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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Procurement Authority Operates In Rented Facility

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has appealed to government to expedite action on the Cabinet memorandum for the...

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Debt Crisis Hits Ghana

A NEW report, jointly published by seven organizations, has revealed that Ghana is in a debt crisis because the country...

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Illegal Miners Must Leave AngloGold’s Obuasi Site – Minerals Commission

The Minerals Commission has given the strongest indication yet for illegal miners still occupying the Obuasi...

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Water Flows Into Akosombo Dam

The water level in the Akosombo hydro plant is gradually picking up. Water from the upper parts and middle belts of the...

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Fuel Price Up By 4% Not 11%

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has described an announcement by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) of...

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NPA Playing Mischief – COPECGH

The denial by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) concerning recent reports of fuel price increases smacks of...

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Banker Lauds Plausible Microfinance Reforms

Executive Director of Microfin Rural Bank (MRB), Ishmael Kwesi Otchere, has described as appropriate and timely the...

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Local USD-Bond Could Foster Dollarisation

Whereas government has given indication it will do more of the domestic dollar-bonds, on the back of the maiden one’s...

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Cement War Has Helped Shatter Monopoly

An important development in our cement industry has been the introduction by government of price deregulation, to...

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GIPC Wants MMDAs Strategy To Attract Investors

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to...

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Illegal Miners Relocated From AngloGold Concession

The Minerals Commission has started the allocation of concessions to unauthorised miners who have invaded the AngloGold...

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Influx of Alcoholic Beverages; Threat To Consumers – Kasapreko

The Deputy Commercial Director for Kasapreko, Mr. Gerald Bonsu, has cautioned the general public especially consumers...

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Gov’t ‘cheating’ Cocoa Farmers

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of fixing a low cocoa producer price for the 2016/2017 crop year....

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Nestlé Partners Groups To Support Cocoa Farmers

As part of measures to improve the livelihoods of farmers in cocoa communities, Nestlé Ghana, with its Create Share...

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Government Must Declare Unplanned Expenditure In 2017 Budget

As the Finance Minister prepares to present a first quarter 2017 budget to parliament on Thursday, Economist Dr. Ebo...

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11% Fuel Price Hike Report False

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has urged the general public to ignore media reports indicating there has been...

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Ignore Cocoa Price Propaganda Against Nana Addo – Minority

The Minority New Patriotic Party in Parliament has entreated cocoa farmers to dismiss vile propaganda being perpetuated...

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Blame Government’s Fraud For Low Cocoa Price – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has accused government of engaging in fraudulent and corrupt practices that have resulted in...

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Businesses Still Reeling Under Lack of Credit – IMANI

The IMANI Center for Policy and Education has stressed the need for government to create opportunities to enhance the...

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Chief, Leaders Plead With Government

Some leaders in the Aveyime-Battor area, including the Paramount Chief of the Battor Traditional Area, Togbega Patamia...