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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Confusion At Upper West Over Distribution of Subsidized Fertilizers

Confusion has erupted over the distribution of 20,000 bags of government subsidized NPK fertilizers meant for farmers...

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Textile Workers Reject Government’s Stimulus Package

The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) has rejected the stimulus package being offered by government...

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Ghana’s Debt To GDP Ratio Drops From 74% To 63% Under Nana Akufo Addo

The figures are contained in Bank of Ghana's Summary of Economic and Financial Data The Bank of Ghana has disclosed...

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Slydepay Has Over 30,000 Subscribers – Derrydean Dadzie

CEO of DreamOval, Derrydean Dadzie has said that Slydepay now has over 30,000 subscribers. According to him, Slydepay,...

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Yasmin Kumi Wins First Edition of the Authenticity Project

Ms Yasmin Kumi, founder of Africa Foresight Group, an organisation aimed at building local companies into global...

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UMB Inaugurates PPP Incubator Centre

Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has inaugurated a business incubation centre at Madina in the La Nkwantanang Municipality...

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NHIA To Clear 2 Months Debt Arrears, Monday

The National Health Insurance Authority is set to pay two months of outstanding arrears owed service providers by the...

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Oil Flows From Offshore Cape Three Points Fields In Record Time

ENI has started production from the Offshore Cape Three Points ahead of the August 2017 schedule Ghana’s third...

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Top Business Executives To Be Honoured At 2017 Ghana CEO Awards Ceremony

play videoThe 2017 Ghana CEO summit comes off on May 22 and 23 at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra Successful CEOs who by...

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We Will Construct Airstrip At Bolga – Aviation Minister

The Minister for Aviation, Cecilia Dapaah has disclosed that government will construct an airstrip in the Bolgatanga...

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25-Year-Old Making It Big

At age 25, John Armah is CEO of Orios Group, a holding company with three subsidiaries – Orios Capital, a private...

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Stanchart Commits To Support Government’s Agenda

The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Mrs Mansa Nettey, has expressed the...

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Agric Export Revenue Drops By 6.5% In 2016 – Report

Figures by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) have shown that export earnings from the Agricultural subsector...

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GOIL Pays Gh?0.025 To Shareholders As Dividend

The Board of Directors of Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has recommended a dividend payment of Gh?0.025 per share...

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MoF Issues Validation Guidelines For ‘suspended Workers’

The Ministry of Finance has issued guidelines for the validation of suspended workers on government pay roll. A...

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‘No Future Prosperity For Raw Material Producing & Exporting Countries’

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that there can be no future prosperity for the...

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Standards Authority Shifts Attention On Transport Measurements

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has observed World Metrology Day as it looks to stimulate public discourse on...

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Ghana, Cape Verde Collaborate To Boost Fisheries, Tourism

Ghana and Cape Verde have resolved to begin the process of developing stronger ties between themselves, as well as...

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AIM Ghana Rallies Support For Ghana’s Development Drive Through Mathematical Science

The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana – part of a pan-African network of Centres of Excellence...

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Three Ministries To Buy Foodstuffs From Government’s Agric Programme

As part of measures to provide market for tonnes of food expected from the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, the...