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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Finance Minister Inaugurates Ghana Revenue Authority Board

A nine-member Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Board has been inaugurated to guide the authority in the performance of its...

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Confidence of Business Owners Soars – AGI Report

Business owners have shown some marginal confidence in the economy per the latest Barometer report by the Association...

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A Carefully Planned Neighbourhood With Good Infrastructure

Inside a house in Kasoa, one of Ghana’s urban development spillovers from Accra, there is an image of the country’s...

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Ghana’s Ports Inefficient

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has bemoaned the inefficiencies at the country’s ports and the tedious processes...

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Fuel Tanker Owners Mad At BOST

The drivers have vowed to ground all their 3,500 bulk vehicles if their grievances are not addressed The rift, which...

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Fiscal Discipline Key To Sustained Economic Development

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that maintaining fiscal discipline is critical to ensuring sustained...

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$150million GAMA Project In Limbo; Only 900 Toilets To Show

The $150 million World Bank-funded Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Project coordinators is...

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Ghana’s Economy Will Be Formalized By End of 2017

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has outlined three major strategies to formalize Ghana's economy. Giving his...

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Ghana’s Equity In Some SOEs Unknown

Executive Chairman of the State Enterprise Commission (SEC), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has revealed that Ghana’s stake...

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We Exist For Local Businesses Too – GIPC

Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) CEO Yoofi Grant has dismissed assertions that GIPC only supports foreign...

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World Bank’s Position On Power Purchase Agreements Weak – Donkor

A former power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has accused the World Bank of compromising objectivity in its dealings...

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Sarpong, Jantuah Detained, Passports Seized?

Joy News has learned that three senior officials of the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) were detained...

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Lawyer Writes To Attorney General, Demands ‘authentic’ Details of $2.25bn Bond

A private legal practitioner has written to the government requesting for more information on the controversial $2.25...

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Fitch Review Demonstrates Confidence In Us

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is attributing the change in Ghana's credit outlook by Fitch as a demonstration of...

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Government Sealing Revenue Loopholes – Ofori-Atta

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has assured the government is on course to seal leakages The Minister of Finance...

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High Import Duties Collapsing Our Businesses

Spare parts dealers at Suame Magazine in Ashanti Region are complaining of high import duties Spare Parts Dealers...

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Nigeria Promises More Gas For WAPCo

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has assured an increased volume of gas for the West African Gas Pipeline Company...

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Energy Minister Uncovers ECG’s Rot

Minister of Energy, Emmanuel Boakye Agyarko, has expressed shock at the growing debt stock of the Electricity Company...

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Agyarko Attends WAGPA Meeting

The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, on May 12, 2017 addressed the Committee of Ministers (COM) of the West African...

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Man Arrested For Defrauding Jobseeker

The police, in collaboration with Jobberman Ghana, has arrested Mr. Cletus Campion also known as Jones Wintam Mensah...