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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US-Africa Relations Will Improve Under Trump -Jimmy Mauldin

With barely a week to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, the...

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2016 First Half Petroleum Revenue Drops By 50%

Ghana’s revenue from the petroleum sector for the first half of last year dropped by over 50%. The figure declined...

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Lotto Marketing Companies Call For Legalisation of ‘Banker To Banker’

THE Northern Regional Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMC) has suggested to the government to formalise...

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‘Ghana Needs US$34bn To Fix Housing Deficit’

The Chief Executive Officer of Danywise Estate and Construction, Mr Frank Aboagye Danyansah, has decried Ghana’s...

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Economist Predicts Single Digit Inflation In the Medium Term

Economist Professor Godfred Bokpin has predicted of a drop in inflation to single digits in the short to medium term....

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Govt To Roll Out Fiscal Stability Act By End of 2017

Finance Minister Nominee, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed to Citi Business News government should commence the...

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We’ll Scrap Some Taxes In First Budget

Government has said although it will implement the tax cuts it promised during the campaign period, it will do so with...

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Insurers Pay Tullow US$80m As Compensation For Defects On Jubilee FPSO

Tullow Oil Ghana Limited, a Jubilee Field operator, has received a total of US$80 million as insurance claims for the...

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VRA Debts To Ghana Gas Could Spiral Out of Control

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has asked government push the Volta River Authority (VRA) to...

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Economy Needs Rebound

A new report has revealed that even though Ghana is experiencing a slowdown after several years of fast-paced...

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Akufo-Addo Has No Excuse To Fail Farmers

The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has said the Akufo-Addo led administration has...

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GRA Positioning Itself To Provide Enhanced Services — Blankson

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is modernizing its structures and systems to ensure an effective and efficient...

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Gov’t To Announce Tax Cuts In 2017 Budget

The Government of Ghana has announced that some taxes will be eliminated in the 2017 budget. The budget, the first...

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Tell Us When We Will Be Paid – Expresso Workers Charge Kwesi Pratt

Workers of Telecommunication Company, Expresso, have expressed frustration over the non-payment of salaries by...

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Working For 24 Months Without Pay – the Plight of Expresso Workers.

Workers of Telecommunication Company, Expresso, have expressed frustration about the non-payment of salaries by...

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Cancel Inactive IPP Agreements- ACEP To Gov’t

Government has been urged to cancel agreements with Independent Power Producers(IPPs) who have not demonstrated the...

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Ghana Cannot Blame IMF For Economic Challenges

Renowned economist Dr. Joe Abbey says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cannot be blamed for the current challenges...

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GPHA Staff Expose Rot

Some concerned staff of the Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA) are complaining bitterly about what they claim to...

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Tax Cuts Not the Solution – Ken Thompson

The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited, Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, has asked the Nana...

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IMF Hints At Bailout Renegotiation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given indication it is open to renegotiating some success benchmarks of its...