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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Ministry of Business Will Empower Private Sector

Minister for the newly created Ministry of Investment and Business, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has announced plans to...

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Business Development High On Gov’t Agenda

Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister-designate for Business Development, has said his ministry will work to help improve the...

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UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce Meets Bawumia

Members of the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) recently met Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in Accra. Vice...

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Use Petroleum Act To Seek Compensation

An energy expert is imploring communities affected by petroleum exploration activities to take advantage of provisions...

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Ghana Needs $34 Billion 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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BoG To Move Banks Payment System To EMV

The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has announced plans to migrate all payment systems of banks in the country from magnetic chip to...

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Businesses Welcome New Ministry of Business Development

Business associations have hailed the creation of the new Ministry of Business Development. The businesses argue that...

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Stabilising Macro-Economy Our Main Focus – Yeboah

A member of the ruling government and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has stated...

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More Vehicles Registered In First Week of 2017 Than 2016 – DVLA

According to statistics available at the Greater Accra Directorate of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA),...

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Tullow Oil Plc Appoints Paul McDade As New CEO

The current founder and Chief Executive officer of one of the world’s leading producers of oil, Tullow Oil plc, Aidan...

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Lorry Fares To Go Up Soon – GPRTU

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), the umbrella group that unites commercial vehicle owners and their...

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Inflation Ends 2016 At 15.4%

The year-on-year inflation rate for the last month of the year 2016 December was 15.4%, compared with the 15.5%...

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Emirates Introduces Mobile Money Payment

Emirates has introduced yet another innovation aimed at making it easier for its Ghanaian customers to purchase airline...

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What Experts Expect From Incoming Energy Minister

Investment banker, Boakye Agyarko is the minister-designate for the energy sector. The energy sector is one fraught...

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Railways Ministry Needless

The railways sector should have been captured under the Ministry of Transport rather than the creation of a whole new...

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GREDA Lauds Government’s Housing Fund Policy

The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) has welcomed government’s plan to establish a housing fund. The...

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We Will Double Budgetary Allocation To the Agric Sector- Dr. Afriyie Akoto

Former Member of Parliament and Minister-designate for Agriculture, Dr. Akoto Afriyie says the Akufo Addo-led...

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Parliament Must Properly Consider Rent Law

The minister nominated for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea has stated that the decision to amend the existing rent...

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Resist Temptation of Printing Money For Revenue

Professor of Economics and Director of Research at the African Center for Economic Transformation, Dr. Joe...

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Amoako-Tuffour Slams Terkper’s ‘smart Borrowing’ Approach

Director of Research at the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Dr. Joe Amoako-Tuffour, has slammed...