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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Jewellery Manufacturers Upset Over Indian, Chinese Invasion

Local jewellery manufacturers are seemingly angst at what they call “unfair competition” from Chinese and Indian...

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New Solutions Introduced To Boost Agri-Business

Image-Ad Ghana, an advertising and marketing business company, has introduced new mobile and web based system...

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We Can’t Remain On the Fringes of Oil Industry – Kwame Jantuah

The country and its citizens cannot remain on the fringes of the oil and gas industry, feeding off the crumbs of the...

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BoG’s Agric Incentive Facing Criticism

Criticisms have started pouring in at the recently launched GH¢100 million guarantee fund the central bank and other...

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West African Gas Secures Parliamentary Approval For Gas Supply Project

The initiative of the Government of Ghana to address the current Power Crisis via its agreement with the West African...

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SADA To Raise $5billion For Agricultural Transformation

Dr. Emmanuel Abeere-inga, Director for Integrated Development Programme of the Savannah Accelerated Development...

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Ghana Airports Company Set To Begin Work On New Project

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has started preparations towards the construction of its new project,...

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We’ve Contributed To Stability of Cement Prices In Ghana

Officials of Dangote Cement Limited say the prevailing stability in the prices of cement in the country can be...

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NDC MPs Lambast Gov’t Over Last Minute Loans

New Juaben North MP Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah has criticized government for asking parliament to approve a 900 million...

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TUC Opposes Planned Bidders Conference For ECG Privatisation

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says it is worried about a planned Bidders’ Conference by the Millennium Development...

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Bright Simons Appointed To Microsoft’s 4Afrika Advisory Council

Social innovator and founder of the mPedigree Network, Bright Simmons, has been appointed onto Microsoft’s 4Afrika...

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Impose ‘Fat Tax’ On Junk Food Operators – SEND

SEND West Africa is pushing for high taxes on operators of foreign restaurants in Ghana. They are raising concerns over...

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Parliament Approves €72m Loan For Kumasi Airport

Parliament has approved a €72million loan facility for expansion works at the Kumasi Airport. The agreement is...

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Mining, Manufacturing Push Producer Inflation Down

Producer prices in the country for September 2016 have seen a decrease as the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has...

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Outages Due To Maintenance, Not Dumsor – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has allayed fears that country may be falling back into its power crisis days by...

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IMF Loan Opens Door For Homosexuals

Around April 2013, the Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) approves a $918-million loan support...

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Economy Back On Growth Path

The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Emmanuel Terkper, has stated that Ghana’s economy is getting back on the path of...

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Aminu Abdul Manaf Wins Stanbic App Challenge

Aminu Abdul Manaf, a level 300 student of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, has emerged winner of the...

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Free Seedling Distribution Will Boost Cocoa Production – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has promised to revamp the cocoa production sector, especially in the Eastern Region,...

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We’ll Mortgage Ghana’s Gas To China – Terkper

The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, has confirmed the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) claims that government intends...