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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MD of ARB APEX Bank Must Not Come Back – UNICOF

The National Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance Workers (UNICOF) has called on the Bank Ghana not to renewal the...

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BoG Moves To Further Strengthen Cedi Defenses

The Bank of Ghana, working with the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet), is putting measures in place to...

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OmniBank Targets 1m Accounts; GH¢3bn Deposits By 2020

OmniBank has been officially unveiled with the promise to focus on the development of entrepreneurs and Small and...

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Criticisms of Dollar Denominated Bond Misplaced – BoG

The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has refuted claims that the issuance of dollar denominated bond in the country will drain dollar...

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PNC To Give Tax Benefits To Companies Employing PWDs

The flag bearer of the People's National Convention (PNC), Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, has expressed his intention to...

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PPP To Build Ultra Modern Market For Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has promised to build an ultra-modern market and a school in Santana, a suburb...

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Mahama Announces E-Wallet Technology To Boost Cocoa Economy

President John Mahama says his government has devised a new technology that will get fertilizers directly to cocoa...

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GSS Launches Second National Strategy For Statistics Development

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Friday launched the second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics...

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Future of Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry Promising – Prof Akabzaa

Professor Thomas Akabzaa, Chief Direct of the Petroleum Ministry, has given an upbeat assessment of the nation’s oil...

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Access Bank Trains Women Entrepreneurs

As part of the value proposition of the Access Bank ‘W’ Initiative to offer financial literacy workshops, over 50...

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Entrepreneurship Is A Way of Life

Mr Mike Nyinaku, the Chief Executive Officer of the BEIGE Group said entrepreneurship is a way of life and that it is...

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Gov’t To Construct US$30m E-Waste Facility At Agbogbloshie

The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, in partnership with the Environmental Protection...

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Gov’t Ready To Support Young Entrepreneurs – Julius Debrah

Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has urged the youth to dream big and pursue visions that are realistic. He said the...

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Mahama Commissions New Rail Lines; Promises To Revamp Sector

President John Mahama has said the rail transport sector will see massive transformation if he is voted into power for...

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Why You Should Own An Acasia Home

Acasia represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the status quo. The notion of the existence of...

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KNUST Receives $1m Grant To Produce Palm Weevil Larvae On Large Scale

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is embarking on a fight against protein deficiency in...

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Aveyime Rice Factory Deserted

The promise of jobs and change in lives that came with the establishment of the Aveyime Rice Factory has been...

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Ghana Will End Year With Debt-To-GDP Below 70%

Finance Minister Seth Terkper has disclosed the country is likely to end the year with a public debt-to-gross domestic...

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Airtel Storms Madina With ‘Service Excellence Clinic’

Airtel, the Smartphone Network, has taken its Service Excellence Clinic to Madina, a suburb of Accra, to avail its...

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VRA Pursues Private Hands For Non-Core Businesses

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has set in motion a restructuring process, which will see it cede its non-core...