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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Hefty Taxes A Punishment For Businesses – Ken Ofori-Atta

The Director in-charge of fundraising for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2016 presidential campaign, Ken Ofori-Atta, has...

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Ghana’s Industrial Sector In Crisis

Ghana has witnessed significant economic decline over the past five years with weak real Gross Domestic Growth (GDP),...

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Banks Must Help Revive Abandoned Sectors – Dr Kofi Amoah

The Chief Executive Officer of Progeny Ventures, and Executive Chairman of Global Access, Dr. Kofi Amoah, has called...

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Stubborn Inflation Perforates BoG’s Defenses

Attempts by the central bank to hem in inflation continue to yield less than satisfactory results, as a 0.3percent rise...

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OMCs Want Stringent Entry Criteria

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) is pushing for a tighter entry criteria for new entrants into the...

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Credit Constraints Hamper Agricultural Growth

Trouble that hover around credit to smallholder farmers, who constitute about 85% of the agricultural workforce, linger...

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Plans Underway To Create New Procurement Entity

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI), has revealed plans to merge the Ghana Supply Commission, and the Ghana...

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Inflation Rate Hits 17.2% In September

Inflation rate for the month of September hit 17.2 per cent compared to the 16.9 per cent recorded in August 2016. This...

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Cement Manufacturers Call On Gov’t To Regulate Imports

The Ghana Cement Manufacturers Association (GCMA) has called on the government to regulate the importation of cement to...

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Cocoa Producer Price Increased To GH?7,520 Per Tonne

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reviewed upwards, the producer price of cocoa from GH?6,720.00 per tonne to...

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Dangote Fertilizer To Push Crop Production Up

Ghanaian farmers will soon benefit from the import of cheap fertilizer from the Dangote Group of companies in Nigeria,...

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Competition Forced Cement Price Drop In Ghana – Trade Ministry

The Minister of Trades and Industry, Ekow Spio-Garbrah has explained that prices of cement in the country have reduced...

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DKM Customers Abandon Court Injunction Plan

The aggrieved customers of DKM Microfinance in Tamale, seeking an injunction over payments scheduled for next week...

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NDC Will Establish Agri-Business Zone In Dangbe West District

President John Dramani Mahama has assured the people of the Dangbe West District in the Greater Accra Region that his...

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NPP Will Engage Businesses For Accelerated Development — Akufo-Addo

The Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday promised the setting up of a...

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Former AGI Boss Bemoans Obsolete Companies’ Code

A former president of the Association of Ghana Industries , Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson, has made a strong case for a...

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Local Cement Supply Short of Demand – Spio Garbrah

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekwow Spio Garbrah has told Citi Business News Ghana does not possess the...

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Government To Achieve Local Dollar Bond Target

The transaction is going on very well and the target of between 25 and 50 million dollars will be achieved. This is the...

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Unilever, GOIL MDs Grab CIMG Ultimate Awards

The Managing Directors of Unilever Ghana Limited and GOIL Elizabeth Arkutu and Mr Patrick Akpe Kwame Akorli have been...

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Industrial Sector In Distress; Records 5% In Second Quarter

The country’s industrial sector is in a dire situation as figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that...