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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Ghana Must Take Agriculture More Serious

The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ambassador Ami Mehl, has said Ghana cannot continue to do agriculture on a small scale...

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Newmont Tops Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

For the second year in a row, Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) has been ranked by the Dow Jones Sustainability...

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Cocoa Futures Tumble

Cocoa futures plunged over 4% on the news that Côte d'Ivoire may cancel, and then remarket 200,000-250,000 tonnes of...

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Sorghum Farmers Get Equipment For Healthy Grains

Concern Universal Ghana, a United Kingdom International Development Charity, has donated some post-harvest farm...

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Economy Cannot Support Minimum Wage Above 10% Increase

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu has explained to members of the Ghana Employers...

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Cocoa Industry Gets $1m Interest-Free Loan

Olam Ghana Limited has given over 1,000 cocoa farmer $1million interest-free loans in addition to the GHS4million...

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Financial Institutions Urged To Support Operators In Fertiliser Business

Financial institutions in the West African sub-region have been urged to get conversant with activities of operators in...

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GIFFEC Rolls Out ICT Training For 2,000 Artisans

Over 2000 artisans from 50 constituencies nationwide are undergoing Information and Communication Technology training...

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Ghana Gas Resumes Gas Supply To Aboadze Thermal Plant

The Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) has resumed gas supply to the Aboadze Thermal Plant in Takoradi after the...

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Telcos Start Mobile Money Interest Payment Today

Beginning from today Sunday, September 11, 2016, all mobile money wallet holders on the various telecoms networks in...

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Wapic Insurance Reports Growth In First Half of 2016

Wapic Insurance Company Limited has told Citi Business it has grown by over 40 percent in the first half of the year....

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Low Cost of Credit, Land May Reduce Cost of Houses – Devtraco MD

The relative high cost of properties in Ghana’s real estate industry may be reduced if Ghana stems up measures to...

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Easier To Import Cars To Ghana

A freight forwarder at Ricks Logistics has described Ghana’s port as an easier route for the importation of vehicles....

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Ghana International Trade Fair Centre Left To Rot

Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President, established the Centre 40 years as part of an industrialisation programme to...

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Shipping Lines Yet To Refund ‘illegal’ THC Fees

Citi Business News has gathered that shipping lines are yet to begin a refund of illegal Terminal Handling Charges...

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Yamoransa Kenkey Sellers Can Now Access MASLOC Loans

President John Mahama has urged Kenkey sellers in Yamoransa to take advantage of the Microfinance and Small Loan Centre...

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UG Lecturer Agrees With Bawumia

A senior lecturer at Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Dr Eric Osei-Assibey, has supported claims by...

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Group Explores Viable Agric Options In Northern Region

A scoping study to understand and identify viable options for interventions to improve climate resilient agriculture in...

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Call Off Strike

The Ministry of Health has appealed to the leadership of the Ghana Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) to call...

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Economist Wants Gov’t To Slow Development Drive

A Senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Lord Mensah has argued that managers of the economy...