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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Coalition Alleges Fraud In ECG Privatisation Process

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), the Agency responsible for the implementation of the Ghana Power Compact,...

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BoG Worried Over High Lending Rates

The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Abdul Nashir Issahaku has described as worrying the country’s current...

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DKM Customers Bemoan ‘official’ Correspondence Ahead of Meeting

Customers anticipating payment of their locked up cash from the liquidation of assets of DKM Microfinance Company, are...

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Blame Old Cars, Not ‘dirty Diesel’ For Fuel Emissions

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Moses Asaga, has said the challenges consumers...

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SADA To Resurrect Failed Tree Planting Exercise

The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), has re-introduced the tree planting exercise in the savanna...

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BoG Maintains Policy Rate At 26%

The chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has expressed...

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Ghana’s Diesel Not ‘substandard’ – Moses Asaga

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) , Moses Asaga has said sulphur levels in the...

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REHAU To Set Up Manufacturing Facility In Ghana

German multinational polymer specialist, REHAU AG & Co, is set to increase investment in Ghana to set up a warehouse...

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MPC Announces Policy Rate Today

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana is expected to announce a new policy rate today, Monday...

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Interest Rate Hits 33 Per Cent

The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the...

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Interest Rate Jumps To More Than A Decade High

The average lending rate of banks has hit 33 percent as at the end of August this year, the highest since 2003, the...

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Electing DCEs Could Draw Them To Municipal Bonds

South Africa does it; and Nigeria does it too, but the idea of local government authorities issuing bonds to fund...

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Mobile Money Float Tops GHC700 Million

The total cash float from the various mobile money platforms to the banks reached GHC703.64million in July this year,...

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Starbow Acquires Brand New Jet; Expected In Ghana This Week

Starbow has taken delivery of a brand new jet expected in Ghana this week Starbow, one of Ghana's finest domestic...

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Terkper Meets Local Investors On First Dollar Denominated Bond

Information gathered by Citi Business News indicates that government has commenced meetings with local investors to...

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Multinationals To Be Listed On Ghana Stock Exchange

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given indication some multinational companies have initiated processes...

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UNECE To Hold Trade Facilitation Training In Accra

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) would...

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Let’s Increase African Content On Internet

Connectivity and data center solutions provider, MainOne has called for more African content on the internet to drive...

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Mahama Promises ‘Green Revolution’ To Boost Agric

President John Dramani Mahama says his next administration would see the introduction of a “Green Revolution” in...

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BoG Refunds GH¢133,000 To Assembly

The Bank of Ghana has refunded an amount of GH¢133, 000 to the Ahafo Ano South District Assembly in the Ashanti...