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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Ivorian Power Termination Letter Fake

The Power Ministry has described as fake, a letter in circulation purported to be from the Ivorian government...

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PURC Blames Power Companies For Outages

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has reprimanded the power utility companies for failing to adequately...

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Election of Trump Wont Destabilize Cedi – Economists

The Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana, has ruled out any likely effect on the performance of the cedi against...

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Ghana’s 3rd FPSO To Arrive In March 2017 – ENI

Barring any last minute hitch, the Floating, Production, Storage, Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sankofa Gye Nyame...

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Demand For Mortgages Decreases

New figures released by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) reveal demand for loans for house purchase by customers of banks have...

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First Tank Cleaning Station In West Africa Launched In Tema

The first tank cleaning station in West Africa meant for cleaning of export containers has been launched in the habour...

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GPHA, Others Honored At the 26th National Awards For Export Achievement

President John Dramani Mahama has assured exporters that the expansion of the Ports of Ghana, both Tema and Takoradi is...

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MainOne To Support Growth of ECommerce In Ghana

West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions company, MainOne, has thrown its weight behind the...

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Bank of Ghana Rolls Out Corporate Governance Guideline Next Year

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will from next year introduce a Corporate Governance guideline that will ensure financial...

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African Governments Urged To Commercialise Airports

Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun, Former Managing Director of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FANN), has called for the...

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JICA Intervention Boosts Rice Production In Northern Region

The Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Project for Sustainable Development of Rainfed Lowland Rice...

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NPLs Will Reduce Significantly Before End of Year

President of Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has indicated that Non-Performing Loans (NPL) of banks should reduce...

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Amissah-Arthur Moves In To Tackle Sankofa Mine Salary Arrears

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has directed the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to as a matter of urgency...

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Mixed Reactions Greet BoG’s GH¢100m Agric Guarantee

Actors in the agriculture sector are reacting variously to Bank of Ghana’s initiative to attract funding to the...

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Agric GDP Decline Is Normal – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has defended the decline in the contribution of agricultural to Gross Domestic Product...

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Inflation Falls To 15.8% In October, the Lowest In 2016

Inflation for the month of October 2016 has seen a sharp decline from the 17.2% recorded in September to 15.8%. The...

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Give Priority To Displaced Kejetia Traders

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the second tranche of $100 million of a $298 million Brazilian loan...

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Inflation Dips To 15.8%

It seems the election pressure on inflation has taken a U-Turn as the rate for October dips from 17.2% in September to...

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Price of Gold Up As Trump Wins US Elections

Price of gold have gone up globally as Donald Trump is elected the President Of the United States of America. Investors...

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ECG Retrieves GH¢2.4m Worth of Stolen Power

The Tema Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has, between January and September this year,...