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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We’ve Fixed 90% of Our Internal Lapses

The Chief Executive Office (CEO) of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Mr Charles A. Abugre, says...

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Volta Lake Workers Weep For Working Without Being Paid For 15 Months

Workers of Volta Lake, a company contracted by the government to clean the Albert Bosomtwe Sam Fishing Harbour in...

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PURC To Sanction ECG Workers Over Strike

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) will sanction workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) who...

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Follow Roadmap To Clear Legacy Debt

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed on government to strictly follow roadmaps designed to wean state...

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Ghana’s Eurobond Return Hinges On IMF Nod

There’s one thing standing between Ghana and a new Eurobond sale: the International Monetary Fund’s concern that...

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Analysts Allay Cedi Depreciation Fears Over Increased Dollar Demand

Some currency analysts have downplayed a significant depreciation of the cedi, against major trading currencies anytime...

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Government Is ‘fooling’ Us With ‘lies’

Members of group calling itself Concerned Customers and Sympathisers of DKM Diamond Microfinance Ltd., God is Love Fun...

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VRA To Construct Wind Power Plant

The Volta River Authority (VRA) is to construct a 150 Megawatts wind power plant to supplement power generation in the...

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New Irrigation Pump To Aid All-Year-Around Farming

A new technology, dubbed “MoneyMaker irrigation pump” has been introduced in the country by KickStart, a machines...

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Pension Funds Hunger For More Leverage

The current guidelines for investing pension funds are too restrictive and do not allow for long term investment that...

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BEIGE Boss Champions ‘Ghanaian-Owned Economy’ Agenda

Chief Executive Officer of the BEIGE Group, Mike Nyinaku, has backed the call for local entrepreneurs to take hold of...

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ECG Staff Suspend Strike

Workers of state power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have suspended their sit-down strike which...

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ISODEC Predicts Doom Over Planned ECG Concession

The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) says no country has done what the government of Ghana is intending to...

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Uneasy Calm At Customs Division of GRA

Information reaching the Ghana News Agency indicates that there is an uneasy calm at the Customs Division of the Ghana...

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PUWU Questions ACEP’s Claim That 80% of Ghanaians Want ECG Privatised

The Public Utility Workers’ Union has questioned a recent survey that claimed 80 per cent of Ghanaians are in...

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Clearing Agents Renew Their Call For A Review In Import Taxes

Clearing Agents are calling on government to replicate a similar sense of urgency it employed in halting the...

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Innovate To Attract Investors To Banking Stocks – SEC Boss

The Director – General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Adu Anane Antwi, is calling on investment...

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Government Orders Withdrawal of Port Handling Charges

Government has ordered for shipping lines to withdraw the Terminal Handling Charges introduced at the country’s ports...

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Industrial Action By Mantrac Staff Is Legal

The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMU) is challenging suggestions that the industrial action that led to the dismissal of...

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Ghana Needs Trade and Investment From Donors Rather Than Aid

President John Mahama is making a strong case for trade and investments from the country's development partners rather...