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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Tanker Drivers Warn NPA, Gov’t

The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, has raised pertinent issues against some policies National Petroleum...

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One Million Fishermen To Be Insured Next – Minister

Madam Hanny Sherry Ayittey, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has said one million fishermen would...

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Rural Banks Advised To Embrace Technology In Banking

Technological advancement and the use of internet has become very indispensable in the present day banking environment....

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Bank of Ghana Investigates ARB APEX Bank

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku has disclosed of an ongoing investigation into the...

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Banks Asked To Be Wary of Internal Cyber Attacks

Cyber security expert, Albert Antwi-Bosiako, has cautioned banks to take internal cyber security measures seriously as...

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ECG Loses 14% of Revenue To Illegal Connections

The Director of the Ashanti Region’s Strategic Unit of the ECG, Ing. Joseph Amachi, has disclosed that illegal power...

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MTN Ghana Boss Is Africa’s Telecom CEO of the Year

MTN Ghana CEO, Ebenezer Twum Asante has been named overall CEO of the Year in Africa's telecom industry at the recently...

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Smuggled Cement Impounded At Tema Port

The cry of cement manufacturers over the importation of cheap cement products from China and some of the Asian...

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Growth In Petroleum Sector To Boost Agric – Terkper

Finance Minister Seth Terkper has indicated that the expansion of the petroleum industry will not hamper the...

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Lexta Ghana Ltd Appoints New Head of Sales, Marketing

Lexta Ghana Limited, producers and suppliers of Yazz range of products and Hooch Foods has appointed Seth...

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Nduom To Revamp Afife Rice Factory

Nduom promises to revive the Afife rice factory like he did for the Worawora factory if he wins Flagbearer of the...

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Nduom To Revamp Afif3 Rice Factory

Nduom promises to revive the Afif3 rice factory like he did for the Worawora factory if he wins Flagbearer of the...

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Ghana Loses $2bn In Sole-Sourced Contracts – Danquah Institute

The Danquah Institute, a public policy research centre, has said at least $1.93 billion is being lost through...

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MDU Condemns Unprovoked Attacks On Members

The Maritime and Dockworkers Union (MDU) has condemned reports of hateful intimidation and attacks on its members at...

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Government Owes BDCs GHS2b

Government has to seek an additional GH¢1.2 billion to be able to pay off all debts owed Bulk Oil Distribution...

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TOR Drivers Threaten Demo Against NPA

Members of the National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union, who work with the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), have threatened to...

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Ghanaians Promote Made-In Ghana Textiles In Cape Town

Two Ghanaian traders resident in Cape Town, South Africa have become perhaps, unofficial ambassadors of Ghana’s...

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No Bonuses For Banks Staff As Mounting Debts Trigger Write-Offs

Staff of universal banks will be denied their bonuses this year as rising Non- performing loans in the sector crossed...

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The Cedi’s Rising Fortunes

Ghana's national currency, the cedi is on the brink of completing a record-breaking year, and even the currency...

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Upper East Will Be Agribusiness Hub – Akufo-Addo

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government from...