can confirm that the board of indigenous bank, uniBank has appointed Dr. Kwabena Duffour II as its...

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Our Contract With NCA Was Genuine – George Oppong

The company at the centre of the $4 million National Communications Authority’s (NCA) alleged scandal, Infraloks...

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GCB Bank Shareholders Shot Down Pay Increase For Board of Directors

Shareholders of GCB Bank unanimously shot down the decision by board members to increase the annual salaries for all...

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Ex NCA Board Member Denies Involvement In ‘fraudulent’ Deal

A former Board Member of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Dr. Nana Owusu-Ensaw, has denied any involvement...

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‘French Digital June’ Takes Over Accra On June 1

The "French Digital June" forum will start from the 1st till the 6th of June in Accra. This project co-organized by the...

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50% of Mobile Money Subscribers Are Targets For Fraudsters

A cyber crime expert has revealed 50 per cent of mobile money subscribers in Ghana have either been defrauded or...