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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Terkper Presents 2017 Budget Thursday

The minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, is scheduled to present the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation and the...

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Institute Retail Price For Eggs

A former Director General of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, has called on poultry...

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Maintaining the Right Standards Key To Promoting Progress

Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry, says maintaining the right standards in all spheres of life is...

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Insurance Policy Rolled Out For Fisher Folks

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four other organisations have signed an agreement...

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No More Long Queues For Gas

As part of Government’s effort to increase access to LPG in the country, Petroleum Minister Hon. Emmanuel Kofi Armah-...

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Local Poultry Farmers ‘cry’ Over Import of Frozen Chicken

The Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana are lamenting over the stiff competition they face with the importers of...

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CDH Savings and Loans Picks Silver Award

CDH Savings and Loans Limited (formerly Ivory Finance Company), a subsidiary of CDH Financial Holdings Limited, has won...

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Gov’t Must Save Power SOEs and Banks

Government’s indebtedness to State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the power sector, who in turn owe banks, poses a real...

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BoG Woos Banks To Agric Financing With GH¢100m Initiative

The central bank is confident a GH¢100 million guarantee it is providing will court commercial banks into agriculture...

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Seafarers Back Black Star Line Revival

The Maritime Professionals Club (MPC), a professional body of seafarers and marine engineers in the country, has backed...

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SADA Seeks Knowledge In Project Financing From EY

The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has opened discussions with the Asian division of accounting and...

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Manufacturers Must Register Products Under CET

Manufacturers desiring to export products to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will have to seek...

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SMEs Urged To Manage Growth

The Executive Director, Academic, for CEIBS Africa, Professor Mathew Tsamenyi, has said although business growth is...

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Ghana Gas Denies $500 Million Pipeline Story

The Ghana Gas Company has denied media reports that Ghana is building a 180-mile gas pipeline from Aboadze in the...

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Bank of Ghana Launches Initiative To Support Farmers

The hassle farmers face with financing is expected to ease as the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has finally introduced an...

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AIT Students Create Driverless Vehicle

Students of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), have developed a number of projects to help in the development of...

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Ada Women Cry Foul Over Salt Mining

The Ada Songhor Salt Women’s Association (ASSWA) has urged the government to ensure the removal of small dams created...

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Terkper Presents 2017 Estimate Expenditure To Parliament

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper, will next week present to Parliament the "Expenditure in Advance of the...

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Ghana’s Credit Rating Still B Negative

Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, an economist, has challenged recent assertions by President John Mahama and Finance Minister Seth...

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Govt Raises $96.4m From First Local Dollar Denominated Bond

Government has raised a total of 96.4 million dollars in its first local dollar denominated bond at a rate of 6.0...