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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Power Compact II A Concession, Not A Sale of ECG

The Minister nominee for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has described the Millennium Power Compact II as a concession and not...

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Deeper Consultantation Vital – Agyarko

Minister-designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has underscored the need for wider stakeholder consultation in the deal...

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Gov’t To Promote ‘Made In Ghana Goods’

Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Minister-Designate for Trade and Industry says the government will pursue an...

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Businesses To Get Stimulus Package From Government

Minister-designate for the Trade and Industry Ministry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has said the Government would support...

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IAEA Commends Ghana’s Nuclear Infrastructure Development

Ghana on Monday received commendation from a 10-Member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of Experts, for...

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Gov’t To Engage Farmers As Shareholders In Komenda Sugar Factory

Sugar cane farmers could be engaged in the running of the Komenda Sugar factory in the Central Region as part of...

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Sipa Yankey Quits, Leaving Behind $450m VRA Debt

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Gas Company, Dr. George Sipa-Adjah Yankey, is set to proceed on...

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I’m Worried About Brexit

The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has expressed worry over...

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Agyarko Promises New Era In Energy Sector To End Dumsor

Ghana’s unyielding energy sector challenges can only be surmounted with a proper financial management of the power...

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Akufo-Addo Must Use Diplomacy To Get Nigeria To Sign EPA – Alan Kyerematen

The Minister of Trade and Industry-designate, Alan Kyerematen has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to sign the Economic...

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Dr. Sipa Yankey Quits As Ghana Gas CEO

Dr. George Sipa-Adjah Yankey, CEO of the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas), is set to proceed on terminal leave....

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250ml Blue Jeans Energy Drink Withdrawn From Market

Management of Budget Cash and Carry, the company which is the sole importer of energy beverage, Blue Jeans has as a...

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I’m Committed To 100% Local Cocoa Processing – Alan Kyerematen

Ministers designate for Trade & Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has assured the nation that he’ll commit to a 100%...

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Ghana’s Foreign Policy Is Economic Diplomacy

Ghana’s foreign policy has shifted from the normal diplomacy of ensuring good neighbourliness to economic diplomacy,...

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Ghana 98MW Away From A Return of Load-Shedding

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has stressed Ghana's power supply situation is in a "fragile state" despite...

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Economist Feels Sorry For Next Finance Minister; He’s In Very Tight Corner

Ghanaians have been urged to temper their expectations of the new New Patriotic Party (NPP) government because economic...

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We Pray Gov’t Reduces Taxes

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ababio Express group of companies Aya Boafo has called on the Trade and Industry...

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$24m For Komenda Sugarcane Plantation

A loan of $US24m has been approved by parliament to be used as funding for the establishment of a sugarcane plantation...

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CITI Bank Group Honours Access Bank

Recently awarded as “Africa’s Best Bank Transformation” at the 2016 Euromoney Awards, Access Bank Ghana has once...

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Govt’s 6 Strategies For Industrial Growth

Trade and Industry Minister-designate Alan Kyerematen has identified six strategies to be adopted by the New Patriotic...