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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Activa Gets New CEO

The board of Activa International Insurance at its last November meeting in Conakry appointed Mr Solomon Lartey as its...

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Merge TOR, BOST For Efficiency – Dr. Manteaw To NPP

Some industry watchers have made a strong case for the new government to merge the management of the Tema Oil Refinery...

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SSNIT Defends 18% Increase In Pension Benefits

The Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has justified its 18% increment of pension benefits. This is...

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Cocoa Has Seen Improvement With Our Government

Outgoing Finance Minister Seth Tekper has debunked claims by cocoa dealers about the dwindling profits on cocoa...

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Compel Banks To Allocate Loans To Agriculture

The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has appealed to the Nana Akufo Addo administration to use policy tools to...

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Review Special Petroleum Tax Levy

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has called on government to review the special petroleum tax levy. This they...

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Cocobod Outlines Interventions To Boost Cocoa Production

Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, has put in place a number of interventions and best agronomic...

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Energy Bank Educates Exporters On Trade Finance

Energy Bank Ghana has schooled a number of exporters on the features, requirements, utilisation of trade finance lines...

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Rlg Secures Contract To Produce Digibox, Over 5,000 Jobs To Be Created

Ghanaian-owned technology company, Rlg Limited has been awarded the contract to manufacture Set Top Boxes (STBs) for...

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Mad Rush For NPP Branded Dry Gin In Kumasi

Local businessmen in Kumasi are already profiting from the political victory of the New Patriotic Party as locally made...

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TOR Faces Threats From Dangote’s Refinery – MD

The outgoing Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR),Kwame Awuah Darko, has urged his successor to pursue...

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We’ve Left Stabilized Economy For NPP – Terkper

Ahead of the handover of power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Finance...

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200 Out of 1000 Disgruntled GETFund Contractors To Receive Payment

Some of the contractors who picketed at the Ministry of Finance 200 of 1000 contractors owed by Ghana Education Trust...

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Ghana Nowhere Near Energy Sufficiency – Expert

Energy expert and Gasop Oil Chief Executive Kwadwo Poku has expressed doubt regarding comments made by exiting...

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NPP Will Be A Listening Gov’t – TOR Staff

Workers of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) have expressed confidence that the incoming government of Nana Addo Dankwa...

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TOR Workers Welcome New Managing Director

The new Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery, Isaac Osei, has the credentials and the capabilities to manage...

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Ghana’s Business Front Expects More From Akufo-Addo

Expectations are high within the Ghanaian business community ahead of the swearing in of the country’s...

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Incoming Gov’t Puts Breaks On Implementation of NCA’s 4G Policies

The telecoms regulator, National Communication Authority (NCA), has been asked to discontinue the implementation of...

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DKM Creditors Cry Foul Over Bribe Allegations

Validated customers of DKM Microfinance Company have accused officials of the Ghana Commercial Bank as well as security...

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Fuel Prices Increase By About 11%

Prices of some petroleum products have gone up by 11 percent for the first pricing window in January. Checks by Citi...