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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ICU Warns of Massive Layoffs Over Gas Insecurity In 2017

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has cautioned of another bout of redundancy in the economy due to...

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Customs Exceeds 2016 Target By Over GHC329m In Ashanti

The Ashanti Regional sector of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has made significant gains,...

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John Attafuah Returns To NPA As CEO

Information gathered by Citi Business News indicates that a former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum...

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We Will Deal With MMM Ponzi Scheme Swiftly – BoG

Ghana’s Central Bank has given a strong indication it will deal swiftly with the operations of a Ponzi financial...

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TOR To Begin Processing 1million Barrels of TEN Crude From Jan 6

Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is set to begin processing Crude oil from Ghana’s Tweneboah Enyerra Ntonme (TEN) field from...

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Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku To Be Appointed Ghana Gas CEO

Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, the thebftonline.com has gathered will be heading to the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas)...

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Maidie Arkutu Bows Out As Unilever Ghana MD

The Managing Director of Unilever Ghana Limited, Maidie Arkutu has taken a bow as the Managing Director of the company....

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Dr. K.K Sarpong To Take Over As GNPC CEO

Information gathered by Citi Business News indicates that Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong will be taking over from Mr. Alex...

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Isaac Osei To Take Over TOR As Managing Director

The outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin in Kumasi, Mr Isaac Osei is to take over from Mr Kwame Awuah Darko as...

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Fuel Price Up 9%

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana has criticised Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for increasing fuel prices by...

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DKM Repayment Limit Now GHC10,000

Another batch of payments is underway for customers of the defunct DKM Diamond Microfinance Company. The Registrar...

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Level of Inefficiency At Ghana’s Public Sector Shocking

t’s been difficult getting the private sector, in this modern ICT age, to drive the levers of growth for the local...

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We Will Aid Ghana In Job Creation, Industry – China

The Chinese government has assured Ghana of its readiness to support the country in various ways to create more jobs....

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Pig Farmers Update Skills

A four-day training programme aimed at promoting productivity in the piggery industry to a very high earning and...

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Government Extends Subah Contract

The government has extended its contract with Subah Infosolutions to continue to monitor the country’s revenue in the...

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Factory-Per-District Policy Will Grow Economy – Gratis

Ghana’s economy will grow at a faster rate if more factories are set up across the country to process farm produce,...

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Black Stars Tour UniBank’s Esteem Banking Centre

uniBank Ghana Limited, the official Bank of the Black Stars last Friday hosted members of Avram Grant's squad at their...

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Restructure COCOBOD, Don’t Move It To Agric Ministry

The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called for restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) to make it...

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Stanbic Bank To Compensate ‘swindled’ Customers

Stanbic Bank has announced it will compensate its customers who were swindled by one of its contract workers recently....

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We’ll Demonstrate If Not Paid

play videoSome of the contractors lamented over the undue delay in payment The Ghana Education Trust fund contractors...