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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Dirty Diesel Kills Thousands of Ghanaians Yearly – ACEP

Energy policy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has told Citi Business News that thousands of...

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Low Patronage Hits BRT On Day One of Operations

The piloting of the Bus Rapid Transport service has been characterized by low patronage. Management of the Bus Rapid...

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Cedi’s Positive Gain To Run Into Last Quarter

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is projecting that the cedi may appreciate significantly against the dollar and other foreign...

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BoG Boss Assures of Positive Banks’ Performance

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Abdul Nashiru Issahaku, has given the strongest indication that with the...

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Joining Homeowners’ Association. Yes Or No?

Homeowners associations (HOA) are legal organizations that are formed in a community, by property owners in that...

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Encroachers Threaten Safe Landing of Flights At KIA

Illegal developments near the security zone of the Kotoka International Airport are posing a threat to the safe landing...

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SDGs Can Be Achieved With SADA Master Plan

The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has aligned its medium-term development plan, the SADA Master...

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Customs’ Officials Charged To Live Above Reproach

Director of Anti-Corruption at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Charles Ayamdoo has...

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World Bank Fulfills US$700m Guarantee For Sankofa Project

The World Bank last Thursday approved a US$700 million guarantee for Ghana’s third oil and gas production field,...

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Goldstar Air To Recruit Cabin Crew In Accra-Airside Hotel

Goldstar Air, a wholly owned Ghanaian airline is set to select its cabin crew at Airside hotel, in Accra on Wednesday...

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Government Urged To Set Up Fund For SMEs

The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund...

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13 Ghana Gas Workers Sacked; 32 Others Suspended

About 45 workers of the Ghana National Gas Company at Atuabo in the Western Region have been sacked for purportedly...

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Bus Rapid Transit Rolls Out Today With Free Rides

The Bus Rapid Transit is rolling out a week-long free ride on selected routes in Accra from Monday September 26, 2016,...

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GNPC, PURC To Work On Refinancing Sankofa Field Loans

As work on the Gye Nyame Sankofa field reaches 54 percent, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has assured...

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Ghana Performs Better Than Neighbours In Economic Freedom

The overall level of economic freedom in Ghana has grown higher than the country’s neighbours, says the 2016 Index of...

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Terkper Confident New PFM Act Will Ensure Fiscal Discipline

The Government is making efforts to address the persistent structural weakness in the fiscal formulation that relates...

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Railway Workers Call Off Strike

The Ghana Railway Workers Union has called off its strike after reaching an agreement with the National Labour...

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Delay In Payment of Contractors Affecting Local Economy

Government’s delay in the payment of contractors is affecting many local businesses including the loans recovery rate...

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Puma Energy Supports Firmer Controls

As a major fuel supplier in Africa, Puma Energy says it welcomes Public Eye’s call for a tightening of fuel quality...

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Nduom Assures of GN Bank Branch At Wassa Akropong

GN Bank will soon have a presence in Wassa Akropong, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) flag bearer Dr. Papa Kwesi...