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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IFC and MIGA Support Sankofa Gas Project

IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank Group have announced the commitment of US$517 million in debt and guarantees to...

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Fuel Prices Likely To Go Up By 2% In the Latter Part of December

The Institute of Energy Security has projected a likely increase in fuel prices for the 2nd window Fuel prices are...

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First Sky Wins Best Enterprise Award

An ever-growing Ghanaian company, the First Sky, has won yet another award as the Best Enterprise – Regional leader...

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Oil Production To Hit 190,000 Barrels Per Day

Production of oil in Ghana will hit 190,000 barrels per day by the end of the year, Ecobank Research has projected....

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GSE Mid-Week Composite Index Dropped Marginally

The GSE mid-week trading ended with transactions in 16 equities with four price changes The mid-week trading on the...

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Microfinance Institutions Advised To Empower Clients

Mr Philip Appiah-Mensah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UDF Microfinance Limited (UDFM), has advised microfinance...

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PIAC Seeks $9.5m To Fund Strategic Plan

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has launched a comprehensive plan to reform the Committee to...

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Abolish 5% VAT On Real Estate Charges – GREDA To Nana Addo

Real Estate Developers are admonishing the President elect, Nana Akufo Addo to “Walk the Talk” when he is sworn in...

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Importers, Exporters Want Single Window Project Reviewed

The Exporters and Importers Association of Ghana have called on the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to...

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Ghana, 3 Others Move To Tackle Unemployment

Ghana will today join Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that seeks to...

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Fuel Prices To Go Up By 2%

The Institute of Energy Security has said fuel prices are likely to go up by 2% from December 16 to December 31, 2016...

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Chamber of Commerce Urges Incoming Gov’t To Decrease Interest Rates To 18%

The Ghana Chamber of Commerce is predicting a gloomy economic future for local businesses should the incoming...

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BEIGE Capital To Unveil Banking System Upgrade

BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans (BCSL) is to unveil a transformational core banking system upgrade which has the...

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New Gov’t Must Renegotiate IMF Deal – Economist

The incoming government led by President elect Nana Akuffo Addo is likely to renegotiate Ghana’s deal with the...

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TOR Begins Test Run of Oil From TEN

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has begun a test run on about one million barrels of crude oil from the Tweneboa, Enyera...

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BEIGE Honours Distinguished Talents At Special Awards Ceremony

The BEIGE Group has awarded distinguished graduates who excelled in their various departments during their attachment...

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Bayport and CFC Savings and Loans Seek Merger Approval

Bayport Financial Services Plc is awaiting approval from the Bank of Ghana to merge its operations with sister company...

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Ahafo Mine To Produce Four Million Ounces of Gold

The Ahafo Mine of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) is estimated to produce four million ounces of gold from its...

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Stabilising Economy Will Be My Major Priority

President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo has indicated that creating jobs and stabilizing the economy will be one...

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Prof. Adei, Bernard Avle, Others Challenge BEIGE Talents To Dare To Be Different

Professor Stephen Adei, Bernard Avle, among others have challenged BEIGE Talents to dare to be different in society....