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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Danish Gov’t To Fully Cut Aid To Ghana By 2020

The Danish government has announced its intention to cut aid to Ghana as the nation has graduated to a new economic...

Business

GHACEM Rewards Customers

GHACEM Limited has held its annual Customer Appreciation event to acknowledge the immense contributions of its...

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FHI 360 Seeks an Experienced Financial Literacy/Capabilities Consultant to Adapt a Financial Capabilities Curriculum

FHI 360 seeks an experienced financial literacy/capabilities consultant to adapt a Financial Capabilities Curriculum,...

Business

TOR Explosion Not To Affect Supplies – Acting CEO

The Acting CEO of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Isaac Osei has allayed concerns over any significant impact on supplies...

Business

Workers Tired of January ‘wahala’ As Pay Day Long In Coming

January is a “tough’’ and long month. It comes with all kinds of difficulties and demands, school fees for...

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Total Awards “YE WO ADZE OYE” Promo Winners

Daniel Amankwah an entrepreneur has emerged the overall winner of the ‘Total Wo Adze Oye’ promo. For his prize, he...

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See More At: Http://citifmonline.com/2017/01/28/minerals-Commission-Inaugurates-Training-Fund-Management-Committee/#sthash.wiooZJ2s.dpuf

The Minerals Commission has set-up the Mining Sector Training Fund Management Committee to oversee the use of financial...

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MPs Advocate Better Interventions During Disasters

Members of Parliament are calling for more effective ways in dealing with disasters which are recorded in various parts...

Business

Industrial Commodity Prices To Surge In 2017 As Tight Supply, Strong Demand Boost Energy, Metal Prices

The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to...

Business

Airtel To Exit Ghana This Year

Bharti Airtel, the mother company of Airtel Ghana, has announced that it will be exiting 14 African countries including...

Business

Vanguard Assurance Unveils New Insurance Card As It Opens Adentan Branch

Vanguard Assurance Company Limited has introduced a new certificate card for its premium insurers. The card is a shift...

Business

Yara Ghana Appoints 1st Ghanaian Managing Director

Yara Ghana Limited., a leading fertilizer company, has appointed Mr. Danquah Addo-Yobo as the Managing Director to lead...

Business

$189m Worth of Mining Inputs Procured In Ghana Last Year

One hundred and eighty nine million dollars worth of mining inputs were procured in Ghana last year, the Chief...

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Ghana To Pay 18.75 % Interest On First 5 Year Bond In 2017

Ghana accepted 369.47 million cedis ($84.7 million) worth of bids for the country’s first five-year domestic bond...

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Stopping Fertiliser Smuggling Is Key For Agric – Dr. Afriyie Akoto

The Minister Nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated that the smuggling of fertilizer outside of...

Business

Gov’t Gives $50 Million For ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’ Project

Government has set aside an amount of $50 million to buy farm produce into the country’s buffer stock for the 2017...

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Ghana’s Export Earnings For 2016 Improves Marginally To $11 Billion

Ghana's earnings from the exports of gold, cocoa and crude oil for 2016 went up marginally, compared to what it got in...

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Investigate Explosion At TOR – Energy Institute

The Institute for Energy Security (IES), has called on the management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), to investigate an...

Business

Indian High Commissioner To Ghana Calls On Agric Minister-Designate

The Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture (MOFA) Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has commended the government of...

Business

TOR Decelerates Operation After Explosion

play videoThe new furnace was commissioned in 2016 as part of an expansion project carried out by TOR Operational...