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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GOIL Posts 58% Profit; Maintains Dividend To Shareholders

Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), has recorded an impressive performance in 2016 despite increasing competition and a...

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US Embassy’s 2-Year Debt To ECG Incorrect – Kofi Bentil

The Vice President of IMANI-Ghana has described as misleading the claim that the Electricity Company of Ghana has...

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Contractor Lauds Government 70% Local Content Move

A local contractor, Hussein Yushaw Fuzak, CEO of Fuzak Company Ltd., has welcomed government’s new policy of...

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Gold Exports Peak At 3.8m Ounces But Low Prices Weaken Earnings

Gold exports hit an all-time high at 3.84 million ounces last year although a moderation in prices ensured that...

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GEPA Outlines Measures To Boost Non-Traditional Exports

THE Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has set up a desk to provide comprehensive support for the production and...

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Yofi Grant Rails Against Protectionism, Says Incentives Are What Businesses Need

The CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant, has said that incentives are what local businesses...

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We Will Deliver Tarkoradi-Paga Rail Line

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has said one of the projects President Nana Akufo-Addo wants to leave as a legacy to...

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Akufo-Addo Will Leave Takoradi-Paga Railway Line As Legacy To Posterity- Bawumia

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated the New Patriotic Party campaign promise to construct a rail...

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Cedi Not Depreciating- Analyst Allays Fears

Some currency analysts have downplayed fears that the cedi has commenced its losing streak against major trading...

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Ghana’s Debt Hit GHc129.5bn – BoG

Ghana’s public debt has reached GHc129.5 billion according to Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Economic and Financial...

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Women Paying Price For Ghana’s Disappearing Shea Trees

play videoMajority of women in northern Ghana depend on shea butter processing for a livelihood The livelihoods of over...

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Ghanaian Communities To Benefit From $5.5m World Bank Grant

The World Bank signed a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management in 53 selected...

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Our Contract With Finance Ministry Is Clear

The Chief Executive Officer of West Blue Consulting Mrs. Valentina Mintah has insisted that the company’s mandate...

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Ghana Chamber of Commerce Holds Inaugural Meeting In New York City

The heavy downpour and cold winds could not stop the 50 individuals who gathered at the Ghana Consulate in New York...

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Good Work, Dr. Bawumia and NPP Government On Trade Facilitation

Ports and Harbours journalist, Samuel Agyeman reports that ‘’The Vice-President, Dr. Bawumia has just announced 3...

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Bank of Baroda Best Place To Secure Credit – BOG APR

Bank of Baroda emerged as the best place to secure credit according to the latest Average Interest and Annual...

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Government Seeks $1bn Private Capital Injection…for Power Distribution Substation

To end the country’s erratic power distribution and billing system, government says it needs over US$1billion...

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GRA Must Get Tough On Tax Collection–Ofori-Atta Tells New Board

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has called for a “heavy-handed” approach to tax collection as government seeks to...

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Banks Warn BoG Over Minimum Capital Requirement

CEOs of some banks have cautioned the Central Bank to be circumspect in the implementation of the soon-to-be-announced...

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Northern Region Records High Grain Output

The Northern Region saw high grain production in the 2016 farming season, with farmers expressing gratitude to...