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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Mobile Money Records 420% Growth In 5 Years

Records from the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications indicate mobile money wallets have grown 420 percent from an...

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We’ll Take Tough and Bold Decisions To Stabilise Economy

President John Dramani Mahama has said government would continue to take tough and bold decisions to help stabilize the...

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New African Airline Sets Sights On Baltimore

New Ghanaian carrier Goldstar Air plans to start services to Baltimore Washington International (BWI) in 1Q 2017,...

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Court’s Ruling On MiDA Concession ‘incorrigible, Anti-Development’

A private citizen who took the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to court over the Electricity Company of Ghana...

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Vodafone Wins Best CSR Organisation of the Year At AGI Awards

Telecommunications giant, Vodafone Ghana has been adjudged the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Organisation...

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Review Clauses In ECG Deal – TUC To Mahama

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to consider certain clauses in the...

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ABL Equips Its Retailers With Basic Business Skills

Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) embarked on an ambitious initiative to equip retailers of its products with some basic...

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Public Debt To Reduce To 40% of GDP By 2021

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed the commitment of the government to reduce the public debt to about 40 per...

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Ashanti ECG Loses 14% In Revenue Due To Illegal Connections

Illegal electricity connections by post-paid meter subscribers in the Ashanti Region cost the Electricity Company of...

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Agriculture Must Decline For Services To Grow – Mahama

President John Dramani says Ghana’s agricultural sector will continue to decline in favour of the services sector in...

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Komenda Sugar Factory Is Back

ALL is set for the much talked about Komenda Sugar Factory to commence commercial production of Sugar on Monday,...

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Exim Bank Donates Tractor To 2016 Best Farmer

Two tractors were donated by Exim Bank to two farmers in this year’s Farmers Day celebration. The event, which was...

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Recent Power Cuts Due To Planned Maintenance

The Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) has attributed recent power cuts in some parts of the country to maintenance...

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Daily Oil Production Projected To Reach 240,000 Barrels

Mr. Michael Aryeetey, Chief Operating Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Exploration and Production...

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AngloGold Ashanti Hits $161m In Cashflow Despite Challenges

Even though gold prices on the world market continues to plummet, AngloGold Ashanti a mining giant saw a significant...

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Illegal Miners At Obause Mine Numbers Drop

Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti has renewed its call on the government, to clear the rest illegal miners occupying its...

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Gov’t Focused On Reducing Wage Bill By 40%

President John Mahama says the government is focused on reducing the wage bill to 40 percent by the end of 2017 and...

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Nationwide PVC Windows and Doors Is the Celebrated Winsa Upvc Dealer

Nationwide PVC windows and Doors have proven to be customer oriented with high level customer satisfaction in the upvc...

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Access Bank Opens Ultra Modern Branch In New Cargo Centre Building

The new Access Bank Cargo Centre branch, located at Airport city In what can be said to be a strategic move to bring...

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CART Launches the 2nd Ideas Challenge Competition

The Ideas Challenge Competition was initiated by the Centre for Applied Research and Technology (CART) to help tackle...